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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... character . " Molfa , " fays la Monnoie , “ had a happy genius , which was ripened by ftudy into perfection . Learning and politenefs were combined in him . He under- ftood the Greck , and , as Lilius Giraldus fays , even the Hebrew ...
... character . " Molfa , " fays la Monnoie , “ had a happy genius , which was ripened by ftudy into perfection . Learning and politenefs were combined in him . He under- ftood the Greck , and , as Lilius Giraldus fays , even the Hebrew ...
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... character , was that which the received from the city of Rome ; which , by a decree of the fenate , in which all her excellences and qualifications are fet forth , honoured her with the title of Singular , and bestowed the rights of a ...
... character , was that which the received from the city of Rome ; which , by a decree of the fenate , in which all her excellences and qualifications are fet forth , honoured her with the title of Singular , and bestowed the rights of a ...
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... character which , in the course of it , he draws of his father , is fo fpirited , and fo full of the warmth of filial affection , as to merit being felected . " To fay he understood this diftemper beyond any of his co- temporaries is ...
... character which , in the course of it , he draws of his father , is fo fpirited , and fo full of the warmth of filial affection , as to merit being felected . " To fay he understood this diftemper beyond any of his co- temporaries is ...
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... character of him : " his great parts , " he fays , were attended with a tartness of writing ; very harp the nib of his pen , and much gall in the ink , against fuch as oppofed him . However , fuch the equabi- lity of this fharprefs of ...
... character of him : " his great parts , " he fays , were attended with a tartness of writing ; very harp the nib of his pen , and much gall in the ink , against fuch as oppofed him . However , fuch the equabi- lity of this fharprefs of ...
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... character in the dedication to the fecond volume of the " Spectator , " and of the fourth of the " Tatler ; " but Pope , in the portrait of Bufo , in the epiftle to Arbuthnot , has returned the ridicule which his lordship , in ...
... character in the dedication to the fecond volume of the " Spectator , " and of the fourth of the " Tatler ; " but Pope , in the portrait of Bufo , in the epiftle to Arbuthnot , has returned the ridicule which his lordship , in ...
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