See also:OLDYS, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1696-1761) , See also:English See also:antiquary and b!blio- and See also:Levant, and is characterized by its tall shrubby See also:habit and grapher, natural son of Dr William Oldys, See also:chancellor of See also:Lincoln, its thick See also:lance-shaped opposite leaves, which exude a milky was See also:born on the 14th of See also:July 1696, probably in See also:London. His juice when punctured. The See also:flowers are See also:borne in terminal See also:father had also held the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of See also:advocate of the See also:admiralty, but clusters, and are like those of the See also:common periwinkle ( Vinca), but lost it in 1693 because he would not prosecute as traitors and are of a See also:rose See also:colour, rarely See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white, and the See also:throat or upper edge pirates the sailors who had served against See also:England under of the See also:tube of the corolla is occupied by outgrowths in the See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. William Oldys, the younger, lost See also:part of his small See also:form of lobed and fringed petal-like scales. The hairy anthers patrimony in the See also:South See also:Sea Bubble, and in 1724 went to See also:York- adhere to the thickened stigma. The See also:fruit or See also:seed-See also:vessel consists See also:shire, spending the greater part of the next six years as the of two See also:long pods, which, bursting along one edge, liberate a See also:guest of the See also:earl of See also:Malton. On his return to London he found number of seeds, each of which has a tuft of silky hairs like See also:thistle that his landlord had disposed of the books and papers See also:left down at the upper end. in his See also:charge. Among these was an annotated copy of See also:Gerard The genus belongs to Langbaine's Dramatick Poets. The See also:book came into the hands of the natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Coxeter (1689-1747), and subsequently into See also:Theophilus Apocynaceae, a See also:family See also:Cibber's See also:possession, and furnished the basis of the Lives of that, as is usual where the Poets (1753) published with Cibber's name on the See also:title See also:page, the juice has a milky though most of it was written by See also:Robert Shiels. In 1731 Oldys See also:appearance, is marked sold his collections to See also:Edward Harley, second earl of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, by its poisonous See also:pro-who appointed him his See also:literary secretary in 1738. Three years perties. Cases are re-later his See also:patron died, and from that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he worked for the corded by See also:Lindley of booksellers. His habits were irregular, and in 1751 his debts See also:children poisoned by drove him to the See also:Fleet See also:prison. After two years' imprisonment the flowers. The same he was released through the kindness of See also:friends who paid his author also narrates how debts, and in See also:April 1755 he was appointed Norroy See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king-at-arms in the course of thePeninby the See also:duke of See also:Norfolk. He died on the 15th of April 1761. sular See also:War some See also:French
Oldys's See also:chief See also:works are: The See also:British Librarian, a See also:review of scarce soldiers died in conseand valuable books in See also:print and in See also:manuscript (1737–1738) ; the quence of employing
Harleian See also:Miscellany (1744-1746), a collection of tracts and See also:pamphlets skewers made from Nerium Oleander. in the earl of Oxford's library, undertaken in See also:conjunction with
Dr See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson; twenty-two articles contributed to the Biographic freshly-cut twigs of oleander for roasting their See also:meat. The Britannica (1747-1760) ; an edition of See also:Raleigh's See also:History of the See also:World, oleander was known to the Greeks under three names, viz. with a See also:Life of the author (1736) ; Life of See also:Charles See also:Cotton prefixed to See also:rhododendron, nerion and rhododaphne, and is well described
See also:Sir See also:John awkins's edition (176o) of the Compleat See also:Angler. In 1727 by See also:Pliny (xvi. 20), who mentions its rose like flowers and Oldys began to annotate another Langbaine to replace the one he
had lost. This valuable book, with a MS. collection of notes by poisonous qualities, at the same time stating that it was Oldys on various See also:bibliographical subjects, is preserved in the British considered serviceable as a remedy against snake-bite.
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