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... held by Lord Castlereagh , was at the time abolished , and to do the work of the office a secretary to the lord lieutenant , and a keeper of the privy seal for Ireland , a sine- cure office which might be held for life , were appointed ...
... held by Lord Castlereagh , was at the time abolished , and to do the work of the office a secretary to the lord lieutenant , and a keeper of the privy seal for Ireland , a sine- cure office which might be held for life , were appointed ...
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... held . His short speeches recorded in the Journals of the House of Commons , thanking admirals and generals for their exploits during the great war , are models of dignified panegyric . These speeches were collected into one volume by ...
... held . His short speeches recorded in the Journals of the House of Commons , thanking admirals and generals for their exploits during the great war , are models of dignified panegyric . These speeches were collected into one volume by ...
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... held of Abbot's character in the seventeenth century . Whitelocke wrote that he left behind him the memory of a pious , learned , and moderate prelate ' ( Memo- rials , 18 , ed . 1732 ; cf. MAY , Long Parliament , p . 23 , ed . 1854 ) ...
... held of Abbot's character in the seventeenth century . Whitelocke wrote that he left behind him the memory of a pious , learned , and moderate prelate ' ( Memo- rials , 18 , ed . 1732 ; cf. MAY , Long Parliament , p . 23 , ed . 1854 ) ...
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... held St. Paul's Cathedral ) to the south - west cor- tenements from the great south door ( of ner of the cloister wall ' ( Cal . State Papers , 1629-31 , p . 453 ) , and he was one of the commissioners nominated in 1631 for the repair ...
... held St. Paul's Cathedral ) to the south - west cor- tenements from the great south door ( of ner of the cloister wall ' ( Cal . State Papers , 1629-31 , p . 453 ) , and he was one of the commissioners nominated in 1631 for the repair ...
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... held the office , would seem to have been in every respect meritorious . He restored the cathe- dral which had fallen into decay , exercised a bountiful and discriminating hospitality , and devoted his best energies to the religious ...
... held the office , would seem to have been in every respect meritorious . He restored the cathe- dral which had fallen into decay , exercised a bountiful and discriminating hospitality , and devoted his best energies to the religious ...
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