The Dictionary of National Biography, Volumen10Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee Oxford University Press, 1908 |
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... death of Anne , 1 Aug. 1714 , Howard was appointed one of the lords justices of Great Britain until George I should arrive from Hanover . He was reappointed lord - lieutenant of Cumber- land and Westmoreland on 9 Oct. 1714 , and again ...
... death of Anne , 1 Aug. 1714 , Howard was appointed one of the lords justices of Great Britain until George I should arrive from Hanover . He was reappointed lord - lieutenant of Cumber- land and Westmoreland on 9 Oct. 1714 , and again ...
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... death of Edward , date of the marriage remains undetermined . eighth earl of Suffolk , without issue , 22 June Being poor for their station the pair went to 1731 , Howard succeeded to the earldom , and live in Hanover towards the close ...
... death of Edward , date of the marriage remains undetermined . eighth earl of Suffolk , without issue , 22 June Being poor for their station the pair went to 1731 , Howard succeeded to the earldom , and live in Hanover towards the close ...
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... death . ' But Norfolk remained a prisoner till times were somewhat quieter , and was not released till 3 Aug. 1570 , when he was ordered to reside in his own house at the Charterhouse , for fear of the plague . He had previously made ...
... death . ' But Norfolk remained a prisoner till times were somewhat quieter , and was not released till 3 Aug. 1570 , when he was ordered to reside in his own house at the Charterhouse , for fear of the plague . He had previously made ...
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... death he was colonel of a regiment of foot . He was gazetted bri- gadier - general in April 1704 , major - general March 1707 , and lieutenant - general May 1709. Being a staunch whig , he held the office of groom of the bedchamber ...
... death he was colonel of a regiment of foot . He was gazetted bri- gadier - general in April 1704 , major - general March 1707 , and lieutenant - general May 1709. Being a staunch whig , he held the office of groom of the bedchamber ...
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... death in 915 ( ib . ix . 168 ) Howel , it is said , became king of Gwynedd , and therefore of all Wales ( Gwentian Brut y Tywysogion , pp . 17-21 , Cambrian Archæological Association , 1863 ) . But this cannot be proved , and Idwal ...
... death in 915 ( ib . ix . 168 ) Howel , it is said , became king of Gwynedd , and therefore of all Wales ( Gwentian Brut y Tywysogion , pp . 17-21 , Cambrian Archæological Association , 1863 ) . But this cannot be proved , and Idwal ...
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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.
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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.