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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... England . He was thought to shorten his life by too fevere application to his ftudies ; but , when his friends urged him to defift , he used to reply , that he would not lofe the end of living for the fake of life ; " non propter vitam ...
... England . He was thought to shorten his life by too fevere application to his ftudies ; but , when his friends urged him to defift , he used to reply , that he would not lofe the end of living for the fake of life ; " non propter vitam ...
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... England ; or , << Jeffery Broadbottom's Journal , " and " The Remem- " brancer . " His laft publication , intituled , " The Cafe of " Authors by Profeffion , " is esteemed an excellent and en- tertaining performance . He loft all hopes ...
... England ; or , << Jeffery Broadbottom's Journal , " and " The Remem- " brancer . " His laft publication , intituled , " The Cafe of " Authors by Profeffion , " is esteemed an excellent and en- tertaining performance . He loft all hopes ...
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... very much in Scotland and England , and ftill more in Germany ; as appears from many books , which feveral German Ariftotelians pub- lithed against the Ramifts . RANDOLPH RANDOLPH ( THOMAS ) , an English poet , was 28 RAMUS .
... very much in Scotland and England , and ftill more in Germany ; as appears from many books , which feveral German Ariftotelians pub- lithed against the Ramifts . RANDOLPH RANDOLPH ( THOMAS ) , an English poet , was 28 RAMUS .
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... England . testantism ; which expofed him fo much to the indigna- tion of the Roman catholics , and particularly to that of the parliament of Touloufe , that his head was ftruck off in 1568 by a sentence of theirs , at the very time that ...
... England . testantism ; which expofed him fo much to the indigna- tion of the Roman catholics , and particularly to that of the parliament of Touloufe , that his head was ftruck off in 1568 by a sentence of theirs , at the very time that ...
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... England at that time , his ftay there was but short : he went over to Holland , and lifted himself in a company of French volunteers , that was at Utrecht under the com- mand of Mr. Rapin , his coufin - german . Peliffon , the fame year ...
... England at that time , his ftay there was but short : he went over to Holland , and lifted himself in a company of French volunteers , that was at Utrecht under the com- mand of Mr. Rapin , his coufin - german . Peliffon , the fame year ...
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