State-worthies: Or, The Statesmen and Favourites of England from the Reformation to the Revolution ...J. Robson, 1766 - Favorites, Royal |
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... moft . believed , probably , that every religion was good , provided it taught obedience to fove- reigns , and preferved the hierarchy , which he B 3 He con- James I confidered as a fundamental article . It is of King James the First . 5.
... moft . believed , probably , that every religion was good , provided it taught obedience to fove- reigns , and preferved the hierarchy , which he B 3 He con- James I confidered as a fundamental article . It is of King James the First . 5.
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... moft in poetry and hiftory , as his works do witness : his ftile conceived by fome to be fwelling , is allowed lofty and full by others . King James created him baron Brook of Beau- champ - court , as defcended from the fole daugh- ter ...
... moft in poetry and hiftory , as his works do witness : his ftile conceived by fome to be fwelling , is allowed lofty and full by others . King James created him baron Brook of Beau- champ - court , as defcended from the fole daugh- ter ...
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... moft compleat gentleman in all fuita- ble accomplishments , endeavouring in the reign of king James to prove his legitimacy ; and meeting with much oppofition from the court , in diftafte , he left his land , and went over into I- taly ...
... moft compleat gentleman in all fuita- ble accomplishments , endeavouring in the reign of king James to prove his legitimacy ; and meeting with much oppofition from the court , in diftafte , he left his land , and went over into I- taly ...
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... moft accomplished Gentleman , partly in Graye's Inn , and partly in France ; which the happiness of his pen both in poetry and profe doth declare . In the later he is obferved to be the first writer of characters of our nation . But if ...
... moft accomplished Gentleman , partly in Graye's Inn , and partly in France ; which the happiness of his pen both in poetry and profe doth declare . In the later he is obferved to be the first writer of characters of our nation . But if ...
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... moft of his negotia- tions , because he carried his money on his back , rather than in his purfe ; rather to spend , than bestow ; and amaze foreigners , rather than to oblige them : yet was his embaffie more suitable to the French ...
... moft of his negotia- tions , because he carried his money on his back , rather than in his purfe ; rather to spend , than bestow ; and amaze foreigners , rather than to oblige them : yet was his embaffie more suitable to the French ...
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