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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... took place in 1781 , and the next ten years her Ladyship spent on the Con- tinent . On the death of Lord C. in 1791 , she was united to the Margrave of An- spach and Bayreuth , who having dis- posed of his dominions to the King of ...
... took place in 1781 , and the next ten years her Ladyship spent on the Con- tinent . On the death of Lord C. in 1791 , she was united to the Margrave of An- spach and Bayreuth , who having dis- posed of his dominions to the King of ...
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... took the degree of A. M. 1756 ; LL . D. 1762. In 1769 he was conse- crated Bishop of Landaff ; in 1782 , trans- lated to the see of Salisbury , and in 1791 to that of Durham . In 1761 he married Lady Diana Beauclerk , daughter of ...
... took the degree of A. M. 1756 ; LL . D. 1762. In 1769 he was conse- crated Bishop of Landaff ; in 1782 , trans- lated to the see of Salisbury , and in 1791 to that of Durham . In 1761 he married Lady Diana Beauclerk , daughter of ...
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... took the task of editor , and the preface was written by one of his daughters . Works of Horatio Walpole , Earl of Orford , 5 v . roy . 4to . 1798 . BERRY , WILLIAM , fifteen years clerk to the Registrar of the College of Arms . An ...
... took the task of editor , and the preface was written by one of his daughters . Works of Horatio Walpole , Earl of Orford , 5 v . roy . 4to . 1798 . BERRY , WILLIAM , fifteen years clerk to the Registrar of the College of Arms . An ...
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... took his de- gree of B. A. with great credit to himself as a mathematical scholar in 1766. His first publication was intended as a candi- date for one of the Seatonian prizes , but an accidental delay occasioned its arriv ing too late ...
... took his de- gree of B. A. with great credit to himself as a mathematical scholar in 1766. His first publication was intended as a candi- date for one of the Seatonian prizes , but an accidental delay occasioned its arriv ing too late ...
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... took place and sentenced to be imprisoned in New- in June , 1810 , when he was found guilty gate for two years , and to pay a fine of £ 1000 . In some observations on this event he says : " I have been laboring I have never known what ...
... took place and sentenced to be imprisoned in New- in June , 1810 , when he was found guilty gate for two years , and to pay a fine of £ 1000 . In some observations on this event he says : " I have been laboring I have never known what ...
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