Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 16Leslie Stephen Macmillan, 1888 - Great Britain |
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... entered in the ' Stationers ' Register , ' 1 Feb. 1590-1 , under the title of ' The Triumphes of the Churche , ' for some unknown reason gave offence and was condemned to be destroyed ; but Archbishop Whitgift ordered that forty copies ...
... entered in the ' Stationers ' Register , ' 1 Feb. 1590-1 , under the title of ' The Triumphes of the Churche , ' for some unknown reason gave offence and was condemned to be destroyed ; but Archbishop Whitgift ordered that forty copies ...
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... entered in 1834 as a medical student at King's College and the Middlesex Hospital , London . He became L.S.A. in 1836 , and M.R.C.S. in 1837 , and settled in general practice in Bruton Street , Berkeley Square . In 1839 he published the ...
... entered in 1834 as a medical student at King's College and the Middlesex Hospital , London . He became L.S.A. in 1836 , and M.R.C.S. in 1837 , and settled in general practice in Bruton Street , Berkeley Square . In 1839 he published the ...
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... entered the army as an ensign in the 1st was of the middle size , and his manners were regiment , or Royal Scots ... entering a meeting of Edinburgh citizens for of the 23rd regiment in January 1794 , and the consideration of important ...
... entered the army as an ensign in the 1st was of the middle size , and his manners were regiment , or Royal Scots ... entering a meeting of Edinburgh citizens for of the 23rd regiment in January 1794 , and the consideration of important ...
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... entered parlia- ment as M.P. for Plympton Earls , and suc- ceeded in getting passed the act ( 52 Geo . III , c . 63 ) against embezzlement by bankers of securities entrusted to them for safe custody ; but after three years his health ...
... entered parlia- ment as M.P. for Plympton Earls , and suc- ceeded in getting passed the act ( 52 Geo . III , c . 63 ) against embezzlement by bankers of securities entrusted to them for safe custody ; but after three years his health ...
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... entered the employment of Captain Brown , the author of works on ornithology and cog- nate subjects , as a draughtsman and colourist . He did not , however , remain long in that situation , and found more congenial work in the teaching ...
... entered the employment of Captain Brown , the author of works on ornithology and cog- nate subjects , as a draughtsman and colourist . He did not , however , remain long in that situation , and found more congenial work in the teaching ...
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Page 63 - But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
Page 122 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Page 210 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 66 - The Hind and the Panther transversed to the story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse,' printed in 1687, in 4to, in answer to Dryden's ' Hind and Panther,
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Page 194 - Bibliotheca theologica,' NY, 1883 : upon ethics in Fr. Jodl's 'Geschichte der Ethik,' Stuttg., 1882-89: and upon psychology in LN Wilson's 'Bibliography of child-study,' Worcester, Mass., 1898-1901, and especially in 'The index catalogue of the library of the SurgeonGeneral's Office,