The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith, Volume 4H. Milford, 1922 - Great Britain |
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... obtained a degree in physic , although he is styled doctor of medicine in the state papers and on the lists of the Royal Society . From his father he inherited the faculty for bringing himself conspicuously before the public by schemes ...
... obtained a degree in physic , although he is styled doctor of medicine in the state papers and on the lists of the Royal Society . From his father he inherited the faculty for bringing himself conspicuously before the public by schemes ...
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... obtained a license from the bishop of London to practise midwifery , and by his skill therein acquired considerable ... obtain from the crown authority to organise the midwives of Lon- don into a company . On the petition being referred ...
... obtained a license from the bishop of London to practise midwifery , and by his skill therein acquired considerable ... obtain from the crown authority to organise the midwives of Lon- don into a company . On the petition being referred ...
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... obtained a grant from the Irish parliament , and had levied an Irish army , terrified and exasperated Eng- lishmen ... obtain a loan to support the army during the progress of the treaty . Charles had now agreed to summon another parlia ...
... obtained a grant from the Irish parliament , and had levied an Irish army , terrified and exasperated Eng- lishmen ... obtain a loan to support the army during the progress of the treaty . Charles had now agreed to summon another parlia ...
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... obtained a scholarship at that college and proceeded B.A. on 17 April 1673 , and M.A. 23 Nov. 1676. He was chosen ... obtain a bishopric , but is said to have ruined his chance of preferment by his double dealing in the matter of the ...
... obtained a scholarship at that college and proceeded B.A. on 17 April 1673 , and M.A. 23 Nov. 1676. He was chosen ... obtain a bishopric , but is said to have ruined his chance of preferment by his double dealing in the matter of the ...
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... obtained a grant of 3,7007 . for ser- vices rendered by his father to Charles II ( Cal . State Papers , 1662 , p . 376 ) . The same year he was appointed chief justice of Chester in succession to Sir Geoffrey Palmer , receiv- ing on ...
... obtained a grant of 3,7007 . for ser- vices rendered by his father to Charles II ( Cal . State Papers , 1662 , p . 376 ) . The same year he was appointed chief justice of Chester in succession to Sir Geoffrey Palmer , receiv- ing on ...
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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.
Page 54 - Charta, and the other six statutes insisted upon for the subjects' liberty, to be all in force, and assures you that he will maintain all his subjects in the just freedom of their persons and safety of their estates, and that he will govern according to the laws and statutes of this realm, and that you shall find as much security in his Majesty's royal word and promise as in the strength of any law ye can make, so that hereafter ye shall never have cause to complain.
Page 64 - For the people. And truly I desire their liberty and freedom as much as anybody whomsoever. But I must tell you that their liberty and freedom consists in having of government: those laws by which their life and their goods may be most their own. It is not for having share in government, sir, that is nothing pertaining to them.
Page 106 - Oh blameless Bethel ! to relieve thy breast ? When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by ? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall ? But still this world (so fitted for the knave) Contents us not.
Page 113 - Enquiry into the authenticity of the Poems attributed to Thomas Rowley, in which the arguments of the Dean of Exeter and Mr. Bryant are examined, by Thomas Warton,