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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... alfo underwent the fame fate ; and af- ter that a third , which , having a prodigious memory , he got by heart and then , carrying it to his director , faid , You may now burn this , as you have burned the two " former . " 66 66 ...
... alfo underwent the fame fate ; and af- ter that a third , which , having a prodigious memory , he got by heart and then , carrying it to his director , faid , You may now burn this , as you have burned the two " former . " 66 66 ...
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... alfo in the laft editions of the works of Boileau . In 1668 , he published " Les Plaideurs , " a comedy ; and " Andromache , " a tragedy ; which , though it had great fuccefs , was a good deal criticised . The character of Pyr- rhus was ...
... alfo in the laft editions of the works of Boileau . In 1668 , he published " Les Plaideurs , " a comedy ; and " Andromache , " a tragedy ; which , though it had great fuccefs , was a good deal criticised . The character of Pyr- rhus was ...
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... alfo embraced him tenderly , and forgave all his fatire , He had been admitted a member of the French academy in 1673 , in the room of la Mothe le Vayer , deceased ; but fpoiled the fpeech he made upon that occafion , by pronouncing it ...
... alfo embraced him tenderly , and forgave all his fatire , He had been admitted a member of the French academy in 1673 , in the room of la Mothe le Vayer , deceased ; but fpoiled the fpeech he made upon that occafion , by pronouncing it ...
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... alfo big with child of the duke of Gloucefter ; but , not chufing to declare himfelf in that critical state of public affairs , nor favouring the measures then in agitation , he excufed himself , on account of the multiplicity of his ...
... alfo big with child of the duke of Gloucefter ; but , not chufing to declare himfelf in that critical state of public affairs , nor favouring the measures then in agitation , he excufed himself , on account of the multiplicity of his ...
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... alfo a member , and one who always voted on the fame fide , moved , that he might be fummoned to attend in his place , in order to be cen- fured for not attending on her majefty . Upon this oc- cafion the doctor is faid to have written ...
... alfo a member , and one who always voted on the fame fide , moved , that he might be fummoned to attend in his place , in order to be cen- fured for not attending on her majefty . Upon this oc- cafion the doctor is faid to have written ...
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