The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines, Patriots, Statemen, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accention of Henry VIII, to the Present Time, Volume 4J. Mawman, 1816 - Great Britain |
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... death , out of his small estate of 100l . per ann . he gave one fifth to the poor of Wotton , which his son con- firmed and increased , with this regulation , that it should be dis- tributed among such poor housekeepers as did not ...
... death , out of his small estate of 100l . per ann . he gave one fifth to the poor of Wotton , which his son con- firmed and increased , with this regulation , that it should be dis- tributed among such poor housekeepers as did not ...
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... death his eldest son , finding that what he had before looked on as the threatenings of an angry father was now but too certain , became melancholy ; and that by degrees wrought so great a change on him , that what his father could not ...
... death his eldest son , finding that what he had before looked on as the threatenings of an angry father was now but too certain , became melancholy ; and that by degrees wrought so great a change on him , that what his father could not ...
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... death of Sir John Keyling . This promotion gave great satisfaction to the people , who considered him in his new capacity as the guardian of their liberties , and thought they could not be better deposited than in the hands of a person ...
... death of Sir John Keyling . This promotion gave great satisfaction to the people , who considered him in his new capacity as the guardian of their liberties , and thought they could not be better deposited than in the hands of a person ...
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... Death is a mere surprise , a very snare , To him that makes it his life's greatest care To bé a public pageant known to all , But unacquainted with himself doth fall . " He could not lie down in bed above a year before his death , on ...
... Death is a mere surprise , a very snare , To him that makes it his life's greatest care To bé a public pageant known to all , But unacquainted with himself doth fall . " He could not lie down in bed above a year before his death , on ...
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... by whom he had no issue . The male line of his family became extinct in 1784 , by the death of his great grandson , Matthew Hale , Esq . Barrister at Law . reprinted in 2 vols . octavo , in 1772 and 42 SIR MATTHEW HALE .
... by whom he had no issue . The male line of his family became extinct in 1784 , by the death of his great grandson , Matthew Hale , Esq . Barrister at Law . reprinted in 2 vols . octavo , in 1772 and 42 SIR MATTHEW HALE .
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