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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... in it with vigour , and was particularly zealous in promoting the study of the mathematicks . This lafted till the fecond civil war in 1567 , when he was was forced to leave Paris , and fhelter himself among RAMU S. " 27.
... in it with vigour , and was particularly zealous in promoting the study of the mathematicks . This lafted till the fecond civil war in 1567 , when he was was forced to leave Paris , and fhelter himself among RAMU S. " 27.
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... study , Diet , art . Bayle's and fhewed by fome Latin productions , that he was able RAPIN . to write on the fineft fubjects with great art and elo- quence . He excelled in Latin poetry , and published vari- ous pieces in it : the ...
... study , Diet , art . Bayle's and fhewed by fome Latin productions , that he was able RAPIN . to write on the fineft fubjects with great art and elo- quence . He excelled in Latin poetry , and published vari- ous pieces in it : the ...
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... study of the law , and was an advocate in the chamber of the edict of Nantes above fifty years . Thefe chambers were courts of judicature erected in feveral towns of France , in behalf of the Huguonots ; the judges whereof were half of ...
... study of the law , and was an advocate in the chamber of the edict of Nantes above fifty years . Thefe chambers were courts of judicature erected in feveral towns of France , in behalf of the Huguonots ; the judges whereof were half of ...
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... studying the law ; for he declared exprefsly at his trial , that he had never ftudied it . On the contrary , his mind was ftill bent on military glory ; and he had op- portunities enough of indulging his ruling paffion . He went in 1578 ...
... studying the law ; for he declared exprefsly at his trial , that he had never ftudied it . On the contrary , his mind was ftill bent on military glory ; and he had op- portunities enough of indulging his ruling paffion . He went in 1578 ...
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... study , poffeffed queen Elizabeth , that fuch a doctrine was against God no lefs than her father's honour ; whose " faith , if he owned any , was grounded upon school divinity . Whereupon the chid him , who was , by his own confeffion ...
... study , poffeffed queen Elizabeth , that fuch a doctrine was against God no lefs than her father's honour ; whose " faith , if he owned any , was grounded upon school divinity . Whereupon the chid him , who was , by his own confeffion ...
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