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... became distinguished for the ardour with which ADDISON ( LANCELOT ) an English divine , was born at Crosby Ravensworth in Westmor- land , in 1632 , and from Appleby school was removed to Queen's College , Oxford . In 1658 he was chosen ...
... became distinguished for the ardour with which ADDISON ( LANCELOT ) an English divine , was born at Crosby Ravensworth in Westmor- land , in 1632 , and from Appleby school was removed to Queen's College , Oxford . In 1658 he was chosen ...
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... became a servitor in the monastery of St Rufus near Avignon . Here his diligence , talents , and ADRIAN V , a Genoese . While a cardinal , he had been employed in the delicate office of mediator between Henry III of England and the ...
... became a servitor in the monastery of St Rufus near Avignon . Here his diligence , talents , and ADRIAN V , a Genoese . While a cardinal , he had been employed in the delicate office of mediator between Henry III of England and the ...
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... became was made a patrician and governor of Aquita- part of his career he had been chaplain to nia , which post he held for three years . The count Mansfeld , in whose train he had aс- dignity of consul followed , and in the same ...
... became was made a patrician and governor of Aquita- part of his career he had been chaplain to nia , which post he held for three years . The count Mansfeld , in whose train he had aс- dignity of consul followed , and in the same ...
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... became an eminent pleader . In 1714 he was appointed solicitor - general to the prince of Wales , and ran through the usual course of legal promotion . He was ap- pointed first a baron of the Exchequer , and af- terwards one of the ...
... became an eminent pleader . In 1714 he was appointed solicitor - general to the prince of Wales , and ran through the usual course of legal promotion . He was ap- pointed first a baron of the Exchequer , and af- terwards one of the ...
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John Gorton. afterwards became director of the college of He became a Benedictine monk and being ap- Senlis . At the breaking out of the Revolu- pointed procurator of one of the houses of that tion , being then curé of La Villette near ...
John Gorton. afterwards became director of the college of He became a Benedictine monk and being ap- Senlis . At the breaking out of the Revolu- pointed procurator of one of the houses of that tion , being then curé of La Villette near ...
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