Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 43Leslie Stephen Macmillan, 1895 - Great Britain |
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... English Opera House , and appeared in a piece by Henry Siddons , called ' The Russian Impostor , ' in which he made a success . He was then engaged for the Lyceum by Arnold , at a salary rising from 77. to 91. An engage ment at Drury ...
... English Opera House , and appeared in a piece by Henry Siddons , called ' The Russian Impostor , ' in which he made a success . He was then engaged for the Lyceum by Arnold , at a salary rising from 77. to 91. An engage ment at Drury ...
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... English contingent of Mar's Jacobite army . Early in October the Jacobite general in England , the incompetent Thomas Forster [ q . v . ] , granted him a colonel's com- mission in the name of the Pretender . After joining the Scottish ...
... English contingent of Mar's Jacobite army . Early in October the Jacobite general in England , the incompetent Thomas Forster [ q . v . ] , granted him a colonel's com- mission in the name of the Pretender . After joining the Scottish ...
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... English colony first settled by the Lord Willoughby of Parham ' ( MATHER , Magnalia Christi Americana , 1702 , iii . 221 ) . Surinam was soon seized by the Dutch , but was retaken by Sir John Herman for the English . With him Oxenbridge ...
... English colony first settled by the Lord Willoughby of Parham ' ( MATHER , Magnalia Christi Americana , 1702 , iii . 221 ) . Surinam was soon seized by the Dutch , but was retaken by Sir John Herman for the English . With him Oxenbridge ...
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... English troops arrived , but were unable to obtain the immediate cession of Bombay , and Sir George Oxenden was prevented from assisting them by increased complications . France joined Holland in threatening the company's trade , while ...
... English troops arrived , but were unable to obtain the immediate cession of Bombay , and Sir George Oxenden was prevented from assisting them by increased complications . France joined Holland in threatening the company's trade , while ...
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... English Languages , ' 1857 , 8vo , and ' The Illustrated Book of French Songs from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century , ' 1855 , 8vo , and assisted Francis Hüffer to translate the words of the Wagner selections for the Albert Hall ...
... English Languages , ' 1857 , 8vo , and ' The Illustrated Book of French Songs from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century , ' 1855 , 8vo , and assisted Francis Hüffer to translate the words of the Wagner selections for the Albert Hall ...
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Page 313 - ... action of the Land League. Will the hon. member deny and disprove that statement ? I will repeat again what the charge is which I make against him. Probably a more serious charge was never made by any member of this House against another member. It is not that he himself directly planned or perpetrated outrages or murders, but that, he either connived at them, or when warned " Here the right hon. gentleman was interrupted by Mr. Parnell, who exclaimed