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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... queen befides this , fhe had not any exterior appearance of grandeur . That piety and devo- tion , with which fhe had infpired the king , and which the had applied very fuccefsfully to make herself a wife , ' instead of a miftrefs ...
... queen befides this , fhe had not any exterior appearance of grandeur . That piety and devo- tion , with which fhe had infpired the king , and which the had applied very fuccefsfully to make herself a wife , ' instead of a miftrefs ...
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... queen Mary of Medicis became his patronefs , and fettled upon him a very handfome penfion . This he enjoyed to the time of his death , which happened at Paris in 1628. It was the misfortune of this poet , that he had no great share in ...
... queen Mary of Medicis became his patronefs , and fettled upon him a very handfome penfion . This he enjoyed to the time of his death , which happened at Paris in 1628. It was the misfortune of this poet , that he had no great share in ...
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... queen Anne's miniftry , certainly with the consent and privity , if not under the direction , of Dr. Swift ; during which feafon fhe formed a connection with Mr. John Barber , alderman of London , with whom fhe lived in a ftate of ...
... queen Anne's miniftry , certainly with the consent and privity , if not under the direction , of Dr. Swift ; during which feafon fhe formed a connection with Mr. John Barber , alderman of London , with whom fhe lived in a ftate of ...
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... queens , within " the fourth degree either of blood or affinity ; befides earls , marquiffes , dukes , and princes : and fince her death , " as Mr. Baker fays , " the has been allied in her pofterity to thirty " more . " Her will ...
... queens , within " the fourth degree either of blood or affinity ; befides earls , marquiffes , dukes , and princes : and fince her death , " as Mr. Baker fays , " the has been allied in her pofterity to thirty " more . " Her will ...
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... queen was forced into France by the troubles , Margaret attended her thither ; and at Paris met with the marquis of Newcastle , then a widower , who , admiring her perfon , difpofition , and inge- nuity , married her in 1645. She ...
... queen was forced into France by the troubles , Margaret attended her thither ; and at Paris met with the marquis of Newcastle , then a widower , who , admiring her perfon , difpofition , and inge- nuity , married her in 1645. She ...
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