A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Whittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... death of the latter's father in a battle he was the first English author who composed against him , he repaired to Grenoble , and in in Latin , and also the first English poet . He the presence of the duke of Mayenne , to whose died ...
... death of the latter's father in a battle he was the first English author who composed against him , he repaired to Grenoble , and in in Latin , and also the first English poet . He the presence of the duke of Mayenne , to whose died ...
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... death in pursuance of some magic rite which the excessive superstition of Adrian led him to suppose would benefit himself . The gratitude of the Emperor was boundlesss , and went so far as to erect images and temples to the deceased ...
... death in pursuance of some magic rite which the excessive superstition of Adrian led him to suppose would benefit himself . The gratitude of the Emperor was boundlesss , and went so far as to erect images and temples to the deceased ...
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... death of Leo X , the influence of Charles V obtained him the papal chair . Adrian was an honest and well - meaning man , but too simple and unostentatious in his habits for the sacred college . To his great credit , he refused to use ...
... death of Leo X , the influence of Charles V obtained him the papal chair . Adrian was an honest and well - meaning man , but too simple and unostentatious in his habits for the sacred college . To his great credit , he refused to use ...
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... death , was scarcely on the throne before he endeavoured to revive the ancient discipline of his country , and began with a proposition for a division of the land , which was strongly opposed by a party at the head of which was his ...
... death , was scarcely on the throne before he endeavoured to revive the ancient discipline of his country , and began with a proposition for a division of the land , which was strongly opposed by a party at the head of which was his ...
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... death of the latter , she returned to Rome with his ashes , and took advantage of the public grief for the death of her husband , to accuse Piso , who was suspected of having hastened it . The latter was so harassed by her persecutions ...
... death of the latter , she returned to Rome with his ashes , and took advantage of the public grief for the death of her husband , to accuse Piso , who was suspected of having hastened it . The latter was so harassed by her persecutions ...
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