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... master's degree , and became mode- rator of the university in 1730. Soon after this he attended the honourable Horatio Wal- pole , ambassador to Paris , as his chaplain , and on his return obtained the rectory of St. Paul's , Deptford ...
... master's degree , and became mode- rator of the university in 1730. Soon after this he attended the honourable Horatio Wal- pole , ambassador to Paris , as his chaplain , and on his return obtained the rectory of St. Paul's , Deptford ...
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... master of arts . In 1729 , he published proposals for an edition of Isocrates , which did not appear till the year 1749 , in 2 vols . 8vo . He took his doctor's degree in 1737 ; and after practising some time at Cambridge , settled at ...
... master of arts . In 1729 , he published proposals for an edition of Isocrates , which did not appear till the year 1749 , in 2 vols . 8vo . He took his doctor's degree in 1737 ; and after practising some time at Cambridge , settled at ...
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... master of the free - school at Wroxeter . In 1633 , he was recommended to Sir Henry Herbert , master of the revels , who received him very kindly ; but disliking the court , he returned to the country , and was appointed master of the ...
... master of the free - school at Wroxeter . In 1633 , he was recommended to Sir Henry Herbert , master of the revels , who received him very kindly ; but disliking the court , he returned to the country , and was appointed master of the ...
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... master of France . He died at Rouen in 1435 , where a handsome monument was erected to his memory , which when ... master's degree in 1691. The year following he was presented to the vicarage of Temple Church , Bristol , from whence some ...
... master of France . He died at Rouen in 1435 , where a handsome monument was erected to his memory , which when ... master's degree in 1691. The year following he was presented to the vicarage of Temple Church , Bristol , from whence some ...
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... masters , after which he visited England , where he was in great favour with Charles I. , who appointed him drawing master to the two eldest princes , His manner of painting was so rapid , that the same king used to say , " He believed ...
... masters , after which he visited England , where he was in great favour with Charles I. , who appointed him drawing master to the two eldest princes , His manner of painting was so rapid , that the same king used to say , " He believed ...
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Page 309 - Oriel college, Oxford, where he took his degree of master of arts in 1755 ;. and the same year was made bachelor and doctor in medicine.
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Page 220 - He was a Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of the Astronomical Society of London.
Page 170 - A Proposal for the Better Supplying of Churches in our Foreign Plantations, and for Converting the Savage Americans to Christianity by a College to be Erected in the Summer Islands, Otherwise Called the Isles of Bermuda . . . London, 1724 '[ Fothergill, John].