A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Whittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... talent . He was also one of the farmers of the accounts for the ardent predilection of the bulk customs , and a member ... talents as a popular preacher early produced him the living of Bingham in Nottinghamshire . He was also appointed ...
... talent . He was also one of the farmers of the accounts for the ardent predilection of the bulk customs , and a member ... talents as a popular preacher early produced him the living of Bingham in Nottinghamshire . He was also appointed ...
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... talents , he also obtained protection and public employment . He carried on his literary labours in all these situations , and died at Venice in the year 1508 , aged 71 , leaving three sons , all of whom became more or less ...
... talents , he also obtained protection and public employment . He carried on his literary labours in all these situations , and died at Venice in the year 1508 , aged 71 , leaving three sons , all of whom became more or less ...
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... talents , they almost certainly conduct the individual who , like Ad- dison , is favourably introduced to the world . His talents as a man of business and practical statesman have , with some appearance of rea- son , been denied ; and ...
... talents , they almost certainly conduct the individual who , like Ad- dison , is favourably introduced to the world . His talents as a man of business and practical statesman have , with some appearance of rea- son , been denied ; and ...
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... talents , and handsome person , so recommended him to the monks , that in due time he was admitted of the fraternity , and upon the death of the abbot in 1137 , was unanimously chosen to succeed him . For some reason however the ...
... talents , and handsome person , so recommended him to the monks , that in due time he was admitted of the fraternity , and upon the death of the abbot in 1137 , was unanimously chosen to succeed him . For some reason however the ...
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... talent , their patriotism , and disinterestedness , did so much to advance the Roman name . His two sons by his ... talents to considerable advantage . He died in 1573. - Nouv . Dict . Hist . ÆSCHINES , a Socratic philosopher of the ...
... talent , their patriotism , and disinterestedness , did so much to advance the Roman name . His two sons by his ... talents to considerable advantage . He died in 1573. - Nouv . Dict . Hist . ÆSCHINES , a Socratic philosopher of the ...
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