Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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... whig par- ty . In 1702 , he obtained his election for King's Lynn , which he also represented in several succeeding parliaments . In 1705 , he was nominated one of the coun- cil to prince George of Denmark , as lord high admiral of ...
... whig par- ty . In 1702 , he obtained his election for King's Lynn , which he also represented in several succeeding parliaments . In 1705 , he was nominated one of the coun- cil to prince George of Denmark , as lord high admiral of ...
Page 58
... whig principles in which he was educated ; and his parlia- mentary conduct was uniformly correct and independent . In 1748 , he purchased his small but celebrated villa at Twicken- ham ( q . v . ) , called Strawberry hill , which it ...
... whig principles in which he was educated ; and his parlia- mentary conduct was uniformly correct and independent . In 1748 , he purchased his small but celebrated villa at Twicken- ham ( q . v . ) , called Strawberry hill , which it ...
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... whig ministry . Such is a rapid sketch of the forty - years ' public life of this distinguished man , as a gene- ral , a diplomatist , and a minister . The details of his history and conduct in these different characters are too well ...
... whig ministry . Such is a rapid sketch of the forty - years ' public life of this distinguished man , as a gene- ral , a diplomatist , and a minister . The details of his history and conduct in these different characters are too well ...
Page 148
... whig and firm supporter of the Hanoverian succession , he was favored by George I , who raised him to the rank of marquis . He died in 1715 . די WHARTON , Philip , duke of , son of the preceding , was born in 1699. He dis- played , when ...
... whig and firm supporter of the Hanoverian succession , he was favored by George I , who raised him to the rank of marquis . He died in 1715 . די WHARTON , Philip , duke of , son of the preceding , was born in 1699. He dis- played , when ...
Page 151
... whig applied to them . Others , with Defoe , derive it from the Scotch word whig , or wigg , signifying whey . Jamieson ( Dictionary of the Scotch Language ) does not venture to decide . them too mercifully ; and duke Lauder- dale told ...
... whig applied to them . Others , with Defoe , derive it from the Scotch word whig , or wigg , signifying whey . Jamieson ( Dictionary of the Scotch Language ) does not venture to decide . them too mercifully ; and duke Lauder- dale told ...
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| Title | Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volume 13 Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford |
| Editor | Francis Lieber |
| Contributors | Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake |
| Publisher | Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 6 Oct 2010 |
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