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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... Henry IV ; Jugemens and , as he began to amufe himself with writing verses , des Sçavans , Tom . V. he got acquainted with Malherbe , from whom he learned all the kill he had in French poetry . Malherbe re- proached him with being too ...
... Henry IV ; Jugemens and , as he began to amufe himself with writing verses , des Sçavans , Tom . V. he got acquainted with Malherbe , from whom he learned all the kill he had in French poetry . Malherbe re- proached him with being too ...
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... Henry II . the liberty of fpeaking and writing , and the royal profefforfhip of philofophy and eloquence in 1551. The parliament of Paris had , before this , main- tained him in the liberty of joining philofophical lectures to thofe of ...
... Henry II . the liberty of fpeaking and writing , and the royal profefforfhip of philofophy and eloquence in 1551. The parliament of Paris had , before this , main- tained him in the liberty of joining philofophical lectures to thofe of ...
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... Henry VIII . turned it into a cathedral ; and principal of Broadgate - hall in 1549 , being then a doctor of law . In the reign of queen Elizabeth , he was employed in feveral embaffies to Scotland , France , and Ruffia ; and not only ...
... Henry VIII . turned it into a cathedral ; and principal of Broadgate - hall in 1549 , being then a doctor of law . In the reign of queen Elizabeth , he was employed in feveral embaffies to Scotland , France , and Ruffia ; and not only ...
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... Henry II ; and then , when he was upon the point of ftopping , an unexpected affiftance came forth , which not only induced him to continue his hiftory , but to do it in a more full and particular manner than at firft he in- tended ...
... Henry II ; and then , when he was upon the point of ftopping , an unexpected affiftance came forth , which not only induced him to continue his hiftory , but to do it in a more full and particular manner than at firft he in- tended ...
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... Henry , the king's eldeft fon , who la- boured to procure him his eftate , and had nearly effected it ; but , that hopeful and difcerning prince dying in ró12 , all his views were at an end . The prince is re- ported to have faid , that ...
... Henry , the king's eldeft fon , who la- boured to procure him his eftate , and had nearly effected it ; but , that hopeful and difcerning prince dying in ró12 , all his views were at an end . The prince is re- ported to have faid , that ...
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