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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... wrote in Latin a great number of fingular and entertaining works . MONCONYS ( BALTHASAR DE ) , was fon of the lieute- nant criminal of Lyons , and made himfelf celebrated in the world of literature by his travels to the Eaft , which he ...
... wrote in Latin a great number of fingular and entertaining works . MONCONYS ( BALTHASAR DE ) , was fon of the lieute- nant criminal of Lyons , and made himfelf celebrated in the world of literature by his travels to the Eaft , which he ...
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... wrote alfo , Les Ames Rivales , " an agreeable romance , containing lively and just descriptions of French manners . He was alfo author of various pieces of poetry . Moncrif died at Paris in 1770 66 MONGAULT ( NICOLAS HUBERT ) , an ...
... wrote alfo , Les Ames Rivales , " an agreeable romance , containing lively and just descriptions of French manners . He was alfo author of various pieces of poetry . Moncrif died at Paris in 1770 66 MONGAULT ( NICOLAS HUBERT ) , an ...
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... wrote many poems for her own diverfion , yet , with fuch accuracy , that they were deemed worthy of publication ; and foon after her death , which happened about 1715 , they were printed with the following title , " Miranda : Poems and ...
... wrote many poems for her own diverfion , yet , with fuch accuracy , that they were deemed worthy of publication ; and foon after her death , which happened about 1715 , they were printed with the following title , " Miranda : Poems and ...
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... wrote " Remarks on the Menagiana " in the laft edition of which , in 4 vols . 12mo , printed in 1715 , are included feveral pieces of his poetry , and a curious differtation on the famous book " De tribus Impof- toribus . " His ...
... wrote " Remarks on the Menagiana " in the laft edition of which , in 4 vols . 12mo , printed in 1715 , are included feveral pieces of his poetry , and a curious differtation on the famous book " De tribus Impof- toribus . " His ...
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... wrote his book intituled , Appello Cæfarem ; a juft Appeal against Two unjuft Informers : " which , having the approbation of Dr. White , dean of Carlifle , whom king James ordered to read it over , and give his sense of it , was ...
... wrote his book intituled , Appello Cæfarem ; a juft Appeal against Two unjuft Informers : " which , having the approbation of Dr. White , dean of Carlifle , whom king James ordered to read it over , and give his sense of it , was ...
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