The Dictionary of National Biography, Հատոր 8Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee Oxford University Press, 1908 |
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... English engravers , worked somewhat in the manner of John Payne , whose pupil he may have been . He used his graver in a bold and effective style . His heads are usually well rendered , but the ac- cessories are weak . Some of his ...
... English engravers , worked somewhat in the manner of John Payne , whose pupil he may have been . He used his graver in a bold and effective style . His heads are usually well rendered , but the ac- cessories are weak . Some of his ...
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... English- men more Dane than Englishman ' ( GREEN , Conquest of England , p . 479 ) . wine stood high in the king's favour . He accompanied Cnut on his visit to Denmark in 1019 , is said to have commanded a body of English during the ...
... English- men more Dane than Englishman ' ( GREEN , Conquest of England , p . 479 ) . wine stood high in the king's favour . He accompanied Cnut on his visit to Denmark in 1019 , is said to have commanded a body of English during the ...
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... English translation by his son Morgan Godwin , dedicated to Lord Scuda- more , has been several times printed . In 1675 it was printed with Bacon's ' History of Henry VII . The work was translated into French by Le sieur De Loigny ...
... English translation by his son Morgan Godwin , dedicated to Lord Scuda- more , has been several times printed . In 1675 it was printed with Bacon's ' History of Henry VII . The work was translated into French by Le sieur De Loigny ...
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... English Catholics , ii . 508 ) . Goffe rose to be superior of the community , an office which he held in 1655. At that time he provided plentifully for fourteen English clergymen in the house under his direction , and was a common ...
... English Catholics , ii . 508 ) . Goffe rose to be superior of the community , an office which he held in 1655. At that time he provided plentifully for fourteen English clergymen in the house under his direction , and was a common ...
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... English magazine , and returned to London to confer with booksellers , but was asked by Otto , with whom he was on intimate terms , to go back to Paris and dissuade the govern- ment from demanding the muzzling of the English press ...
... English magazine , and returned to London to confer with booksellers , but was asked by Otto , with whom he was on intimate terms , to go back to Paris and dissuade the govern- ment from demanding the muzzling of the English press ...
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Էջ 199 - Scotland, of which he was president at the time of his death. He was also member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Iron and Steel Institute.
Էջ 89 - I suppose you desire to know my present situation. As there is nothing in it at which I should blush, or which mankind could censure, I see no reason for making it a secret. In short, by a very little practice as a, physician, and a very little reputation as a poet, I make a shift to live.
Էջ 422 - We have offered you our measure — you will reject it ; we deprecate yours— you will persevere. Having no hopes left to persuade or dissuade, and having discharged our duty, we shall trouble you no more, and, AFTER THIS DAY, SHALL NOT ATTEND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS I— Debates, vol.
Էջ 94 - GOLDSMITH (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield: a tale, supposed to be written by himself.
Էջ 424 - The Speeches of the Right Honourable Henry Grattan in the Irish and in the Imperial Parliament, edited by his son,
Էջ 351 - Derriana; consisting of a History of the Siege of Londonderry, and Defence of Enniskillen, in 1688 and 1689 ; with Historical Poetry and Biographical Notes, &c.
Էջ 344 - Ploughlands,1 we pursued two fellows a great way through the mosses, and in end seized them. They had no arms about them, and denied they had any. But, being asked if they would take the abjuration, the eldest of the two, called John Brown, refused it ; nor would he swear not to rise in arms against the King, but said he knew no King.
Էջ 94 - The Roman History, from the Foundation of the City of Rome to the Destruction of the Western Empire.
Էջ 57 - A Catalogue of the Bishops of England since the first planting of Christian Religion in this Island; together with a brief History of their Lives and Memorable Actions, so near as can be gathered out of Antiquity,' London, 1601, 4to,m black letter, dedicated to Thomas Sackville, lord Buckhurst, lord high treasurer, to whom he was chaplain.
Էջ 17 - That the hostile impression was not confined to the courtier, is proved by Butler's immortalising their names in the following couplet : — " Did not the learned Glynne and Maynard To make good subjects traitors strain hard...