A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Whittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... English revolution , he wrote warmly in defence of it , in answer to Bayle ; and after being for some time pastor of the French church in the Savoy , was promoted to the deanery of Killaloe , a preferment which has not been deemed equal ...
... English revolution , he wrote warmly in defence of it , in answer to Bayle ; and after being for some time pastor of the French church in the Savoy , was promoted to the deanery of Killaloe , a preferment which has not been deemed equal ...
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... English be- came possessed of Senegal , they made him a liberal offer to communicate his plan , which he patriotically declined to do . He also refused invitations to Spain and Russia on the part of Charles IV and Catharine II , and ...
... English be- came possessed of Senegal , they made him a liberal offer to communicate his plan , which he patriotically declined to do . He also refused invitations to Spain and Russia on the part of Charles IV and Catharine II , and ...
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... English in origin , has become essentially so in tone , spirit , effect , and social adaptation . Nei- ther La Bruyere in France , whose labours were congenial , nor Casa nor Castiglione in Italy , all of whom preceded the Tatler ...
... English in origin , has become essentially so in tone , spirit , effect , and social adaptation . Nei- ther La Bruyere in France , whose labours were congenial , nor Casa nor Castiglione in Italy , all of whom preceded the Tatler ...
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... English Catholics had already taken refuge . Here he wrote , in reply to bishop Jewell and others , several contro- versial treatises ; and soon after , for the benefit of his health , privately returned to England , ALABASTER ( WILLIAM ) ...
... English Catholics had already taken refuge . Here he wrote , in reply to bishop Jewell and others , several contro- versial treatises ; and soon after , for the benefit of his health , privately returned to England , ALABASTER ( WILLIAM ) ...
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... English students at Rome , but was prevented by the attendant Jesuit . He died in the year 1594 , and a strong suspicion went abroad that he was poisoned . Whatever charity may be extended to Allen for the sin- cerity of his convictions ...
... English students at Rome , but was prevented by the attendant Jesuit . He died in the year 1594 , and a strong suspicion went abroad that he was poisoned . Whatever charity may be extended to Allen for the sin- cerity of his convictions ...
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