The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation : Particulary the British and Irish, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 26AMS Press, 1816 - Biography |
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... sent for to St. Andrew's , in order to attend a son of the earl of Wemyss in that university . After this , he travelled to Holland , and went to Leyden ; where , becoming acquainted with Poiret , the mystic divine , he became tinctured ...
... sent for to St. Andrew's , in order to attend a son of the earl of Wemyss in that university . After this , he travelled to Holland , and went to Leyden ; where , becoming acquainted with Poiret , the mystic divine , he became tinctured ...
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... sent . Plays were acted with great pomp , in which Ra- mus was ridiculed in various ways amidst the applauses and acclamations of the Aristotelians . This happened in 1543 . The year after , the plague made great havoc in Paris , and ...
... sent . Plays were acted with great pomp , in which Ra- mus was ridiculed in various ways amidst the applauses and acclamations of the Aristotelians . This happened in 1543 . The year after , the plague made great havoc in Paris , and ...
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... sent him to the Bastille , where he died of grief , 1558 , aged above 60. Others say that Ranconet's confinement proceeded from his having been falsely accused of a capital crime . He left in MS . " Le Tresor de la Langue Françoise ...
... sent him to the Bastille , where he died of grief , 1558 , aged above 60. Others say that Ranconet's confinement proceeded from his having been falsely accused of a capital crime . He left in MS . " Le Tresor de la Langue Françoise ...
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... , and his talents recommended him to be employed in various embassies , particularly in Scotland during the commotions 2 By Dr. Burney in Rees's Cyclopædia . Ath . Ox . vol . I. there he was sent thrice to queen Mary , and RANDALL . I 27.
... , and his talents recommended him to be employed in various embassies , particularly in Scotland during the commotions 2 By Dr. Burney in Rees's Cyclopædia . Ath . Ox . vol . I. there he was sent thrice to queen Mary , and RANDALL . I 27.
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... sent thrice to queen Mary , and afterwards seven times to her son and successor James VI . We find him also several times supporting the same character at the courts of Russia and France . His first mission to Scotland , in 1561 , had ...
... sent thrice to queen Mary , and afterwards seven times to her son and successor James VI . We find him also several times supporting the same character at the courts of Russia and France . His first mission to Scotland , in 1561 , had ...
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