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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... EDITION , IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES , GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED . VOL . XI . LONDON : Printed for G. G. and J. ROBINSON , J. JOHNSON , J. NICHOLS , J. SEWELL , H. L. GARDNER , F. and C. RIVINGTON , W. OTRIDGE and SON , G. NICOL , E ...
... EDITION , IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES , GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED . VOL . XI . LONDON : Printed for G. G. and J. ROBINSON , J. JOHNSON , J. NICHOLS , J. SEWELL , H. L. GARDNER , F. and C. RIVINGTON , W. OTRIDGE and SON , G. NICOL , E ...
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... edition of which was published at London in 1700 , 4to . Upon the coming out of Sir Ifaac Newton's " Principia " the following year , 1687 , our author was ftruck with the fame aftonishment as the rest of the world ; but de- clared alfo ...
... edition of which was published at London in 1700 , 4to . Upon the coming out of Sir Ifaac Newton's " Principia " the following year , 1687 , our author was ftruck with the fame aftonishment as the rest of the world ; but de- clared alfo ...
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... edition was dedicated to pope Gregory XIII . and it was to oblige the pope , that the author published it in this manner : " Since the fruits of my ftudies , " fays he in the dedication , are of fuch a nature as to please your holinefs ...
... edition was dedicated to pope Gregory XIII . and it was to oblige the pope , that the author published it in this manner : " Since the fruits of my ftudies , " fays he in the dedication , are of fuch a nature as to please your holinefs ...
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... edition of " Tully's Letters to Atticus , " with an excellent French tranflation , and judicious comment upon them . This work has been often reprinted , and is juftly ... edition edition of which is , that of 1745 , in 14 • MONGAULT .
... edition of " Tully's Letters to Atticus , " with an excellent French tranflation , and judicious comment upon them . This work has been often reprinted , and is juftly ... edition edition of which is , that of 1745 , in 14 • MONGAULT .
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... edition of which is , that of 1745 , in 12mo . He died at Paris , Aug. 15 , 1746 , aged almoft 72 . He was a member of the French academy , and of the academy of infcriptions and belles lettres ; and was fitted to do honour to any ...
... edition of which is , that of 1745 , in 12mo . He died at Paris , Aug. 15 , 1746 , aged almoft 72 . He was a member of the French academy , and of the academy of infcriptions and belles lettres ; and was fitted to do honour to any ...
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