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... studying classical and modern literature , and making efforts in verse from an early age . Leland was tutor to his brother Thomas about 1525 , and may have given him some instruction . John Clerk ( d . 1552 ) [ q . v . ] , who was ...
... studying classical and modern literature , and making efforts in verse from an early age . Leland was tutor to his brother Thomas about 1525 , and may have given him some instruction . John Clerk ( d . 1552 ) [ q . v . ] , who was ...
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... studied with his brothers Thomas , Edward , and Philip . Tho- mas and Edward Howard afterwards became successively eighth and ninth dukes of Nor- folk . On 7 Sept. 1706 he took the mission oath , and at Advent 1709 was ordained priest ...
... studied with his brothers Thomas , Edward , and Philip . Tho- mas and Edward Howard afterwards became successively eighth and ninth dukes of Nor- folk . On 7 Sept. 1706 he took the mission oath , and at Advent 1709 was ordained priest ...
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... studied the shapes of the clouds and the laws of their change . His essay ' On the Modifica- tions of Clouds ' he communicated about 1802 to the Askesian Society , a little philo- sophical club to which both he and Allen belonged . This ...
... studied the shapes of the clouds and the laws of their change . His essay ' On the Modifica- tions of Clouds ' he communicated about 1802 to the Askesian Society , a little philo- sophical club to which both he and Allen belonged . This ...
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... studied diligently for four years . He at- tended the general chapter held at Rome in June 1650 , and was selected from among the students to deliver a Latin oration , in which he contended that the Dominican order might be rendered ...
... studied diligently for four years . He at- tended the general chapter held at Rome in June 1650 , and was selected from among the students to deliver a Latin oration , in which he contended that the Dominican order might be rendered ...
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... studied the set of the currents at different times of the tide . A line of seven ships was anchored , with springs on their cables , across the chan- nel , and was supported at the southern end by a battery on the island , and at the ...
... studied the set of the currents at different times of the tide . A line of seven ships was anchored , with springs on their cables , across the chan- nel , and was supported at the southern end by a battery on the island , and at the ...
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