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Lancelot Andrewes
Language; Encyclopedias
An English prelate, born in Essex, and zealous High Churchman in the reign of Elizabeth and James I.; eminent as a scholar, a theologian, and a preacher; in succession bishop of Ely, Chichester, and ...
Mark Akenside
Language; Encyclopedias
An English physician, who wrote, among other productions and pieces, the "Hymn to the Naiads," especially a poem entitled the "Pleasures of Imagination," much quoted from at one time, and suggested ...
Adullamites
Language; Encyclopedias
An English political party who in 1866 deserted the Liberal side in protest against a Liberal Franchise Bill then introduced. John Bright gave them this name. See 1 Sam. xxii.
Archibald Alison
Language; Encyclopedias
An Episcopal clergyman in Edinburgh, of which he was a native, best known for his "Essay on the Nature and Principles of Taste" (1757-1839).
Alberti
Language; Encyclopedias
An illustrious Florentine family, rivals of the Medicis and the Albrizzi.
