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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... subject from the Bible . Racine compofed " Efther ; " which , being first re- prefented at St. Cyr , was afterwards acted at Verfailles before the king in 1689. " It appears to me very re- Ibid . " markable , " fays Voltaire , " that ...
... subject from the Bible . Racine compofed " Efther ; " which , being first re- prefented at St. Cyr , was afterwards acted at Verfailles before the king in 1689. " It appears to me very re- Ibid . " markable , " fays Voltaire , " that ...
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... Subjects . " He had alfo a fhare in " The Chriftian Magazine , by " Dr. James Mauclerc , 1748 ; " and in the additions to the fixth edition of De Foe's " Tour through Great Bri- " tain . " Six original letters upon Duelling " were ...
... Subjects . " He had alfo a fhare in " The Chriftian Magazine , by " Dr. James Mauclerc , 1748 ; " and in the additions to the fixth edition of De Foe's " Tour through Great Bri- " tain . " Six original letters upon Duelling " were ...
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... Subject , & c . 1661 , " 4to . 11. A prefatory Difcourfe , in defence of Ufher and his writings , prefixed to a collection of learned treatifes , in- tituled , " Clavi Trabales : or , nails faftened by fome " great mafters of affemblies ...
... Subject , & c . 1661 , " 4to . 11. A prefatory Difcourfe , in defence of Ufher and his writings , prefixed to a collection of learned treatifes , in- tituled , " Clavi Trabales : or , nails faftened by fome " great mafters of affemblies ...
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... subjects of the nextlarticles . As to his writings , they cannot be fuppofed volumihous ; his life having been too much employed in action . Several of his letters , and other papers , are inferted in Strype's “ Annals ; in his " Life ...
... subjects of the nextlarticles . As to his writings , they cannot be fuppofed volumihous ; his life having been too much employed in action . Several of his letters , and other papers , are inferted in Strype's “ Annals ; in his " Life ...
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... subject , compare her to Cacus the fon of Vulcan ; of whom it is written , that he caft out of his mouth fire and flame . " Of the numerous poems fhe wrote , there is nothing re- maining but fome : fmall fragments , which the ancient ...
... subject , compare her to Cacus the fon of Vulcan ; of whom it is written , that he caft out of his mouth fire and flame . " Of the numerous poems fhe wrote , there is nothing re- maining but fome : fmall fragments , which the ancient ...
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