The Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 18Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee Oxford University Press, 1909 |
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... returned M.P. for the borough of Mil- borne Port in Dorset . He took his seat on 8 March , and on the 21st delivered his maiden speech on the second reading of the Reform Bill . It hardly realised the expec- tations of his friends ...
... returned M.P. for the borough of Mil- borne Port in Dorset . He took his seat on 8 March , and on the 21st delivered his maiden speech on the second reading of the Reform Bill . It hardly realised the expec- tations of his friends ...
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... returning probably in De- these were published by Edmund Chishull [ q . v . ] in his Antiquitates Asiatica ' ( 1728 ) ... returned at Christmas 1717 to London . In 1718 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society , and he served on its ...
... returning probably in De- these were published by Edmund Chishull [ q . v . ] in his Antiquitates Asiatica ' ( 1728 ) ... returned at Christmas 1717 to London . In 1718 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society , and he served on its ...
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... returned to England in 1823 by the Red Sea , and , en- couraged by his previous success as an author , produced his ' Recollections of the Peninsula , ' which was also popular and reached a fifth edition . In 1824 his ' Scenes and ...
... returned to England in 1823 by the Red Sea , and , en- couraged by his previous success as an author , produced his ' Recollections of the Peninsula , ' which was also popular and reached a fifth edition . In 1824 his ' Scenes and ...
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... returned for Bel- turbet in 1776. At the general election in 1783 he was returned for the borough of Rathcormack . When his brother , Richard Brinsley , became under - secretary for foreign affairs in the second Rockingham admini ...
... returned for Bel- turbet in 1776. At the general election in 1783 he was returned for the borough of Rathcormack . When his brother , Richard Brinsley , became under - secretary for foreign affairs in the second Rockingham admini ...
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... returned to him . Drury Lane Theatre was opened under Sheridan's management on 21 Sept. 1776 . A prelude written for the occasion by Colman , containing a neat compliment to Garrick , was then performed . On 16 Jan. 1777 Sheridan gave ...
... returned to him . Drury Lane Theatre was opened under Sheridan's management on 21 Sept. 1776 . A prelude written for the occasion by Colman , containing a neat compliment to Garrick , was then performed . On 16 Jan. 1777 Sheridan gave ...
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