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  • 41Jonathan Smedley — (1671 1729) was an Anglo Irish religious opportunist and satirical victim who engaged in an open and hostile polemic with Jonathan Swift and all of the forces of the Tory party. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, received his MA from Trinity College …

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  • 42List of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament, 1660 to 1699 — This is a list of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament during that body s existence prior to the Act of Union of 1707. For legislation passed after that date see List of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament.The numbers… …

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  • 43John VII Gilbert — John Gilbert (1693 1761) was Archbishop of York from 1757 to 1761. [M. E. Clayton, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10692 ‘Gilbert, John (1693–1761)’] , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004] Origins and… …

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  • 44Thomas Pyle — The Reverend Thomas Pyle (born at Stody, Norfolk, 1674, died Swaffham, Norfolk, 31 December 1756) was a Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist.Background and educationThe son of the Reverend John Pyle (died 1709), Rector of… …

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  • 45Thomas Wilson (bishop) — infobox bishopbiog name = Thomas Wilson religion= Church of England See = Sodor and Man Title = Bishop of Sodor and Man Period = 1697 ndash;1755 consecration = 16 January 1698 Predecessor = Baptist Levinz Successor = Mark Hiddesley post = |… …

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  • 46John Boys (Dean) — BOYS, JOHN (1571 1625), dean of Canterbury,Dictionary of National Biography. Leslie Stephen, Ed. 1886. Vol. VI:128 129.] was descended from an old Kentish family who boasted that their ancestor came into England with the Conqueror, and who at the …

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  • 47Spenser, Edmund — born 1552/53, London, Eng. died Jan. 13, 1599, London English poet. Little is known for certain about his life before he entered the University of Cambridge. His first important publication, The Shepheardes Calender (1579), can be called the… …

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  • 48English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …

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  • 49Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 50Franklin Pierce: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       Friday, March 4, 1853       It is a relief to feel that no heart but my own can know the personal regret and bitter sorrow over which I have been borne to a position so suitable for others rather than desirable for myself.… …

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