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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... France for Amiens , by whom he had feven children . His next concern was to reconcile himself , as he did very fincerely , with the gentlemen of Port - Royal , whofe cenfures on dramatic writers he acknowledged to be moft just . He made ...
... France for Amiens , by whom he had feven children . His next concern was to reconcile himself , as he did very fincerely , with the gentlemen of Port - Royal , whofe cenfures on dramatic writers he acknowledged to be moft just . He made ...
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... France and Italy , he corrected his ideas of mufic by the practice of the harpficord ; and then went to Paris , where he perfected himself under John Lewis Mar- chand , a famous organift . He became organist of the cathedral church of ...
... France and Italy , he corrected his ideas of mufic by the practice of the harpficord ; and then went to Paris , where he perfected himself under John Lewis Mar- chand , a famous organift . He became organist of the cathedral church of ...
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... apparent , after the death of his father the dauphin , to the crown of France ; yet neither of them came to the poffeffion of it , being furvived by Lewis XIV . who was fucceeded C 4 1 See art . HOOKE . 1 fucceeded by his RAME A U. 23.
... apparent , after the death of his father the dauphin , to the crown of France ; yet neither of them came to the poffeffion of it , being furvived by Lewis XIV . who was fucceeded C 4 1 See art . HOOKE . 1 fucceeded by his RAME A U. 23.
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... France , he refided fome time at Pon- toise , a feat of the prince de Turenne , duke de Bouillon ; with whom he continued in the poft of intendant till his death . This happened on the 6th of May 1743 , at St. Germain - en - Laïe ...
... France , he refided fome time at Pon- toise , a feat of the prince de Turenne , duke de Bouillon ; with whom he continued in the poft of intendant till his death . This happened on the 6th of May 1743 , at St. Germain - en - Laïe ...
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... France , was born in 1515 , in a village of Vermandois in Picardy . His family was good , but had fuffered great hardthips and injuries from the wars . His grandfather , having loft all Bavle's his poffeffions , was obliged to turn ...
... France , was born in 1515 , in a village of Vermandois in Picardy . His family was good , but had fuffered great hardthips and injuries from the wars . His grandfather , having loft all Bavle's his poffeffions , was obliged to turn ...
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