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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... hand in the writing of a periodical paper , called , " Fog's Journal , " as alfo fince that time to have been almoft the fole author of another well - known paper , intituled . " Common Sente . " All these papers give testimony of ...
... hand in the writing of a periodical paper , called , " Fog's Journal , " as alfo fince that time to have been almoft the fole author of another well - known paper , intituled . " Common Sente . " All these papers give testimony of ...
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... hand : " I give and bequeath to my excellent friend John Locke , Efq . author of the Effay concerning Human Understanding , ' the fum of five pounds , to buy him a ring , in memory of the value and efteem I had for him . " Befides the ...
... hand : " I give and bequeath to my excellent friend John Locke , Efq . author of the Effay concerning Human Understanding , ' the fum of five pounds , to buy him a ring , in memory of the value and efteem I had for him . " Befides the ...
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... hands of his enemies , he readily accepted of a colonel's commiffion ; and , as he had been engaged against the Irifh rebels before , he thought it confiftent with the duty he owed , and which he had hitherto inviolably maintained , to ...
... hands of his enemies , he readily accepted of a colonel's commiffion ; and , as he had been engaged against the Irifh rebels before , he thought it confiftent with the duty he owed , and which he had hitherto inviolably maintained , to ...
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... hands , who know the hurt you can do them in a good con- juncture , and can never but fufpect your affection to be , as ... hand to the heart of the nation , and restored the king ; and , in this , did the greatest service that ever was ...
... hands , who know the hurt you can do them in a good con- juncture , and can never but fufpect your affection to be , as ... hand to the heart of the nation , and restored the king ; and , in this , did the greatest service that ever was ...
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... hand is to be feen , at Montagu- houfe , Hampton - court , the duke of St. Alban's at Windfor , Kensington , lord Carlifle's , Burlington - houfe , & c . The author of the Abrégé , " speaking of Baptist , La Foffe , and Rouffeau , fays ...
... hand is to be feen , at Montagu- houfe , Hampton - court , the duke of St. Alban's at Windfor , Kensington , lord Carlifle's , Burlington - houfe , & c . The author of the Abrégé , " speaking of Baptist , La Foffe , and Rouffeau , fays ...
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