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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... all , without attaching himself to any one . " He gained fo prodigious a reputation by his Latin and Italian poetry , that , as Paul Jovius tells us , " for B 3 thirty thirty years together the patrons of wit at Rome trove MOLSA . 5.
... all , without attaching himself to any one . " He gained fo prodigious a reputation by his Latin and Italian poetry , that , as Paul Jovius tells us , " for B 3 thirty thirty years together the patrons of wit at Rome trove MOLSA . 5.
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... reputation , and put an abfolute top to the progrefs of his for- tunes ; which would probably not have happened , if his de- baucheries had been managed with more difcretion . He died , in 1544 , of the French dileafe , which la Monnoie ...
... reputation , and put an abfolute top to the progrefs of his for- tunes ; which would probably not have happened , if his de- baucheries had been managed with more difcretion . He died , in 1544 , of the French dileafe , which la Monnoie ...
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... reputation of his parts and learning , which by means of this fociety became more known , recommended him , in 1684 , to the notice and favour of the duke of Ormond , then lord lieutenant of Ireland ; by whofe influence he was appointed ...
... reputation of his parts and learning , which by means of this fociety became more known , recommended him , in 1684 , to the notice and favour of the duke of Ormond , then lord lieutenant of Ireland ; by whofe influence he was appointed ...
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... reputation , fupported by proper recommenda- tions , procured him the rask of lieutenant - colonel , in which poft he ferved in both the king's northern expeditions ; and was afterwards a col nel , when the Irish rebellion broke out ...
... reputation , fupported by proper recommenda- tions , procured him the rask of lieutenant - colonel , in which poft he ferved in both the king's northern expeditions ; and was afterwards a col nel , when the Irish rebellion broke out ...
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... reputation ; his reafons for agreeing with O'Neal were alfo printed ; yet nothing could wipe off the ftain of treating with bloody Irish rebels , till it was forgotten in his future fortune . About this time , his elder brother died ...
... reputation ; his reafons for agreeing with O'Neal were alfo printed ; yet nothing could wipe off the ftain of treating with bloody Irish rebels , till it was forgotten in his future fortune . About this time , his elder brother died ...
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