The Dictionary of National Biography, Հատոր 8Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee Oxford University Press, 1908 |
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... army , and was one of a junto of eleven members who were most active in attempting to disband it . In order to destroy their influence , Fairfax , on 15 June , presented to the House of Commons a re- monstrance , ' praying that the ...
... army , and was one of a junto of eleven members who were most active in attempting to disband it . In order to destroy their influence , Fairfax , on 15 June , presented to the House of Commons a re- monstrance , ' praying that the ...
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... army against the Mahrat- tas , Goddard was appointed second in com- mand under Colonel Leslie . The expedition started from Calpee in May , and was delayed by the rains in the neighbourhood of Chatter- pore , the capital of Bundelcund ...
... army against the Mahrat- tas , Goddard was appointed second in com- mand under Colonel Leslie . The expedition started from Calpee in May , and was delayed by the rains in the neighbourhood of Chatter- pore , the capital of Bundelcund ...
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... army , he hastened to Surat , 223 miles seems doubtful . Goddard's volumes are very from Burhanpur and 785 from Calpee , where rare . His satire is gross , and is chiefly di- rected against women . The British Museum The Bombay council ...
... army , he hastened to Surat , 223 miles seems doubtful . Goddard's volumes are very from Burhanpur and 785 from Calpee , where rare . His satire is gross , and is chiefly di- rected against women . The British Museum The Bombay council ...
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... army of Ava , ' was broken up , and God- win returned to India . His personal activity , in spite of his years , had been remarked throughout , and he was a great favourite with the troops ; but the protracted character of the later ...
... army of Ava , ' was broken up , and God- win returned to India . His personal activity , in spite of his years , had been remarked throughout , and he was a great favourite with the troops ; but the protracted character of the later ...
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... Army Lists , p . 103 ) . It is also attached to the vindication of the officers of the army ( 27 April 1647 ) , and he was one of the deputation which presented the charge against the eleven members ( 6 July 1647 ) ( RUSHWORTH , vi ...
... Army Lists , p . 103 ) . It is also attached to the vindication of the officers of the army ( 27 April 1647 ) , and he was one of the deputation which presented the charge against the eleven members ( 6 July 1647 ) ( RUSHWORTH , vi ...
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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...