The Biographical Mirrour, Comprising a Series of Ancient and Modern English Portraits, of Eminent and Distinguished Persons, from Original Pictures and Drawings, Volume 2 |
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... several years afterwards ( 1568 ) the fame degree was conferred on him at Oxford , by incorporation . His reputation for literature was fo high in the Uni- verfity , that he was accounted , as Bishop Godwin ‡ informs us , " the ...
... several years afterwards ( 1568 ) the fame degree was conferred on him at Oxford , by incorporation . His reputation for literature was fo high in the Uni- verfity , that he was accounted , as Bishop Godwin ‡ informs us , " the ...
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... several pieces of poetry , which determined him at last to desert the oar , and to undertake some occupation more favourable to his leisure . According to Wood , he wrote upwards of eighty books , which were not unproductive of ...
... several pieces of poetry , which determined him at last to desert the oar , and to undertake some occupation more favourable to his leisure . According to Wood , he wrote upwards of eighty books , which were not unproductive of ...
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... several friends were induced to cause a separation till the young couple should at- tain to maturer years . From this wife Effex was divorced , on account of a charge of impotence alledged against him , and which feems to have been ...
... several friends were induced to cause a separation till the young couple should at- tain to maturer years . From this wife Effex was divorced , on account of a charge of impotence alledged against him , and which feems to have been ...
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... the earl of Effex , while he was captain - general , were published , Several letters to the speakers of the house of lord and commons . Letters to feveral persons . Relations concerning fkirmishes , battles , taking of towns , ( 31 )
... the earl of Effex , while he was captain - general , were published , Several letters to the speakers of the house of lord and commons . Letters to feveral persons . Relations concerning fkirmishes , battles , taking of towns , ( 31 )
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... several fums to inferior clergy , whofe means would not allow them to subscribe , in hopes that the example would operate favourably on other brethren , whose fituation enabled them to affift the undertaking . The only works which are ...
... several fums to inferior clergy , whofe means would not allow them to subscribe , in hopes that the example would operate favourably on other brethren , whose fituation enabled them to affift the undertaking . The only works which are ...
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Addiſon afterwards againſt alfo almoſt alſo appointed beſt bishop Charles chofen church confiderable court daughter death defire died diſcovered diſtinguiſhed duke earl of Effex England Engliſh faid fame favour fays fecond fent feveral fhews firft firſt fome foon fucceeded fuch GEORGE HAKEWILL greateſt Harding Pall Mall Henry himſelf hiſtory holy orders honour houſe huſband King James king's lady laft laſt learned letter London lord Magdalen college majeſty married maſter moſt muſt Northampton occafion Original Picture Overbury Oxford Oxon paffed parliament perfon Poulett preferved preſent prince printed publiſhed purpoſe queen refided refigned reſtoration RICHARD CORBET Robert Carr Rocheſter Scotland ſervice ſeveral ſhall SHarding ſhe ſhould Sir Harbottle Sir John Sir Robert SIR ROBERT VINER Sir Thomas Sir Thomas Overbury ſmall ſome Somerſet ſtate ſtudy ſuch THEODORE HAAK theſe thoſe Tickell Toby Matthew tranflated univerſity uſed viſcount whofe whoſe William YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY