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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... appeared , again . But at that " time there were no courtiers who complaifantly ac- knowledged Ether ' in Madam de Maintenon , and with equal maglignity faw Vafhti ' in Madam de Mon- telpar ; Haman ' in M. de Louvois ; and , above all ...
... appeared , again . But at that " time there were no courtiers who complaifantly ac- knowledged Ether ' in Madam de Maintenon , and with equal maglignity faw Vafhti ' in Madam de Mon- telpar ; Haman ' in M. de Louvois ; and , above all ...
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... appeared , but too evidently , that his opinion was chiefly confidered , and " moît depended on . Other phyficians were afterwards " called , but not till it was too late . ' own time , vol . II . p . 136 , fol . 66 66 << 66 " " Soon ...
... appeared , but too evidently , that his opinion was chiefly confidered , and " moît depended on . Other phyficians were afterwards " called , but not till it was too late . ' own time , vol . II . p . 136 , fol . 66 66 << 66 " " Soon ...
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... appeared any chance of " wearying them out . - A paviour , after long and fruit- " lefs attempts , caught him juft getting out of his chariot " at his own door , in Bloomsbury - fquare , and fet upon him . ' Why , you rascal , ' faid ...
... appeared any chance of " wearying them out . - A paviour , after long and fruit- " lefs attempts , caught him juft getting out of his chariot " at his own door , in Bloomsbury - fquare , and fet upon him . ' Why , you rascal , ' faid ...
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... appeared before the five judges , though three of them were his declared enemies . The difpute lafted two days , and Govea had all the advantages he could defire ; Ramus's books being prohibited in all parts of the kingdom , and their ...
... appeared before the five judges , though three of them were his declared enemies . The difpute lafted two days , and Govea had all the advantages he could defire ; Ramus's books being prohibited in all parts of the kingdom , and their ...
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... appeared from the foldiers writing with coals , on the ruins of the houfes they had burned , Mezeray ; " Vengeance for Rapin's death . " James de Rapin , lord & c . of Thoyras , was our author's father . He applied him- felf to the ...
... appeared from the foldiers writing with coals , on the ruins of the houfes they had burned , Mezeray ; " Vengeance for Rapin's death . " James de Rapin , lord & c . of Thoyras , was our author's father . He applied him- felf to the ...
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