A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Whittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... sent him ambassador to the court of Queen Elizabeth , where , by the tenor of his mission and general conduct , he still further exasperated the Presbyterian leaders at home . On his return to Edinburgh , in 1584 , he brought forward ...
... sent him ambassador to the court of Queen Elizabeth , where , by the tenor of his mission and general conduct , he still further exasperated the Presbyterian leaders at home . On his return to Edinburgh , in 1584 , he brought forward ...
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... sent him legate into Denmark and Nor- way , where he made many converts . In 1154 he was chosen pope , and assumed the name of Adrian . When the news of his promotion reached England , Henry II sent the abbot of St Albans and three ...
... sent him legate into Denmark and Nor- way , where he made many converts . In 1154 he was chosen pope , and assumed the name of Adrian . When the news of his promotion reached England , Henry II sent the abbot of St Albans and three ...
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... sent hibits much elegance of diction as well as in- out by Emanuel king of Portugal , and made genuity . He died at Pavia , in the month of a descent on the coast of Cochin , where he es- January 1550 , aged 58 , leaving the whole of ...
... sent hibits much elegance of diction as well as in- out by Emanuel king of Portugal , and made genuity . He died at Pavia , in the month of a descent on the coast of Cochin , where he es- January 1550 , aged 58 , leaving the whole of ...
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... sent to the purple , and sent as nuncio into Germany . Rome by Henry III , in order to support the cardinal Mazarin , though at first opposed to rights of the English nation ; for which , on his him , was at length won over to his party ...
... sent to the purple , and sent as nuncio into Germany . Rome by Henry III , in order to support the cardinal Mazarin , though at first opposed to rights of the English nation ; for which , on his him , was at length won over to his party ...
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... sent to appease them , from the market - were attributed to frenzy arising out of that place . The immediate consequence was a high state of excitement which he had expe- large concourse of people of all descriptions ; when Massaniello ...
... sent to appease them , from the market - were attributed to frenzy arising out of that place . The immediate consequence was a high state of excitement which he had expe- large concourse of people of all descriptions ; when Massaniello ...
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