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... lord Bacon for the improve- ment of medicine , perhaps more than any of his predeces- sors or contemporaries ; and some idea of his indefatigable labours may be conceived , when we mention that he left in manuscript the history of more ...
... lord Bacon for the improve- ment of medicine , perhaps more than any of his predeces- sors or contemporaries ; and some idea of his indefatigable labours may be conceived , when we mention that he left in manuscript the history of more ...
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... lord Stafford . He also wrote annotations upon Mantuan , the poet . There is likewise an oration of his extant , in the story of Thomas lord Cromwell , in the se- cond volume of Fox's " History of the Acts and Monu- ments of the Church ...
... lord Stafford . He also wrote annotations upon Mantuan , the poet . There is likewise an oration of his extant , in the story of Thomas lord Cromwell , in the se- cond volume of Fox's " History of the Acts and Monu- ments of the Church ...
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... Lord , and take that for their rule of life . About 1648 he felt himself called upon to propagate the opinions which he had embraced , and commenced public teacher in Manchester , and some of the neighbouring towns and villages ...
... Lord , and take that for their rule of life . About 1648 he felt himself called upon to propagate the opinions which he had embraced , and commenced public teacher in Manchester , and some of the neighbouring towns and villages ...
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... that of Brunswick to the British throne , is to be referred to this alliance , and to the prudence of bishop Fox in the negociation of it . See Lord Bacon's Hist . of Henry VII . " mended him strongly to his son and successor * 38 FOX .
... that of Brunswick to the British throne , is to be referred to this alliance , and to the prudence of bishop Fox in the negociation of it . See Lord Bacon's Hist . of Henry VII . " mended him strongly to his son and successor * 38 FOX .
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... lord treasurer , had been his rival in Henry the Seventh's time , and learned now to accommodate himself to the extrava- gant passions of his new master , with whom he was for a considerable time a confidential favourite ; and the cele ...
... lord treasurer , had been his rival in Henry the Seventh's time , and learned now to accommodate himself to the extrava- gant passions of his new master , with whom he was for a considerable time a confidential favourite ; and the cele ...
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