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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... called Hayes , in the parish of Budley ; Oxon.- and there Sir Walter was born in 1552. After a proper Birch's Life education at school , he was fent to Oriel - college in Ox - of Sir W. R. prefixed ford about 1568 , where he foon ...
... called Hayes , in the parish of Budley ; Oxon.- and there Sir Walter was born in 1552. After a proper Birch's Life education at school , he was fent to Oriel - college in Ox - of Sir W. R. prefixed ford about 1568 , where he foon ...
Page 72
... called " The Daily Journal ; " and afterwards " The Daily Gazetteer . " Through the intereft of his friend Mr. Speaker Onflow , he printed the first edition of the Journals of the Houfe of Commons . " Mr. Onflow had a high esteem for ...
... called " The Daily Journal ; " and afterwards " The Daily Gazetteer . " Through the intereft of his friend Mr. Speaker Onflow , he printed the first edition of the Journals of the Houfe of Commons . " Mr. Onflow had a high esteem for ...
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... called , " The per- " fection of a Chriftian . " Thefe are his theological works ; and they have been often printed . The king having recalled him to court , he was made a cardinal in 1622 ; and , two years after , firft minifter of ...
... called , " The per- " fection of a Chriftian . " Thefe are his theological works ; and they have been often printed . The king having recalled him to court , he was made a cardinal in 1622 ; and , two years after , firft minifter of ...
Page 81
... called Ridley's Walk , he got to repeat without book almost all the epiftles in Greek . His behaviour here was very obliging , and very pious , without hypocrify or monkifh aufterity : for very often he would fhoot with the bow , or ...
... called Ridley's Walk , he got to repeat without book almost all the epiftles in Greek . His behaviour here was very obliging , and very pious , without hypocrify or monkifh aufterity : for very often he would fhoot with the bow , or ...
Page 83
... called " The Fruitlefs Redrefs , " each undertaking an act , on a plan previously concerted . When they de livered in their feveral proportions , at their meeting in the winter , few readers would have known that the whole was not the ...
... called " The Fruitlefs Redrefs , " each undertaking an act , on a plan previously concerted . When they de livered in their feveral proportions , at their meeting in the winter , few readers would have known that the whole was not the ...
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