The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Volume 30Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1816 - Biography |
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... character in that comparatively dark age , that even Buchanan speaks in his praise . He built the castle of St. Andrew's , the scene afterwards of many remarkable transactions in the history of the church of Scotland , and died in 1401 ...
... character in that comparatively dark age , that even Buchanan speaks in his praise . He built the castle of St. Andrew's , the scene afterwards of many remarkable transactions in the history of the church of Scotland , and died in 1401 ...
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... character- istic portrait of him was painted there , which is now in the possession of the earl of Buchan , and from which there is an engraving in Mr. Pinkerton's " Scotish Gallery . " His son , Robert , the subject of this memoir ...
... character- istic portrait of him was painted there , which is now in the possession of the earl of Buchan , and from which there is an engraving in Mr. Pinkerton's " Scotish Gallery . " His son , Robert , the subject of this memoir ...
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... character . The university of Oxford , who confers her honours only by the test of merit , and the rules of propriety , could not express her opinion of his merit more significantly than by presenting him with a doctor of divinity's ...
... character . The university of Oxford , who confers her honours only by the test of merit , and the rules of propriety , could not express her opinion of his merit more significantly than by presenting him with a doctor of divinity's ...
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... Character and principles of the present set of Whigs , " 1711 ; 30. " Most Faults on one Side , " against a sly Whig pamphlet , entitled , Faults on both Sides , ' 1710 ; 31. " Verses on Garth's Verses to Go- dolphin , " 1710 ; 32 ...
... Character and principles of the present set of Whigs , " 1711 ; 30. " Most Faults on one Side , " against a sly Whig pamphlet , entitled , Faults on both Sides , ' 1710 ; 31. " Verses on Garth's Verses to Go- dolphin , " 1710 ; 32 ...
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... character . He had early devoted his leisure to some branches of natural history , and when appointed one of the commissioners for providing Geneva with a granary of corn , he was enabled by his knowledge of the insects which infest ...
... character . He had early devoted his leisure to some branches of natural history , and when appointed one of the commissioners for providing Geneva with a granary of corn , he was enabled by his knowledge of the insects which infest ...
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