A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period ...G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798 - Biography |
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... say in this cafe , what the abbot Furetiere said of attornies , viz . There are fome faints who have been advocates , bailiffs , nay even phyficians and comedians : and there is no profeffion , but what hath produced faints , except ...
... say in this cafe , what the abbot Furetiere said of attornies , viz . There are fome faints who have been advocates , bailiffs , nay even phyficians and comedians : and there is no profeffion , but what hath produced faints , except ...
Page 53
... says he , " must be confidered as only the fecond . " In another place , fpeaking of this work of Pafcal , he fays , that " exam- ples of all the various fpecies of eloquence are to be found in it . Though it has been now written almost ...
... says he , " must be confidered as only the fecond . " In another place , fpeaking of this work of Pafcal , he fays , that " exam- ples of all the various fpecies of eloquence are to be found in it . Though it has been now written almost ...
Page 57
... say , that he preferred Ronfard's verfes made for the chancellor l'Hôpital to the whole dutchy of Milan . " He wrote Latin verfes very well . That age produced nothing more pure and natural . They are alfo full of erudition , and have a ...
... say , that he preferred Ronfard's verfes made for the chancellor l'Hôpital to the whole dutchy of Milan . " He wrote Latin verfes very well . That age produced nothing more pure and natural . They are alfo full of erudition , and have a ...
Page 77
... say , that one of the things of which he was most repented was , that he had been perfuaded to drink wine . He eat fcarce any thing but bread and fruits , and used a very small quantity of food , because the leaft fulness rendered him ...
... say , that one of the things of which he was most repented was , that he had been perfuaded to drink wine . He eat fcarce any thing but bread and fruits , and used a very small quantity of food , because the leaft fulness rendered him ...
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... say with the Manichees , that man cannot avoid finning , as thofe who fay with Jovinian , that man cannot fin . " He concluded with thefe words : " Such , bleffed pope , is the faith which we have learned in the catholic church , the ...
... say with the Manichees , that man cannot avoid finning , as thofe who fay with Jovinian , that man cannot fin . " He concluded with thefe words : " Such , bleffed pope , is the faith which we have learned in the catholic church , the ...
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