A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland: Comprising Literary Memoirs and Anecdotes of Their Lives, and a Chronological Register of Their Publications, with the Number of Editions Printed; Including Notices of Some Foreign Writers Whose Works Have Been Occasionally Published in England |
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... Bishop of Chichester . The Restoration of the Jews , a poem , 4to . 1791- Elegiac Sonnets and other Poems , 4to . 1795 . ASHDOWNE , WILLIAM , of Canterbury . Essay explaining Jesus ' true Meaning in his Para- bles , 8vo . 1780. - The ...
... Bishop of Chichester . The Restoration of the Jews , a poem , 4to . 1791- Elegiac Sonnets and other Poems , 4to . 1795 . ASHDOWNE , WILLIAM , of Canterbury . Essay explaining Jesus ' true Meaning in his Para- bles , 8vo . 1780. - The ...
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... Bishop of Durham , Count Palatine and Custos Rotulorum of the Principality of Durham , Visitor of Baliol College , Oxford , and a Trustee of the British Museum . This venerable prelate , the youngest son of Viscount Barrington , the ...
... Bishop of Durham , Count Palatine and Custos Rotulorum of the Principality of Durham , Visitor of Baliol College , Oxford , and a Trustee of the British Museum . This venerable prelate , the youngest son of Viscount Barrington , the ...
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... Bishop of . BEADON , RICHARD . See BATHURST , HENRY , LL . D. Bishop of Norwich , Vicar of Cirencester . This prelate , who is related to the noble family of the same name , was educated at New College , Oxford , where he obtained the ...
... Bishop of . BEADON , RICHARD . See BATHURST , HENRY , LL . D. Bishop of Norwich , Vicar of Cirencester . This prelate , who is related to the noble family of the same name , was educated at New College , Oxford , where he obtained the ...
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... Bishop of Dro- more , to the Vicarage of Tullylish , Co. of Down ; which he resigned in 1795 , on obtaining his present preferment . His publications are : The Life of Apollonius of Tyanæa from the Greek with Notes and Illustrations ...
... Bishop of Dro- more , to the Vicarage of Tullylish , Co. of Down ; which he resigned in 1795 , on obtaining his present preferment . His publications are : The Life of Apollonius of Tyanæa from the Greek with Notes and Illustrations ...
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... BISHOP , MARY , daughter of H. Bishop , Divine and Interesting Extracts , or the selected Esq . of Liverpool , author of Poetical Tales and Miscellanies , 1812.-St. Oswald Norwich , 8vo . 1796 . and other Poems , 1813 . BISSET , J ...
... BISHOP , MARY , daughter of H. Bishop , Divine and Interesting Extracts , or the selected Esq . of Liverpool , author of Poetical Tales and Miscellanies , 1812.-St. Oswald Norwich , 8vo . 1796 . and other Poems , 1813 . BISSET , J ...
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