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... Oxford . Then he withdrew entirely from the civil strife that was arising , and joined the house of the Franciscans in Oxford , having spent all his time in the world and two thou- sand pounds of money in the search for knowledge ...
... Oxford . Then he withdrew entirely from the civil strife that was arising , and joined the house of the Franciscans in Oxford , having spent all his time in the world and two thou- sand pounds of money in the search for knowledge ...
Page 546
... Oxford , —and , in 1643 , plotted against it . He saved himself ignobly , and escaped , after a year's im- prisonment , with a fine of £ 10,000 and exile to France , where he lived chiefly at Rouen . 43. Sir John Suckling was about four ...
... Oxford , —and , in 1643 , plotted against it . He saved himself ignobly , and escaped , after a year's im- prisonment , with a fine of £ 10,000 and exile to France , where he lived chiefly at Rouen . 43. Sir John Suckling was about four ...
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... Oxford - Gerard Langbaine , the younger , born at Oxford , in 1656 , took lively interest in the stage . He became senior bedel of the University , and died in 1692. He wrote an appendix to a catalogue of graduates , a new catalogue of ...
... Oxford - Gerard Langbaine , the younger , born at Oxford , in 1656 , took lively interest in the stage . He became senior bedel of the University , and died in 1692. He wrote an appendix to a catalogue of graduates , a new catalogue of ...
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