The Dictionary of National Biography, Volumen10Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee Oxford University Press, 1908 |
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... March 1603 ) . She was a favourite with the queen , and when she died in February 1602-3 , Elizabeth fell into a deep melancholy , and herself died 20 March following . The story that the countess in- tercepted a ring sent by Essex to ...
... March 1603 ) . She was a favourite with the queen , and when she died in February 1602-3 , Elizabeth fell into a deep melancholy , and herself died 20 March following . The story that the countess in- tercepted a ring sent by Essex to ...
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... March 1693 was appointed governor of Carlisle Castle . He was also lord - lieutenant of Cumberland and West- moreland ( 28 June 1694-29 April 1712 ) , vice - admiral of Cumberland , gentleman of the king's bedchamber ( 23 June 1700- 8 March ...
... March 1693 was appointed governor of Carlisle Castle . He was also lord - lieutenant of Cumberland and West- moreland ( 28 June 1694-29 April 1712 ) , vice - admiral of Cumberland , gentleman of the king's bedchamber ( 23 June 1700- 8 March ...
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... March of that year spoke in favour of the union with Ire- land ( Pari . Hist . xxxiv . 710-11 ) . In January 1811 he supported Lord Lansdowne's amend- ment to the first regency resolution , contend- ing that by imposing any limitation ...
... March of that year spoke in favour of the union with Ire- land ( Pari . Hist . xxxiv . 710-11 ) . In January 1811 he supported Lord Lansdowne's amend- ment to the first regency resolution , contend- ing that by imposing any limitation ...
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... March 1807 , Morpeth resigned his post at the India board , and on 3 Feb. 1812 brought forward his motion on the state of Ireland , in a speech in which he ad- vocated ' a sincere and cordial conciliation with the catholics . ' The ...
... March 1807 , Morpeth resigned his post at the India board , and on 3 Feb. 1812 brought forward his motion on the state of Ireland , in a speech in which he ad- vocated ' a sincere and cordial conciliation with the catholics . ' The ...
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... March 1801 , Lady Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish , eldest daugh- ter and coheiress of William , fifth duke of Devonshire , by whom he had six sons and six daughters . His wife survived him several years , and died on 8 Aug. 1858 , aged 75 ...
... March 1801 , Lady Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish , eldest daugh- ter and coheiress of William , fifth duke of Devonshire , by whom he had six sons and six daughters . His wife survived him several years , and died on 8 Aug. 1858 , aged 75 ...
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Página 270 - PRINCE, was a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in debt and disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who has just closed half a century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity...
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Página 274 - Well, I call this an excellent good book, by far the best of the autobiographic kind I remember to have read in the English language ; and indeed, except it be Boswell's of Johnson, I do not know where we have such a picture drawn of a human life, as in these three volumes. " A pious, ingenious, altogether human and worthy book; imaging, with graceful honesty and free felicity, many interesting objects and persons on your life-path, and imaging throughout, what is best of all, a gifted, gentle, patient,...
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Página 225 - I returned to Edinburgh in 1769 very opulent (for I possessed a revenue of 1000/. a year), healthy, and though somewhat stricken in years, with the prospect of enjoying long my ease, and of seeing the increase of my reputation.
Página 357 - In the interpretation of nature, he remarks, "no powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted of except those of which we know the principle, and no extraordinary events to be alleged in order to explain a common appearance.
Página 481 - ... pompous and expensive vanities ; having erected for himself a more glorious monument in the hearts of good men, by his affection to his country, his abilities of mind, his impartial justice, his diligence in the public service, and his other virtues ; which were a far greater honour to his memory, than a dormitory amongst the ashes of kings, who, says he, for the most part, as they had governed others by their passions, so were they themselves as much governed by them.
Página 497 - IRWIN (EYLES). A series of adventures in the course of a voyage up the Red Sea, on the coasts of Arabia and Egypt ; and of a route through the Deserts of Thebaïs, hitherto unknown to the European travellers, in the year 1777...
Página 385 - I intended it ; the truth is, his behaviour and humour was grown so unsupportable to myself, and to all the world else, that I could not longer endure it, and it was impossible for me to live with it and do those things with the Parliament that must be done, or the Government will be lost.