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... afterwards Attorney - General . Later he was appointed to a judgeship at Port Phillip , and in 1852 he was promoted to be Chief Justice and Judge of the Admiralty Court , Victoria , and received the honour of knighthood . In 1863 he ...
... afterwards Attorney - General . Later he was appointed to a judgeship at Port Phillip , and in 1852 he was promoted to be Chief Justice and Judge of the Admiralty Court , Victoria , and received the honour of knighthood . In 1863 he ...
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... afterwards founded a school of rhetoric at Milan . He acquired great celebrity by the publica- tion of a series of commentaries on Greek and Latin authors , commencing with Cæsar , Ferrara , 1474 , and closing with the Familiar Epistles ...
... afterwards founded a school of rhetoric at Milan . He acquired great celebrity by the publica- tion of a series of commentaries on Greek and Latin authors , commencing with Cæsar , Ferrara , 1474 , and closing with the Familiar Epistles ...
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... afterwards founded a about the middle of the 15th century . He was for a t rhetoric at Milan . He acquired great celebrity by the tion of a series of commentaries on Greek and Lati commencing with Cæsar , Ferrara , 1474 , and closing ...
... afterwards founded a about the middle of the 15th century . He was for a t rhetoric at Milan . He acquired great celebrity by the tion of a series of commentaries on Greek and Lati commencing with Cæsar , Ferrara , 1474 , and closing ...
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... afterwards his see remained without an incumbent . 6 6 ADLER , KASPAR [ AQUILA , C. , E. C. S. ] . ADLER , PHILIP , German engraver , called by a mistake of Florent le Comte , Puticina , was born at Nürnberg in 1484 ; the year of his ...
... afterwards his see remained without an incumbent . 6 6 ADLER , KASPAR [ AQUILA , C. , E. C. S. ] . ADLER , PHILIP , German engraver , called by a mistake of Florent le Comte , Puticina , was born at Nürnberg in 1484 ; the year of his ...
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... afterwards was never known . A report appears to have been circulated that he was murdered by his servant for the sake of the gold he had taken with him to assist his flight . The pope , through Cardinal Giulio de ' Medici , a few ...
... afterwards was never known . A report appears to have been circulated that he was murdered by his servant for the sake of the gold he had taken with him to assist his flight . The pope , through Cardinal Giulio de ' Medici , a few ...
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