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 PeriodG. G. and J. Robinson, 1798 - Biography |
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... Greek alfo in the divinity - fchools , in which he was extremely well fkilled , as appears from his book , intituled , " Novitas Papifmi , " where he expofes car- dinal Perron's ignorance of that language . In 1599 , he went to Paris ...
... Greek alfo in the divinity - fchools , in which he was extremely well fkilled , as appears from his book , intituled , " Novitas Papifmi , " where he expofes car- dinal Perron's ignorance of that language . In 1599 , he went to Paris ...
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... Greek and Latin in a manner which fhews her to have understood thofe languages as well as her own . Afterwards the learned mufic , as a relaxation and diverfion from her more ferious ftudies ; and in this art fhe attained the highest ...
... Greek and Latin in a manner which fhews her to have understood thofe languages as well as her own . Afterwards the learned mufic , as a relaxation and diverfion from her more ferious ftudies ; and in this art fhe attained the highest ...
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... all the interpreters before him had given up as inexplicable " He published alfo a very good tranflation of " Herodian , " from the Greek , the best 1719 . edition edition of which is , that of 1745 , in 14 • MONGAULT .
... all the interpreters before him had given up as inexplicable " He published alfo a very good tranflation of " Herodian , " from the Greek , the best 1719 . edition edition of which is , that of 1745 , in 14 • MONGAULT .
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... , according to the words of Hermogenes ; Sweetnofs is properly that which refults from perfect fimplicity . " His Greek poems C 3 are are likewife looked upon as very good ; and fo MONNOY E. 21 But he that brings him to my arms, ...
... , according to the words of Hermogenes ; Sweetnofs is properly that which refults from perfect fimplicity . " His Greek poems C 3 are are likewife looked upon as very good ; and fo MONNOY E. 21 But he that brings him to my arms, ...
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... Greek , all ready for the prefs . It was but juft , that the French academy fhould admit into their lift , as one of their members , a perton on whom they had fo often bestowed their laurels . He might , doubtlefs , have obtained that ...
... Greek , all ready for the prefs . It was but juft , that the French academy fhould admit into their lift , as one of their members , a perton on whom they had fo often bestowed their laurels . He might , doubtlefs , have obtained that ...
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