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 Period ...W. Strahan, 1784 - Biography |
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... said , " would do " it better than he could . " Herfan intended Rollin for his fucceffor , therefore firft took him in as an affistant in 1683 , and afterwards , in 1687 , gave up the chair to him . The year after , Herfan , with the ...
... said , " would do " it better than he could . " Herfan intended Rollin for his fucceffor , therefore firft took him in as an affistant in 1683 , and afterwards , in 1687 , gave up the chair to him . The year after , Herfan , with the ...
Page 342
... said charity To Bromley college in Kent £ . s . d . 1000 O 1000 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 500 0 1500 0 0 To the hofpitals of the archbishop of Canter- bury , at Croydon , St. John at Canterbury , and St , Nicholas Harbledown ...
... said charity To Bromley college in Kent £ . s . d . 1000 O 1000 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 500 0 1500 0 0 To the hofpitals of the archbishop of Canter- bury , at Croydon , St. John at Canterbury , and St , Nicholas Harbledown ...
Page 372
... said to have replied , that " he did not pretend " to determine how great a poet Shadwell might be , but ་ was fure that he was an honeft man . " This reply , if it was really made , reflects great . honour upon Shadwell ; but , with ...
... said to have replied , that " he did not pretend " to determine how great a poet Shadwell might be , but ་ was fure that he was an honeft man . " This reply , if it was really made , reflects great . honour upon Shadwell ; but , with ...
Page 467
... said against that reformer , which will not bear as hard upon their own patriarch . In 1579 , Socinus retired into Poland , and defired to be admitted into the communion of the Unitarians ; but was refused , on account of fome ...
... said against that reformer , which will not bear as hard upon their own patriarch . In 1579 , Socinus retired into Poland , and defired to be admitted into the communion of the Unitarians ; but was refused , on account of fome ...
Page 479
... said , " owe a cock to Æfculapius ; pay it , neglect it not . ' ' It fhall be done , ' fays Crito : would you have any " thing elfe ? ' He made no answer , but , after lying a while , ftretched himfelf forth : when the executioner ...
... said , " owe a cock to Æfculapius ; pay it , neglect it not . ' ' It fhall be done , ' fays Crito : would you have any " thing elfe ? ' He made no answer , but , after lying a while , ftretched himfelf forth : when the executioner ...
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