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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... continued a determined proteftant in fpite of all attempts to convert her . The pope applied to Henry IV . about the converfion of his fifter , and Henry fet his divines upon her ; but du Moulin preferved her found and orthodox in the ...
... continued a determined proteftant in fpite of all attempts to convert her . The pope applied to Henry IV . about the converfion of his fifter , and Henry fet his divines upon her ; but du Moulin preferved her found and orthodox in the ...
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... continued to indulge himself in profecuting fuch branches of moral and experimental philofophy as were moft agreeable to his fancy ; wherein aftronomy having the greatest share , he began , about 1681 , a literary correfpondence with ...
... continued to indulge himself in profecuting fuch branches of moral and experimental philofophy as were moft agreeable to his fancy ; wherein aftronomy having the greatest share , he began , about 1681 , a literary correfpondence with ...
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... continued to do fo to the end of his life ; that learned body having , before the end of the first fetion of the former , conferred on him the degree of doctor of laws . He was likewife nominated , by the lord - lieutenant , one of the ...
... continued to do fo to the end of his life ; that learned body having , before the end of the first fetion of the former , conferred on him the degree of doctor of laws . He was likewife nominated , by the lord - lieutenant , one of the ...
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... continued to do the fame , and perfevered in this for no lefs a time than forty years . He lived in poffeffion of universal esteem . He was member of almoft every fociety in Europe ; conductor of various inflitutions for the benefit of ...
... continued to do the fame , and perfevered in this for no lefs a time than forty years . He lived in poffeffion of universal esteem . He was member of almoft every fociety in Europe ; conductor of various inflitutions for the benefit of ...
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... continued till his death , which happened , after a few days ilinefs , on the 27th of December , in the fame year , and in the 77th year of his age . Dr Monro was tall and handfome in his person , and of a robutt conilitution of body ...
... continued till his death , which happened , after a few days ilinefs , on the 27th of December , in the fame year , and in the 77th year of his age . Dr Monro was tall and handfome in his person , and of a robutt conilitution of body ...
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