The Dictionary of National Biography, Volumen10Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee Oxford University Press, 1908 |
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... held it ; which had he not done , he had not been worthy to have held his head ' ( History of the World , Book v . chap . i . sect . vi . ed . 1786 , ii . 565 ) . In the last great battle off Gravelines the credit of the decisive result ...
... held it ; which had he not done , he had not been worthy to have held his head ' ( History of the World , Book v . chap . i . sect . vi . ed . 1786 , ii . 565 ) . In the last great battle off Gravelines the credit of the decisive result ...
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... held until transferred to the present 3rd dragoon guards in 1748 . The 19th , then wearing grass - green facings , thus acquired its still familiar sobriquet of the Green Howards , ' distinguishing it from the 24th foot , known as ...
... held until transferred to the present 3rd dragoon guards in 1748 . The 19th , then wearing grass - green facings , thus acquired its still familiar sobriquet of the Green Howards , ' distinguishing it from the 24th foot , known as ...
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... held that office until 1474. He was employed in June 1468 ( in 1467 NICOLAS ) in attending the king's sister Elizabeth to Flanders on her marriage with Charles , duke of Burgundy ( BRAMANTE , xi . 125 ) . king's banner ( Archæologia , i ...
... held that office until 1474. He was employed in June 1468 ( in 1467 NICOLAS ) in attending the king's sister Elizabeth to Flanders on her marriage with Charles , duke of Burgundy ( BRAMANTE , xi . 125 ) . king's banner ( Archæologia , i ...
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... held at Rome in June 1650 , and was selected from among the students to deliver a Latin oration , in which he contended that the Dominican order might be rendered more efficient in restoring England to catholic unity . He finished his ...
... held at Rome in June 1650 , and was selected from among the students to deliver a Latin oration , in which he contended that the Dominican order might be rendered more efficient in restoring England to catholic unity . He finished his ...
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... held about De- In April 1672 the chapter of England had cember 1677 , Innocent XI had declared all again resolved ' that the name of vicar - apo- the dominions of the king of England to be stolic be not admitted . ' The second brief ...
... held about De- In April 1672 the chapter of England had cember 1677 , Innocent XI had declared all again resolved ' that the name of vicar - apo- the dominions of the king of England to be stolic be not admitted . ' The second brief ...
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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.
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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.