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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... thing very fingular , viz . that those of the family of Moulin were related to Eli- zabeth queen of England ; " which the acknowledged herself in 1572 , fpeaking with Francis duke of Montmorency , marshal of France and embaffador to ...
... thing very fingular , viz . that those of the family of Moulin were related to Eli- zabeth queen of England ; " which the acknowledged herself in 1572 , fpeaking with Francis duke of Montmorency , marshal of France and embaffador to ...
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... things . He died in 1687 . MOLINOS ( MICHAEL ) , a Spanish ecclefiaftic , born at Saragoffa in 1527 , of an opulent and refpectable family . He is memorable for exciting controverfies in the church , and for giving the name to a new ...
... things . He died in 1687 . MOLINOS ( MICHAEL ) , a Spanish ecclefiaftic , born at Saragoffa in 1527 , of an opulent and refpectable family . He is memorable for exciting controverfies in the church , and for giving the name to a new ...
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... thing that was elegant ; and we are told , that he ftood ravifhed with admiration , upon finding fo many more accomplishments than he had been taught to expect in her . But the most authentic teftimony , and declaration of her high ...
... thing that was elegant ; and we are told , that he ftood ravifhed with admiration , upon finding fo many more accomplishments than he had been taught to expect in her . But the most authentic teftimony , and declaration of her high ...
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... mere geographers , as they abound more in philofophical ob- fervations , particularly with regard to chemistry , than in de- fcription of things and places . 6 MONCRIF MONCRIF ( FRANCIS AUGUSTIN PARADIS DE ) , member of MONCONY S. 13.
... mere geographers , as they abound more in philofophical ob- fervations , particularly with regard to chemistry , than in de- fcription of things and places . 6 MONCRIF MONCRIF ( FRANCIS AUGUSTIN PARADIS DE ) , member of MONCONY S. 13.
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... thing to do with him therein ; yet are eafily perfuaded , that the making the fame by the faid major - general was , in his judge- ment , most for the advantage of the English intereft in that nation ; and , that he fhall not be farther ...
... thing to do with him therein ; yet are eafily perfuaded , that the making the fame by the faid major - general was , in his judge- ment , most for the advantage of the English intereft in that nation ; and , that he fhall not be farther ...
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