The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith, Volume 4H. Milford, 1922 - Great Britain |
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... army with the king of Navarre . On 3 April 1367 the Eng- lish army met and defeated the enemy at Navarette , when Chandos's bravery was spe- cially conspicuous , and Bertrand du Guesclin became his prisoner for the second time . With ...
... army with the king of Navarre . On 3 April 1367 the Eng- lish army met and defeated the enemy at Navarette , when Chandos's bravery was spe- cially conspicuous , and Bertrand du Guesclin became his prisoner for the second time . With ...
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... army in Portugal at the same time as Sir Arthur Wellesley , in March 1809. He soon rose high in the estimation of Wellesley and of the commanding royal engineer , Colonel Fletcher . He was employed in the neigh- bourhood of Lisbon in ...
... army in Portugal at the same time as Sir Arthur Wellesley , in March 1809. He soon rose high in the estimation of Wellesley and of the commanding royal engineer , Colonel Fletcher . He was employed in the neigh- bourhood of Lisbon in ...
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... army soon dwindled away to nothing . This ill - managed expedition of Mansfeld was only one of Buckingham's brilliant but unreal schemes , and though when , on 27 March 1625 , James died and Charles succeeded to the throne , it was not ...
... army soon dwindled away to nothing . This ill - managed expedition of Mansfeld was only one of Buckingham's brilliant but unreal schemes , and though when , on 27 March 1625 , James died and Charles succeeded to the throne , it was not ...
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... army could enforce obedience in Scotland , and Charles had no money to pay an English army for any length of time . Yet he hoped by calling out trained bands , espe- cially in the northern counties , which were most hostile to the Scots ...
... army could enforce obedience in Scotland , and Charles had no money to pay an English army for any length of time . Yet he hoped by calling out trained bands , espe- cially in the northern counties , which were most hostile to the Scots ...
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... army occupied Dunse Law . His own troops were undisci- plined , and money began to run short . On 18 June he signed the treaty of Berwick , knowing that if he persisted in war his army would break up for want of pay . A general assembly ...
... army occupied Dunse Law . His own troops were undisci- plined , and money began to run short . On 18 June he signed the treaty of Berwick , knowing that if he persisted in war his army would break up for want of pay . A general assembly ...
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Page 207 - For the Church of England, I am persuaded that the constant doctrine of it is so pure and orthodox, that whosoever believes it and lives according to it, undoubtedly he shall be saved; and that there is no error in it which may necessitate or warrant any man to disturb the peace or renounce the communion of it.
Page 292 - Divi Britannici, being a Remark upon the Lives of all the Kings of this Isle, from the year of the world 2855, unto the year of grace 1660, fol.
Page 31 - The whole Works of Homer, Prince of Poets, in his Iliads and Odysses, translated according to the Greeke, by George Chapman.
Page 109 - Paint me an angel, with wings and a trumpet, to trumpet my name over the world.
Page 202 - England, which were a heap of nonsense, compiled by a few ignorant country gentlemen, who hardly knew how to make laws for the good of their own private families, much less for the regulating of companies, and foreign commerce " (Hamilton's New Account of India, i.232).
Page 371 - The Tomb of Alexander, a Dissertation on the Sarcophagus, brought from Alexandria, and now in the British Museum.
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