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Bible Encyclopedias

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Search Results: "sidney-algernon

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Barham, Richard Harris
his literary name thomas ingoldsby, born at canterbury, minor canon of st. paul's; friend of sidney smith; author of "ingoldsby legends," published originally as a series of papers in bentley's miscellany (1788-1879).
Brougham, Henry, Lord Brougham and Vaux
Born in Edinburgh, and educated at the High School and University of that city; was admitted to the Scotch bar in 1800; excluded from promotion in Scotland
Bruno, Giordano
A bold and fervid original thinker, born at Nola, in Italy; a Dominican monk, quitted his monastery, in fact, was for heterodoxy obliged to flee from
Cambridge University
17 colleges: Peterhouse, founded 1257; Clare College, 1326; Pembroke, 1347; Gonville and Caius, 1348; Trinity Hall, 1350; Corpus Christi, 1352; King's,
Chevy Chase
the subject and title of a highly popular old english ballad, presumed to refer to an event in connection with the battle of otterburn; there were strains in it which sir philip sidney said moved his heart more than with a trumpet.
Drummond, William
Of Hawthornden, a Scottish poet, named the "Petrarch of Scotland," born in Hawthornden; studied civil law at Bourges, but poetry had more attractions
Edinburgh Review
A celebrated quarterly review started in October 1802 in Edinburgh to further the Whig interest; amongst its founders and contributors were Horner, Brougham,
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of
A favourite of Queen Elizabeth, born at Netherwood, Hereford; served in the Netherlands under Leicester, his stepfather; won the capricious fancy of
Spenser, Edmund
Author of the "Faërie Queene," and one of England's greatest poets; details of his life are scanty and often hypothetical; born at London of poor
Zutphen
manufacturing town in the dutch province of guelderland, in the neighbourhood of which sir philip sidney fell wounded in a skirmish.
 
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