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... Bishop- ric , in token of his gratitude for his success , and pitched upon Mortlach in Banffshire , where St. Beanus was first bishop , 1015. The see , removed to Aberdeen early in the twelfth century , was discontinued at the ...
... Bishop- ric , in token of his gratitude for his success , and pitched upon Mortlach in Banffshire , where St. Beanus was first bishop , 1015. The see , removed to Aberdeen early in the twelfth century , was discontinued at the ...
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... bishop of London ; sir Albert Morton , etc ..... Cottington ; James , marquess of Hamilton ; Edward , earl of Dorset ; sir John Coke ; sir Francis Winde- bank , etc ... William Juxon , bishop of London ; sir John Finch , after- wards ...
... bishop of London ; sir Albert Morton , etc ..... Cottington ; James , marquess of Hamilton ; Edward , earl of Dorset ; sir John Coke ; sir Francis Winde- bank , etc ... William Juxon , bishop of London ; sir John Finch , after- wards ...
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... Bishop was sole conductor from 1843 to 1848 , when the concerts ceased . ers . Ancient History commences in the Holy Script- ures 4004 B.C. , and in the history of Herodotus about 1687 B.C .; and is considered to end with the ...
... Bishop was sole conductor from 1843 to 1848 , when the concerts ceased . ers . Ancient History commences in the Holy Script- ures 4004 B.C. , and in the history of Herodotus about 1687 B.C .; and is considered to end with the ...
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... bishop Adran , a French missionary , obtained the friendship of Louis XVI . for his pupil Gia - long , the son of the nomi- nally reigning monarch , and with the aid of a few of his countrymen established Gia - long on the throne , who ...
... bishop Adran , a French missionary , obtained the friendship of Louis XVI . for his pupil Gia - long , the son of the nomi- nally reigning monarch , and with the aid of a few of his countrymen established Gia - long on the throne , who ...
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... bishop without any club , composed of a section of the majority in the cham - power ; but since the council of Nice his function has bers , and opposed to liberal measures , even when ema- nating from the emperor ( such as the new press ...
... bishop without any club , composed of a section of the majority in the cham - power ; but since the council of Nice his function has bers , and opposed to liberal measures , even when ema- nating from the emperor ( such as the new press ...
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