Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 1Smith Elder, 1885 - Great Britain |
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... wrote a Monody on the Death of Horatio , Lord Nelson , ' in 1805. His herbarium , prepared by his wife , is preserved at Turvey Abbey ; it is contained in five folio volumes , but its value for critical purposes is but small . He became ...
... wrote a Monody on the Death of Horatio , Lord Nelson , ' in 1805. His herbarium , prepared by his wife , is preserved at Turvey Abbey ; it is contained in five folio volumes , but its value for critical purposes is but small . He became ...
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... wrote Abbot in 1627 , ' and I term his wife my daughter . His eldest son is my godson , and their children are in love ac- counted my grandchildren . ' Another of his pupils , Sir George Savile , who married a sister of Sir Thomas ...
... wrote Abbot in 1627 , ' and I term his wife my daughter . His eldest son is my godson , and their children are in love ac- counted my grandchildren . ' Another of his pupils , Sir George Savile , who married a sister of Sir Thomas ...
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... wrote Chamberlain to Carleton ( 3 Feb. 1600-1 ) , ' for all your vice - chancellor of Oxford and some other odd divines have set down their censure against it ' ( CHAMBERLAIN's Letters , Camd . Soc . , p . 102 ) . And in 1602 , when ...
... wrote Chamberlain to Carleton ( 3 Feb. 1600-1 ) , ' for all your vice - chancellor of Oxford and some other odd divines have set down their censure against it ' ( CHAMBERLAIN's Letters , Camd . Soc . , p . 102 ) . And in 1602 , when ...
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... wrote in March that by a strong north wind coming out of Scotland , Abbot was blown over the Thames to Lambeth . ' The appointment was received with general astonishment and misgiving . Abbot himself was wonderstruck . ' Preferment did ...
... wrote in March that by a strong north wind coming out of Scotland , Abbot was blown over the Thames to Lambeth . ' The appointment was received with general astonishment and misgiving . Abbot himself was wonderstruck . ' Preferment did ...
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... wrote to lord chancellor Ellesmere that a commission of three or four judges ought to deal with them as capital offenders , and that the king was anxious to see these evil per- sons ' receive at once the recompenses of their pride and ...
... wrote to lord chancellor Ellesmere that a commission of three or four judges ought to deal with them as capital offenders , and that the king was anxious to see these evil per- sons ' receive at once the recompenses of their pride and ...
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