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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... ; Particularly the British and Irish ; from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period. LETTER SCIENCE ARTS AGRICULTURE KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY of the OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY A NEW AND GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY . 1798 . VOL.
... ; Particularly the British and Irish ; from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period. LETTER SCIENCE ARTS AGRICULTURE KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY of the OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY A NEW AND GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY . 1798 . VOL.
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... art of difputing ; of which he made himself fo great a mafter , that he was always the fcourge and terror of the papifts . Scaliger was very much his patron ; and when du Moulin published his Logic at Leyden in 1596 , was so gracious as ...
... art of difputing ; of which he made himself fo great a mafter , that he was always the fcourge and terror of the papifts . Scaliger was very much his patron ; and when du Moulin published his Logic at Leyden in 1596 , was so gracious as ...
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... art fhe attained the highest degree of perfection . She ufed to play upon the violin , as well as upon the lute , and fing to it at the fame time in fo exquisite a taste as charmed every hearer : and the inftituted at length a choir of ...
... art fhe attained the highest degree of perfection . She ufed to play upon the violin , as well as upon the lute , and fing to it at the fame time in fo exquisite a taste as charmed every hearer : and the inftituted at length a choir of ...
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... arts degree . After four years spent in this univerfity , he left it ; and being fent to London , was ad- mitted into the Middle - temple in June 1675. He ftaid there three three years , and applied himfelf to the ftudy of 8 MOLYNEUX ,
... arts degree . After four years spent in this univerfity , he left it ; and being fent to London , was ad- mitted into the Middle - temple in June 1675. He ftaid there three three years , and applied himfelf to the ftudy of 8 MOLYNEUX ,
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... art of engineering , he procured an appointment from the Irish government , to view the most confiderable fortreffes in Flanders . Accordingly he travelled through that country and Holland , and fome part of Germany and France ; and ...
... art of engineering , he procured an appointment from the Irish government , to view the most confiderable fortreffes in Flanders . Accordingly he travelled through that country and Holland , and fome part of Germany and France ; and ...
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