The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Том 9Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1813 |
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... minister whom she always consulted , and whose advice she very rarely rejected . The first thing he advised was to call a parlia- ment , for the settlement of religion ; and caused a plan of reformation to be drawn with equal ...
... minister whom she always consulted , and whose advice she very rarely rejected . The first thing he advised was to call a parlia- ment , for the settlement of religion ; and caused a plan of reformation to be drawn with equal ...
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... minister's ad- vice , therefore , the interest of the reformed religion in Scotland was taken under Elizabeth's protection . This produced the convention of Leith ; and Cecil , as a remu- neration for his services in this affair ...
... minister's ad- vice , therefore , the interest of the reformed religion in Scotland was taken under Elizabeth's protection . This produced the convention of Leith ; and Cecil , as a remu- neration for his services in this affair ...
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... minister , and shewed even Leicester himself that he could not be overthrown . The affair of the duke of Norfolk's ruin followed , not long after he had been embarked in the faction against Cecil ; and therefore we find this minister ...
... minister , and shewed even Leicester himself that he could not be overthrown . The affair of the duke of Norfolk's ruin followed , not long after he had been embarked in the faction against Cecil ; and therefore we find this minister ...
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... minister to pull out a prayer - book , and point to the words " Men of blood shall not live out This lady was wonderfully learn- ed , especially in the Greek tongue , as appears from the testimony of the lord Burleigh himself , and of ...
... minister to pull out a prayer - book , and point to the words " Men of blood shall not live out This lady was wonderfully learn- ed , especially in the Greek tongue , as appears from the testimony of the lord Burleigh himself , and of ...
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... minister of state , and from that time public affairs seem to have been entirely under his direc- tion . During the last years of his queen , he supported her declining age with such vigour and prudence as at once enabled her to assist ...
... minister of state , and from that time public affairs seem to have been entirely under his direc- tion . During the last years of his queen , he supported her declining age with such vigour and prudence as at once enabled her to assist ...
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