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 Period ...W. Strahan, 1784 - Biography |
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... bishop of Mail- lezais ; in which he tells him , that he had read lectures upon the aphorifms of Hippocrates , and the ars medica of Galen , before numerous audiences in the university of Montpelier . This was the last year of his ...
... bishop of Mail- lezais ; in which he tells him , that he had read lectures upon the aphorifms of Hippocrates , and the ars medica of Galen , before numerous audiences in the university of Montpelier . This was the last year of his ...
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... bishop Burnet , was univerfally condemned ; and her death was im- puted to the negligence or unfkilfulness of Dr. Rad- cliffe . He was called for ; and it appeared , but too evidently , that his opinion was chiefly confidered , and ...
... bishop Burnet , was univerfally condemned ; and her death was im- puted to the negligence or unfkilfulness of Dr. Rad- cliffe . He was called for ; and it appeared , but too evidently , that his opinion was chiefly confidered , and ...
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... bishop of Lincoln , Dec. 23 , 1660. He continued fellow of Trinity - college , till the beginning of the Bartholomew act ; which , requiring a fubfcription against the folemn league and covenant , occafioned him to refign his fellowship ...
... bishop of Lincoln , Dec. 23 , 1660. He continued fellow of Trinity - college , till the beginning of the Bartholomew act ; which , requiring a fubfcription against the folemn league and covenant , occafioned him to refign his fellowship ...
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... bishop of Lincoln . That I did not follow the peculiar duties of my func- tion more , is now the greatest concern and trouble to 46 me . I do here profefs , that as I have lived , fo I de- fire , and by the grace of God refolve , to die ...
... bishop of Lincoln . That I did not follow the peculiar duties of my func- tion more , is now the greatest concern and trouble to 46 me . I do here profefs , that as I have lived , fo I de- fire , and by the grace of God refolve , to die ...
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... bishop of Lucon at two and twenty . At his return to France , he applied himself in a particular manner to the function of preach- ing ; and his reputation this way procured him the office of almoner to the queen Mary de Medicis . His ...
... bishop of Lucon at two and twenty . At his return to France , he applied himself in a particular manner to the function of preach- ing ; and his reputation this way procured him the office of almoner to the queen Mary de Medicis . His ...
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