Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1805 - English literature |
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... Cloyne in Ireland , was the son of Wil- liam Berkeley of Thomastown , in the county of Kilkenny , and was born on the twelfth of March , 1684 , at Kilcrin , near the native town of his fa- ther . After receiving a competent education at ...
... Cloyne in Ireland , was the son of Wil- liam Berkeley of Thomastown , in the county of Kilkenny , and was born on the twelfth of March , 1684 , at Kilcrin , near the native town of his fa- ther . After receiving a competent education at ...
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... Cloyne . On this see , with the exception of one winter occupied by parliamentary business in Dublin , he constantly resided for eighteen years , and until the bad state of his health compelled him to relinquish its duties for the ...
... Cloyne . On this see , with the exception of one winter occupied by parliamentary business in Dublin , he constantly resided for eighteen years , and until the bad state of his health compelled him to relinquish its duties for the ...
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... Cloyne , he produced his Analyst , an attack upon the scepticism of Dr. Halley , which was followed the succeeding year by Queries for the good of Ireland ; and in 1735 , by A Discourse addressed to Magistrates , all strongly tending to ...
... Cloyne , he produced his Analyst , an attack upon the scepticism of Dr. Halley , which was followed the succeeding year by Queries for the good of Ireland ; and in 1735 , by A Discourse addressed to Magistrates , all strongly tending to ...
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... to avoid , he offered to exchange his bishopric for a canonry or headship at Oxford . Not succeeding in this attempt , he had recourse to an expedient which no person , perhaps , save the Bishop of Cloyne , would have been disin- terested.
... to avoid , he offered to exchange his bishopric for a canonry or headship at Oxford . Not succeeding in this attempt , he had recourse to an expedient which no person , perhaps , save the Bishop of Cloyne , would have been disin- terested.
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Nathan Drake. the Bishop of Cloyne , would have been disin- terested enough to adopt ; he wrote to the Secre- tary of State , requesting leave to resign his bishop- ric , worth at least 14001. per annum . The King , not willing to lose ...
Nathan Drake. the Bishop of Cloyne , would have been disin- terested enough to adopt ; he wrote to the Secre- tary of State , requesting leave to resign his bishop- ric , worth at least 14001. per annum . The King , not willing to lose ...
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