Dictionary of national biography, ed. by L. Stephen (and S. Lee). [With] Suppl. 3 vols.;Index and epitome [and] Errata, Volume 21885 |
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... obtained an order from the Eng- lish privy council forbidding his practice of taking percentages on the revenue to which he was not lawfully entitled ; this order Mountnorris refused to obey . Fresh charges of malversation were brought ...
... obtained an order from the Eng- lish privy council forbidding his practice of taking percentages on the revenue to which he was not lawfully entitled ; this order Mountnorris refused to obey . Fresh charges of malversation were brought ...
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... obtained , but the monks of Bec were very reluctant to part with their beloved abbot , and it was after a long debate and by a very narrow majority that they acquiesced in the appoint- ment ( Epist . iii . 3 , 6 ) . Meanwhile the Red ...
... obtained , but the monks of Bec were very reluctant to part with their beloved abbot , and it was after a long debate and by a very narrow majority that they acquiesced in the appoint- ment ( Epist . iii . 3 , 6 ) . Meanwhile the Red ...
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... obtained their request . Cardinal Wal- ter , bishop of Albano , returned to England | with them , bringing the pallium . The journey was made with all speed , in order to reach England before Whitsuntide . Great secrecy also was ...
... obtained their request . Cardinal Wal- ter , bishop of Albano , returned to England | with them , bringing the pallium . The journey was made with all speed , in order to reach England before Whitsuntide . Great secrecy also was ...
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... obtained a sholarship in 1814. In 1815 he printed in Dublin a collection of short poems , but thought fit to have it suppressed soon after publication . Four years later he ob- tained a prize offered by the authorities of Trinity ...
... obtained a sholarship in 1814. In 1815 he printed in Dublin a collection of short poems , but thought fit to have it suppressed soon after publication . Four years later he ob- tained a prize offered by the authorities of Trinity ...
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... obtained in ad- dition the lieutenancy of the Tower , 3 March 1617. Here , ' says Mrs. Hutchinson , he was a father to all his prisoners . ' Many eminent prisoners were under his charge , including Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir John Eliot ...
... obtained in ad- dition the lieutenancy of the Tower , 3 March 1617. Here , ' says Mrs. Hutchinson , he was a father to all his prisoners . ' Many eminent prisoners were under his charge , including Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir John Eliot ...
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Page 95 - With him was sometimes join'd, in silent walk, (Profoundly silent, for they never spoke) One* shyer still, who quite detested talk : Oft, stung by spleen, at once away he broke, To groves of pine, and broad o'ershadowing oak ; There, inly thrill'd, he wander'd all alone, And on himself his pensive fury wroke, Ne ever utter'd word, save when first shone The glittering star of eve — ' Thank heaven ! the , day is done.
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