The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... barbarous age , which accused him of sorcery , and compelled him to justify himself from a supposed famili- arity with the devil ; and Francis Bacon , who developed 66 1 the whole system of human knowledge , and opened those.
... barbarous age , which accused him of sorcery , and compelled him to justify himself from a supposed famili- arity with the devil ; and Francis Bacon , who developed 66 1 the whole system of human knowledge , and opened those.
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... compelled him to adopt the law , as a profession , contrary to his natural inclination , which rather led him to apply himself to state affairs . He entered himself of Gray's Inn , in which society he conti- nued to reside , even after ...
... compelled him to adopt the law , as a profession , contrary to his natural inclination , which rather led him to apply himself to state affairs . He entered himself of Gray's Inn , in which society he conti- nued to reside , even after ...
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... compelled to remain at the Earl of Arundel's house , at Highgate , near London , about a week , and there he expired on Easter Day , the 9th of April , 1626 , in the sixty - sixth year of his age . He was interred in St. Michael's ...
... compelled to remain at the Earl of Arundel's house , at Highgate , near London , about a week , and there he expired on Easter Day , the 9th of April , 1626 , in the sixty - sixth year of his age . He was interred in St. Michael's ...
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... Compelled to relinquish that appointment , through the tyranny of Archbishop Manasses , Bruno formed the re- solution to retire from the world , and to seclude him- self in some secret recess , for the remainder of his days . His first ...
... Compelled to relinquish that appointment , through the tyranny of Archbishop Manasses , Bruno formed the re- solution to retire from the world , and to seclude him- self in some secret recess , for the remainder of his days . His first ...
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... compelled him to journey to Rome , to assist the holy chair with his council . On terminating the affairs which brought him to that city , the holy zealot , lost in the midst of a splendid court , surrounded with the in- trigue and ...
... compelled him to journey to Rome , to assist the holy chair with his council . On terminating the affairs which brought him to that city , the holy zealot , lost in the midst of a splendid court , surrounded with the in- trigue and ...
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