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... York , 1540-44 . Archery there . Dissensions in Uni- versity and dissatisfaction with his position there . Toxophilus ' written , 1543-44 ; presented to Henry VIII . , 1545 ; pension of £ 10 granted . Ill- ness during 1545. Public ...
... York , 1540-44 . Archery there . Dissensions in Uni- versity and dissatisfaction with his position there . Toxophilus ' written , 1543-44 ; presented to Henry VIII . , 1545 ; pension of £ 10 granted . Ill- ness during 1545. Public ...
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... York House , 22 Jan. 1561. At Trinity Coll . , Cam- bridge , April 1573 to March 1575 . Admitted at Gray's Inn , 27 June 1575 ; called to Bar , 27 June 1582 . With Sir Amias Paulet's embassy to France , 1576. M.P. for Melcombe Regis ...
... York House , 22 Jan. 1561. At Trinity Coll . , Cam- bridge , April 1573 to March 1575 . Admitted at Gray's Inn , 27 June 1575 ; called to Bar , 27 June 1582 . With Sir Amias Paulet's embassy to France , 1576. M.P. for Melcombe Regis ...
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... York , 19 Dec. 1892 ; at Toole's Theatre , London , 25 June 1894 ; Jane Annie ' ( written with Conan Doyle ) at Savoy , 13 May 1893 . Married Mary Ansell , 1894 . Works : ' Better Dead , ' 1887 ; ' When a Man's Single , ' 1888 ; ' Auld ...
... York , 19 Dec. 1892 ; at Toole's Theatre , London , 25 June 1894 ; Jane Annie ' ( written with Conan Doyle ) at Savoy , 13 May 1893 . Married Mary Ansell , 1894 . Works : ' Better Dead , ' 1887 ; ' When a Man's Single , ' 1888 ; ' Auld ...
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... York as ' A Drama of Exile , etc. , ' 1845 ) ; ' The Runaway Slave at Pil- grim's Point , ' 1849 ; Casa Guidi Windows , ' 1851 ; ' Two Poems : by E. Barrett and R. Browning , ' 1854 ; ' Aurora Leigh , ' 1857 [ 1856 ] ; ' Poems before ...
... York as ' A Drama of Exile , etc. , ' 1845 ) ; ' The Runaway Slave at Pil- grim's Point , ' 1849 ; Casa Guidi Windows , ' 1851 ; ' Two Poems : by E. Barrett and R. Browning , ' 1854 ; ' Aurora Leigh , ' 1857 [ 1856 ] ; ' Poems before ...
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... York , 1771. Visit to Paris , Feb. to March , 1773. M.P. for Malton after dissolution of Parlia- ment in Sept. 1774 ; again after dis- solution in Sept. 1780 ; and again in Nov. 1790. Intimacy with Fox begun . Appointed Paymaster of the ...
... York , 1771. Visit to Paris , Feb. to March , 1773. M.P. for Malton after dissolution of Parlia- ment in Sept. 1774 ; again after dis- solution in Sept. 1780 ; and again in Nov. 1790. Intimacy with Fox begun . Appointed Paymaster of the ...
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