A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation ; Particularly the British and Irish ; from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present PeriodG. G. and J. Robinson, 1798 - Biography |
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... Soon after his return from abroad , he printed at Dublin , in 1686 , his " Sciothericum telefcopium , " containing a defcrip- tion of the ftructure and ufe of a telefcopic dial invented by him another edition of which was published at ...
... Soon after his return from abroad , he printed at Dublin , in 1686 , his " Sciothericum telefcopium , " containing a defcrip- tion of the ftructure and ufe of a telefcopic dial invented by him another edition of which was published at ...
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... Soon alter , on his figuing a truce with the rebels , by the king's order , September 1643 , he returned with his regiment to England : but , on his arrival at Briftol , was met by orders both from Ireland and Oxford , directing the ...
... Soon alter , on his figuing a truce with the rebels , by the king's order , September 1643 , he returned with his regiment to England : but , on his arrival at Briftol , was met by orders both from Ireland and Oxford , directing the ...
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... Soon after he had the com- mand in chief of all the parliament's forces in the north of Ireland conferred upon him : upon which he went again , and for the following two years performed feveral exploits , worthy of an able and ...
... Soon after he had the com- mand in chief of all the parliament's forces in the north of Ireland conferred upon him : upon which he went again , and for the following two years performed feveral exploits , worthy of an able and ...
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... Soon after which he was fent ambaffador extraordinary to the king of Sicily , and to negociate affairs with other Italian princes ; and , March 1713-14 , was made governor of the island of Minorca . In the reign of George 1. he was ...
... Soon after which he was fent ambaffador extraordinary to the king of Sicily , and to negociate affairs with other Italian princes ; and , March 1713-14 , was made governor of the island of Minorca . In the reign of George 1. he was ...
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... Soon after this Effay appeared , Louis XIV . gave him a place in his cabinet of antiques ; which , though it brought him great honour , and fome profit for the prefent , yet cost him very dear in the end : for , whether he spoke too ...
... Soon after this Effay appeared , Louis XIV . gave him a place in his cabinet of antiques ; which , though it brought him great honour , and fome profit for the prefent , yet cost him very dear in the end : for , whether he spoke too ...
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