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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... given a folemn promife , in the face of his congregation , that he would return to them at the end of three months . The king received him with great affection ; took him to Cambridge at the time of the commencement , where he was ...
... given a folemn promife , in the face of his congregation , that he would return to them at the end of three months . The king received him with great affection ; took him to Cambridge at the time of the commencement , where he was ...
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... given a particular account of him ; which we will infert as much of , in the courfe of this memoir , as is neceffary to illuftrate his character . " Molfa , " fays la Monnoie , “ had a happy genius , which was ripened by ftudy into ...
... given a particular account of him ; which we will infert as much of , in the courfe of this memoir , as is neceffary to illuftrate his character . " Molfa , " fays la Monnoie , “ had a happy genius , which was ripened by ftudy into ...
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... given . her , is curious and worth tranfcribing ; as it is not fuppofed to exceed the truth , although it is written in the highest strains of panegyric . " Non tu , " fays he , " ut aliæ folent , fummis labris libros attigifti . Tu non ...
... given . her , is curious and worth tranfcribing ; as it is not fuppofed to exceed the truth , although it is written in the highest strains of panegyric . " Non tu , " fays he , " ut aliæ folent , fummis labris libros attigifti . Tu non ...
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... given Mr. Locke a hint of his thoughts upon this fubject , before it was quite ready for the prefs , and defired his fentiments upon the fundamental principle on which his argument was grounded ; in anfwer to which that gentleman ...
... given Mr. Locke a hint of his thoughts upon this fubject , before it was quite ready for the prefs , and defired his fentiments upon the fundamental principle on which his argument was grounded ; in anfwer to which that gentleman ...
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... given him , and that of Villeneuve in The duke of Chartres , becoming colonel - general of the French infantry , chofe the abbé Mongault to fill the place of fecretary general ; made him alio fecretary of the province of Dauphiny ; and ...
... given him , and that of Villeneuve in The duke of Chartres , becoming colonel - general of the French infantry , chofe the abbé Mongault to fill the place of fecretary general ; made him alio fecretary of the province of Dauphiny ; and ...
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