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See also:RAMSAY, See also:ANDREW See also:MICHAEL (1686-1743) , See also:French writer, of Scottish See also:birth, commonly called the " See also:Chevalier Ramsay," was See also:born at See also:Ayr on the 9th of See also:January 1686. Ramsay served with the See also:English auxiliaries in the See also:Netherlands, and in 1710 visited See also:Fenelon, who converted him to See also:Roman Catholicism. He remained in See also:France until 1724, when he was sent to See also:Rome as See also:tutor to the See also:Stuart princes, See also:Charles See also:Edward and See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, the future See also:cardinal of See also:York. He was driven by intrigue from this See also:post, and returned to See also:Paris. He was in See also:England in 1730, and received an honorary degree from the university 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. The claim was nominally his discipleship to Fenelon, but in reality beyond doubt his connexion with the Jacobite party. He died at St Germain-en-Laye (See also:Seine-et-See also:Oise) on the 6th of May 1743. Ramsay's See also:principal See also:work was See also:Les voyages de See also:Cyrus (See also:London, 1728; Paris, 1727), a See also:book composed in avowed See also:imitation of Telemaque. He also edited Telemaque itself (Paris, 2 vols., 1717) with an introduction, and wrote a Histoire de la See also:vie et See also:des ouvrages de Fenelon (The See also:Hague, 1723), besides a partial See also:biography (Paris, 1735) of See also:Turenne, some poems (See also:Edinburgh, 1728) in English, and other See also:miscellaneous See also:works.
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