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... language , with the assistance of Robert Wakefield . In the interval , he was introduced to the king at Richmond , who expressed much satisfaction at his recovery ; and admitted him to a private audience , in which he remonstrated ...
... language , with the assistance of Robert Wakefield . In the interval , he was introduced to the king at Richmond , who expressed much satisfaction at his recovery ; and admitted him to a private audience , in which he remonstrated ...
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... languages , that at the age of twen ty - six , he is said to have understood and written fifteen or sixteen , ancient and modern . His only preferment was to the church of St. Edmund the King , Lombard - street , London , from which he ...
... languages , that at the age of twen ty - six , he is said to have understood and written fifteen or sixteen , ancient and modern . His only preferment was to the church of St. Edmund the King , Lombard - street , London , from which he ...
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... languages and biblical learning , was born at Lucca in 1466 , and afterwards became an ecclesiastic of the order of St. Dominic , and resided for the greater part of his life at Lyons . He was deeply and accurately skilled in the Latin ...
... languages and biblical learning , was born at Lucca in 1466 , and afterwards became an ecclesiastic of the order of St. Dominic , and resided for the greater part of his life at Lyons . He was deeply and accurately skilled in the Latin ...
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... language , he was chosen a member of the French convention , and in consistency with his avowed malignity , gave his vote for a declaration of war against Great Britain . His adopted country , however , was not very grateful for his ...
... language , he was chosen a member of the French convention , and in consistency with his avowed malignity , gave his vote for a declaration of war against Great Britain . His adopted country , however , was not very grateful for his ...
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... languages , in which he made , great progress , and then proceeded to philosophy and di- vinity . The desire he had of knowledge , prompted him to travel through the greatest part of Italy ; and to listen to the instructions of the most ...
... languages , in which he made , great progress , and then proceeded to philosophy and di- vinity . The desire he had of knowledge , prompted him to travel through the greatest part of Italy ; and to listen to the instructions of the most ...
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