A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Whittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... duke of Mayenne , to whose died bishop of Sherborne in the year 709.- suite he belonged , exclaimed that he had left his Biog . Brit . solitude and had returned into the world to see if any one bore him a grudge , for in that case his ...
... duke of Mayenne , to whose died bishop of Sherborne in the year 709.- suite he belonged , exclaimed that he had left his Biog . Brit . solitude and had returned into the world to see if any one bore him a grudge , for in that case his ...
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... duke of Argyle , and the earl of Burlington , ranked among his earliest friends and patrons . Portrait painting was the branch of his art to which he more particularly directed his attention . Among the best specimens created by his ...
... duke of Argyle , and the earl of Burlington , ranked among his earliest friends and patrons . Portrait painting was the branch of his art to which he more particularly directed his attention . Among the best specimens created by his ...
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... duke of Vendome , who having fallen into the hands of robbers , was hospitably entertained and furnished with money and clothes . Campistron in return in- troduced Alberoni to the Duke , then command- ing in Lombardy , whose good graces ...
... duke of Vendome , who having fallen into the hands of robbers , was hospitably entertained and furnished with money and clothes . Campistron in return in- troduced Alberoni to the Duke , then command- ing in Lombardy , whose good graces ...
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... duke of Vendome , was delivered in 1553 of Heury of Navarre , afterwards Henry IV of France . A characteristic incident oc- curred on this occasion : her father , who was present at her labour , promised to deposit his will in her ...
... duke of Vendome , was delivered in 1553 of Heury of Navarre , afterwards Henry IV of France . A characteristic incident oc- curred on this occasion : her father , who was present at her labour , promised to deposit his will in her ...
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... duke , bishop of Vi- cenza , and subsequently archbishop of Milan . His next step was to the purple , which he at- whose legate he was in Lombardy . Cardinal Cossa , to whom he had committed the reins of government , was suspected of ...
... duke , bishop of Vi- cenza , and subsequently archbishop of Milan . His next step was to the purple , which he at- whose legate he was in Lombardy . Cardinal Cossa , to whom he had committed the reins of government , was suspected of ...
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