A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Whittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... France as well as Spain . He succeeded so far as to penetrate into the heart of the former coun- try , and took Bourdeaux and other towns ; but after several victories , was killed in battle and his army routed by Charles Martel in 732 ...
... France as well as Spain . He succeeded so far as to penetrate into the heart of the former coun- try , and took Bourdeaux and other towns ; but after several victories , was killed in battle and his army routed by Charles Martel in 732 ...
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... France , in the capacity of tutor . On the birth of a son to Mary queen of Scots , Adamson , who happened to be at Paris , thought he could do nothing better than pub- lish a Latin poem on the occasion , in which he styled the infant ...
... France , in the capacity of tutor . On the birth of a son to Mary queen of Scots , Adamson , who happened to be at Paris , thought he could do nothing better than pub- lish a Latin poem on the occasion , in which he styled the infant ...
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... France in 1562. - Moreri . princes : an order for his recal had been al ready issued , and even his successor in the command appointed , when death put an end to his career and mortifications at Goa in 1515. His son , who afterwards ...
... France in 1562. - Moreri . princes : an order for his recal had been al ready issued , and even his successor in the command appointed , when death put an end to his career and mortifications at Goa in 1515. His son , who afterwards ...
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... France , leaving behind him property in the funds , furniture , paper , and books , all which were confiscated . From this time , with more resentment than philosophy , he always expressed the most decided antipathy to the French people ...
... France , leaving behind him property in the funds , furniture , paper , and books , all which were confiscated . From this time , with more resentment than philosophy , he always expressed the most decided antipathy to the French people ...
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... France , pendant les regnes de Louis XIV , XV , et XVI , " a voluminous history of France in 14 duodecimo volumes ; the " Al- manac de Rheims ; " and the civil and political history of that city in 3 vols . 12mo . He died in 1808 ...
... France , pendant les regnes de Louis XIV , XV , et XVI , " a voluminous history of France in 14 duodecimo volumes ; the " Al- manac de Rheims ; " and the civil and political history of that city in 3 vols . 12mo . He died in 1808 ...
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