The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation: Particulary the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Том 24J. Nichols, 1815 |
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... Reign of Henry VIII . " In 1521 , he was made prebendary of Combe and Harnham , in the church of Sarum , and we find mention of some other church preferments he held from 1516 to 1522 , but they are so dubiously related that it is ...
... Reign of Henry VIII . " In 1521 , he was made prebendary of Combe and Harnham , in the church of Sarum , and we find mention of some other church preferments he held from 1516 to 1522 , but they are so dubiously related that it is ...
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... reign of Michael Paleologus , and Andronicus his successor . He was a person of high birth , and had acquired no less knowledge in church - affairs in the great posts he had . among the clergy of Constantinople , than of state - matters ...
... reign of Michael Paleologus , and Andronicus his successor . He was a person of high birth , and had acquired no less knowledge in church - affairs in the great posts he had . among the clergy of Constantinople , than of state - matters ...
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... reign of Tiberius , was born of a slave at Vicenza . It is said he was first brought up in a mechanical business , but while attending his master's son to school , he discovered so much taste for learning , and made so much progress in ...
... reign of Tiberius , was born of a slave at Vicenza . It is said he was first brought up in a mechanical business , but while attending his master's son to school , he discovered so much taste for learning , and made so much progress in ...
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... reigns of Henry VII . and VIII . was a native of London , and educated there in grammar . He afterwards studied logic and philosophy at Cambridge , at which uni- versity he resided till he had attained the degree of bache- lor of arts ...
... reigns of Henry VII . and VIII . was a native of London , and educated there in grammar . He afterwards studied logic and philosophy at Cambridge , at which uni- versity he resided till he had attained the degree of bache- lor of arts ...
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... reign of Commodus , from A. D. 180 , in the school of Alexan- dria ; where from the time of St. Mark , founder of that church , there had always been some divine who explained the Holy Scriptures . The Ethiopians having requested ...
... reign of Commodus , from A. D. 180 , in the school of Alexan- dria ; where from the time of St. Mark , founder of that church , there had always been some divine who explained the Holy Scriptures . The Ethiopians having requested ...
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