The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith, Volume 6H. Milford, 1922 - Great Britain |
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... soon after for a tour in the northern provinces of America , which were then beginning to attract travellers . He arrived at Charleston , North Carolina , in Ja- nuary 1770 ; journeyed north through Mary- land , where he met with a ...
... soon after for a tour in the northern provinces of America , which were then beginning to attract travellers . He arrived at Charleston , North Carolina , in Ja- nuary 1770 ; journeyed north through Mary- land , where he met with a ...
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... soon after , and of the Beaufoy clock , lent by the Royal Astronomical Society , he very accurately determined the time , and sup- plied it during many years to the ships leaving Southampton . Hepublished in 1835 ' Chronological Charts ...
... soon after , and of the Beaufoy clock , lent by the Royal Astronomical Society , he very accurately determined the time , and sup- plied it during many years to the ships leaving Southampton . Hepublished in 1835 ' Chronological Charts ...
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... soon after- wards paid a visit to his dead wife's relations at Barns . In July 1631 Drayton wrote to Drummond renewing their old acquaintance- ship , and early in 1632 Drummond , on learn- ing of Drayton's death , expressed deep grief ...
... soon after- wards paid a visit to his dead wife's relations at Barns . In July 1631 Drayton wrote to Drummond renewing their old acquaintance- ship , and early in 1632 Drummond , on learn- ing of Drayton's death , expressed deep grief ...
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... soon recover his health , injured by a fall at Rome . Corinna constructed an elaborate fiction upon this basis , showing that Dryden had foretold three periods of danger to his son ; at one of which Charles fell from a ( non - existent ) ...
... soon recover his health , injured by a fall at Rome . Corinna constructed an elaborate fiction upon this basis , showing that Dryden had foretold three periods of danger to his son ; at one of which Charles fell from a ( non - existent ) ...
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... soon brought him to Fran- time near Oxon . , ' and that afterwards ' he was created B.D. , and on the death of Dan . bounded popularity . He left Paris , accom- Greenwood became rector of Steeple Aston panied by his brother , John ...
... soon brought him to Fran- time near Oxon . , ' and that afterwards ' he was created B.D. , and on the death of Dan . bounded popularity . He left Paris , accom- Greenwood became rector of Steeple Aston panied by his brother , John ...
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Page 67 - But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
Page 76 - Britain,' &c. 1775. Among his friends was Giles Hussey, the artist, many of whose works he possessed. Duane was a fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries, and was a trustee of the British Museum, to which institution he presented minerals, antiquities, and miscellaneous objects in 1764-77.
Page 124 - His Lordship in Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India; and that all the funds appropriated for the purposes of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Page 16 - Reasons of Faith ; or, the Order of the Christian Argument Developed and Explained. By the Rev. GS DREW, MA Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Fcp. 8vo.
Page 201 - Dunning and myself,' added he, ' we were generous, for we gave the girl who waited on us a penny a piece ; but Kenyon, who always knew the value of money, sometimes rewarded her with a halfpenny, and sometimes with a promise.
Page 26 - Ixiv. 467) to copies of proposals for carrying on certain public works in the city of Edinburgh...
Page 333 - Bounty (that is, the governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy).
Page 79 - Carr's trade in tours, in a 12mo little book entitled "My Pocket Book ; or Hints for a Ryghte Merrie and Conceitede Tour, in 4to., to be called ' The Stranger in Ireland, in 1805.
Page 48 - The History of Scotland from the year 1423 until the year 1542. Containing the Lives and Reigns of James the I., the II., the III., the IV., the V. With several Memorials of State during the Reigns of James VI. and Charles I.
Page 202 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?