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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... gives anfwers to twelve questions propofed in the be- ginning of the book ; which answers are given and varied according to fome rules laid down in the preface [ B ] . It ap- pears that Parabofco lived chiefly , if not entirely , at ...
... gives anfwers to twelve questions propofed in the be- ginning of the book ; which answers are given and varied according to fome rules laid down in the preface [ B ] . It ap- pears that Parabofco lived chiefly , if not entirely , at ...
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... give his notions a plausible turn , fo as apparently to clear them from contradictions . He taught alfo mathematics in fome places , and at last at Paris . He had from his youth a happy genius for that science , and made a great ...
... give his notions a plausible turn , fo as apparently to clear them from contradictions . He taught alfo mathematics in fome places , and at last at Paris . He had from his youth a happy genius for that science , and made a great ...
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... give a warrant to draw up articles to touch her life . The day and hour was appointed , when the was to be feized : but the defign being accidentally difcovered to her , she waited upon the king , who received her kindly , and purposely ...
... give a warrant to draw up articles to touch her life . The day and hour was appointed , when the was to be feized : but the defign being accidentally difcovered to her , she waited upon the king , who received her kindly , and purposely ...
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... give himself the moft flattering epithets ; fuch as , the tendereft , the fofteft , the grandeft , the most de- licate , and the perfecter of his art . He boafted , that he was fprung originally from Apollo , and born to paint the gods ...
... give himself the moft flattering epithets ; fuch as , the tendereft , the fofteft , the grandeft , the most de- licate , and the perfecter of his art . He boafted , that he was fprung originally from Apollo , and born to paint the gods ...
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... gives the king of France a large account of both these projects in one of his letters ; and in another mentions a third , wherein himself had received overtures from Parfons ; which was , that the pope , king of France , and king of ...
... gives the king of France a large account of both these projects in one of his letters ; and in another mentions a third , wherein himself had received overtures from Parfons ; which was , that the pope , king of France , and king of ...
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