The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1817 - Biography |
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... lord bishop of Ely . This manuscript contained likewise his thesis , when he after- wards kept his act for doctor of divinity , on this subject , that " the Pope is Antichrist . " Soon after this he joined his brother professor , Hutton ...
... lord bishop of Ely . This manuscript contained likewise his thesis , when he after- wards kept his act for doctor of divinity , on this subject , that " the Pope is Antichrist . " Soon after this he joined his brother professor , Hutton ...
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... lord president , and now lord - lieutenant of Ireland . In June following he resigned the mastership of Trinity college ; and just before pro- cured a letter from the chancellor , in order to prevent the practice then in use , of taking ...
... lord president , and now lord - lieutenant of Ireland . In June following he resigned the mastership of Trinity college ; and just before pro- cured a letter from the chancellor , in order to prevent the practice then in use , of taking ...
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... lord- ship , and added , that he was content to be sacrificed in so good a cause , " which I will never betray nor give over , God , her majesty , all the laws , my own conscience and duty , being with me . " He concludes with ...
... lord- ship , and added , that he was content to be sacrificed in so good a cause , " which I will never betray nor give over , God , her majesty , all the laws , my own conscience and duty , being with me . " He concludes with ...
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... lord president , the chancellor of the diocese , and some others . This was dated May 14 , 1578 , and may be seen in Rymer's Fœdera , vol . XV .. Here , as Whittingham bad nothing to produce but a certificate or call from the church of ...
... lord president , the chancellor of the diocese , and some others . This was dated May 14 , 1578 , and may be seen in Rymer's Fœdera , vol . XV .. Here , as Whittingham bad nothing to produce but a certificate or call from the church of ...
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... lord Orford at Strawberry - hill , who informs us that besides this little piece , which must retrieve and preserve his character from oblivion , lord Whitworth left many volumes of state letters and papers in the pos- session of his ...
... lord Orford at Strawberry - hill , who informs us that besides this little piece , which must retrieve and preserve his character from oblivion , lord Whitworth left many volumes of state letters and papers in the pos- session of his ...
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Page 133 - The Holy Table, name and thing ; more anciently, properly, and literally used under the New Testament than that of an Altar : written long ago by a Minister in Lincolnshire, in answer to D. Coal, a judicious divine of Marie's dayes. Printed for the diocese of Lincoln, 1637, 4to.
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Page 78 - Cambridge he joined with those who studied to propagate better thoughts, to take men off from being in parties or from narrow notions, from superstitious conceits and a fierceness about opinions.
Page 256 - Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely...