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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... remarkable ACTIONS and SUFFERINGS , Their VIRTUES , PARTS , and LEARNING , ARE ACCURATELY DISPLAYED . With a CATALOGUE of their LITERARY PRODUCTIONS . A NEW EDITION , IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES , GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED . VOL . XI ...
... remarkable ACTIONS and SUFFERINGS , Their VIRTUES , PARTS , and LEARNING , ARE ACCURATELY DISPLAYED . With a CATALOGUE of their LITERARY PRODUCTIONS . A NEW EDITION , IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES , GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED . VOL . XI ...
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... remarkable progrefs in academical learning , and particularly in the new philofo- phy , as it was then called , he proceeded at the regular time to his bachelor of arts degree . After four years spent in this univerfity , he left it ...
... remarkable progrefs in academical learning , and particularly in the new philofo- phy , as it was then called , he proceeded at the regular time to his bachelor of arts degree . After four years spent in this univerfity , he left it ...
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... remarkable postscript : " There be that tell me , that there is a certain cunning fellow in Scotland , called George Monk , who is faid to lie in wait there to in- troduce Charles Stuart ; I pray you , ufe your diligence to apprehend ...
... remarkable postscript : " There be that tell me , that there is a certain cunning fellow in Scotland , called George Monk , who is faid to lie in wait there to in- troduce Charles Stuart ; I pray you , ufe your diligence to apprehend ...
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... remarkable are , " Obfervations on the Rife and Fall of the Roman Empire ; " and " An Examination into the Caufes of Earthquakes . " MONTAIGNE ( MICHAEL DE ) , a French genleman and celebrated writer , was born at Perigord , of an ...
... remarkable are , " Obfervations on the Rife and Fall of the Roman Empire ; " and " An Examination into the Caufes of Earthquakes . " MONTAIGNE ( MICHAEL DE ) , a French genleman and celebrated writer , was born at Perigord , of an ...
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... remarkable of them is the " Temple of Gnidus , " which was very foon published after the " Perfian Letters . ' M. de Montefquieu , after having been Horace , Theophraftus , and Lucian , in thofe , was Ovid and Ana- creon in this new ...
... remarkable of them is the " Temple of Gnidus , " which was very foon published after the " Perfian Letters . ' M. de Montefquieu , after having been Horace , Theophraftus , and Lucian , in thofe , was Ovid and Ana- creon in this new ...
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