DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY1891 |
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... English as Sir Piers Morgan . They had just got clear of the Goulet when the English fleet arrived , and at once attacked them . The fight was fiercely contested , especially among the larger ships ; the Cordelière , commanded by ...
... English as Sir Piers Morgan . They had just got clear of the Goulet when the English fleet arrived , and at once attacked them . The fight was fiercely contested , especially among the larger ships ; the Cordelière , commanded by ...
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... English drew back in dismay to their own ports , and Prégent , called by English chroniclers ' Prior John , ' crossed over from Brest , and ravaged the coast of Sussex . Howard's death was felt as a national disaster . In a letter to ...
... English drew back in dismay to their own ports , and Prégent , called by English chroniclers ' Prior John , ' crossed over from Brest , and ravaged the coast of Sussex . Howard's death was felt as a national disaster . In a letter to ...
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... English and Irish political ques- tions . Though inexperienced in official life , Carlisle soon gained a clear insight into the true condition of Irish affairs , and won the re- spect of the Irish people . In his official des- patches ...
... English and Irish political ques- tions . Though inexperienced in official life , Carlisle soon gained a clear insight into the true condition of Irish affairs , and won the re- spect of the Irish people . In his official des- patches ...
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... English verse respectively . He took a first class in classics in the following year , and graduated B.A. 1823 , M.A. 1827. On the death of his grandfather in September 1825 his father succeeded as the sixth earl , while he himself ...
... English verse respectively . He took a first class in classics in the following year , and graduated B.A. 1823 , M.A. 1827. On the death of his grandfather in September 1825 his father succeeded as the sixth earl , while he himself ...
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... English edition of Mrs. Stowe's ' Uncle Tom's Cabin ' ( London , 1853 , 8vo ) . [ Lonsdale's Worthies of Cumberland - the Howards , 1872 , with portrait , pp . 125-88 ; Mar- tineau's Biographical Sketches , 1869 , pp . 131-42 ...
... English edition of Mrs. Stowe's ' Uncle Tom's Cabin ' ( London , 1853 , 8vo ) . [ Lonsdale's Worthies of Cumberland - the Howards , 1872 , with portrait , pp . 125-88 ; Mar- tineau's Biographical Sketches , 1869 , pp . 131-42 ...
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