Dictionary of national biography, ed. by L. Stephen (and S. Lee). [With] Suppl. 3 vols.;Index and epitome [and] Errata, Volume 11885 |
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... land , and in the autumn of 1689 he went to Ireland with the marshal . It was in the Irish camp that Abbadie commenced one of his most successful works , which was pub- lished at Rotterdam in 1692 , as ' L'Art de se connoître soi - même ...
... land , and in the autumn of 1689 he went to Ireland with the marshal . It was in the Irish camp that Abbadie commenced one of his most successful works , which was pub- lished at Rotterdam in 1692 , as ' L'Art de se connoître soi - même ...
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... land , a project in which the king was deeply interested , and he had so far succeeded as to have obtained an act of parliament for the creation of a number of bishops , but the part they were to play in the presbyterian system of ...
... land , a project in which the king was deeply interested , and he had so far succeeded as to have obtained an act of parliament for the creation of a number of bishops , but the part they were to play in the presbyterian system of ...
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... land . While at Edinburgh , the trial of George Sprot , a notary of Eyemouth , charged with conspiring in 1600 to murder the king , took place , and the man was condemned and executed before Abbot left the city . Abbot carefully watched ...
... land . While at Edinburgh , the trial of George Sprot , a notary of Eyemouth , charged with conspiring in 1600 to murder the king , took place , and the man was condemned and executed before Abbot left the city . Abbot carefully watched ...
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... land to the value of three hundred pounds , which he obtained a license to purchase in mortmain . It was incorporated by charter 14 June 1622. Rooms for his private use and a chapel were attached to it , and he often retired to its ...
... land to the value of three hundred pounds , which he obtained a license to purchase in mortmain . It was incorporated by charter 14 June 1622. Rooms for his private use and a chapel were attached to it , and he often retired to its ...
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... land . Original authorities for Abbot's biography are his own papers and works , referred to above , which should be compared with Laud's diary and Heylin's Cyprianus Anglicanus , or the Life of Laud , on the other side . Abbot's will ...
... land . Original authorities for Abbot's biography are his own papers and works , referred to above , which should be compared with Laud's diary and Heylin's Cyprianus Anglicanus , or the Life of Laud , on the other side . Abbot's will ...
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