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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... taken an active part in the discussion , and he had al- ready come into personal relations with the king ; once , in 1603 , he had carried to him at Woodstock the congratulations of the university on his accession ; and again , in 1605 ...
... taken an active part in the discussion , and he had al- ready come into personal relations with the king ; once , in 1603 , he had carried to him at Woodstock the congratulations of the university on his accession ; and again , in 1605 ...
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... taken part was known as the Gowrie plot , and its chief authors , the Earl of Gowrie and his friends , were alleged to have invited James , in 1600 , to a house at Perth , and to have locked him in a room with a ruffian who had been ...
... taken part was known as the Gowrie plot , and its chief authors , the Earl of Gowrie and his friends , were alleged to have invited James , in 1600 , to a house at Perth , and to have locked him in a room with a ruffian who had been ...
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... taken of him in Clarendon's nime ' and in the State Trials ( ii . 1165-9 ) ; History , in Fuller's Church History , and in Neal's these papers , although written in the third History of the Puritans . ] person , may be confidently ...
... taken of him in Clarendon's nime ' and in the State Trials ( ii . 1165-9 ) ; History , in Fuller's Church History , and in Neal's these papers , although written in the third History of the Puritans . ] person , may be confidently ...
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... taken by M. Mintaine , a French- man of the Mauritius , ' and Abbot sought re- dress for the injury in vain . In 1616 he with others received a bounty for building six new ships . In 1612 he was nominated a director of a newly ...
... taken by M. Mintaine , a French- man of the Mauritius , ' and Abbot sought re- dress for the injury in vain . In 1616 he with others received a bounty for building six new ships . In 1612 he was nominated a director of a newly ...
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... taken it in his head that noise is tragedy , and a tremendous noise he accordingly makes . It is Stentor with a trumpet . . . . We hear he is a pleasant per- son everywhere but on the stage , and such a man may be reasonably at a ...
... taken it in his head that noise is tragedy , and a tremendous noise he accordingly makes . It is Stentor with a trumpet . . . . We hear he is a pleasant per- son everywhere but on the stage , and such a man may be reasonably at a ...
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