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Clarendon1 1st Earl of, title of Edward Hyde. 1609--74, English statesman and historian; chief adviser to Charles II (1660--67); author of History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England (1704--07) Clarendon2 a village near Salisbury in S England: site of a council held by Henry II in 1164 that produced a code of laws (the Constitutions of Clarendon) defining relations between church and state How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Those who knew him will recognize in my third act the allusion to the patent Shorthand in which he used to write postcards, and which may be acquired from a four and six-penny manual published by the Clarendon Press. history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most |
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