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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... took him to Cambridge at the time of the commencement , where he was honoured with a doctor's degree ; and , at his departure from England , prefented him vith a prebend in the church of Canterbury . Du Moulin had afterwards innumerable ...
... took him to Cambridge at the time of the commencement , where he was honoured with a doctor's degree ; and , at his departure from England , prefented him vith a prebend in the church of Canterbury . Du Moulin had afterwards innumerable ...
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... took a journey into England in 1623 , when cardinal Perron's book was published against king James : and , at that king's inftigation , undertook to anfwer it . This answer was published at Sedan , after the death of James , under the ...
... took a journey into England in 1623 , when cardinal Perron's book was published against king James : and , at that king's inftigation , undertook to anfwer it . This answer was published at Sedan , after the death of James , under the ...
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... took him into favour , but , on the breaking out of fresh troubles in Scotland , fent him there commander in chief . fet out in April 1654 , and managed fo well as to finish the war by Auguft ; when he returned from the Highlands , and ...
... took him into favour , but , on the breaking out of fresh troubles in Scotland , fent him there commander in chief . fet out in April 1654 , and managed fo well as to finish the war by Auguft ; when he returned from the Highlands , and ...
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... took place in the church - eftablishment of Scotland at that period , prevented his obtaining poffeffion of this bithopric ; and the friendship which prevailed between him and the celebrated lord Dundee , the avowed opponent of king ...
... took place in the church - eftablishment of Scotland at that period , prevented his obtaining poffeffion of this bithopric ; and the friendship which prevailed between him and the celebrated lord Dundee , the avowed opponent of king ...
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... took feveral of their fhips ; and captain Monfon , being fent to convoy one of them to England , was furrounded and taken by fix Spanish gallies , after a long and bloody fight . What was worfe , they detained him as an hoftage for the ...
... took feveral of their fhips ; and captain Monfon , being fent to convoy one of them to England , was furrounded and taken by fix Spanish gallies , after a long and bloody fight . What was worfe , they detained him as an hoftage for the ...
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