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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... born at Roche Racan in Touraine , 1589 . At fixteen , he was made one of the pages to 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 ...
... born at Roche Racan in Touraine , 1589 . At fixteen , he was made one of the pages to 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 ...
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... born at Pinto in Devonshire in 1549 , and sent to Merton - college , Oxford , in 1562. He removed to Cor- Devonshire . pus Chrifti - college , of which he became firft fcholar , and -Athen . then fellow . He took both the degrees in ...
... born at Pinto in Devonshire in 1549 , and sent to Merton - college , Oxford , in 1562. He removed to Cor- Devonshire . pus Chrifti - college , of which he became firft fcholar , and -Athen . then fellow . He took both the degrees in ...
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... born at Ayre in that king- dom , June 9 , 1686. He received the first part of his Biographia education at Ayre , and was then removed to Edinburgh ; Britannica , where , diftinguishing himself by good parts and uncom- mon proficiency ...
... born at Ayre in that king- dom , June 9 , 1686. He received the first part of his Biographia education at Ayre , and was then removed to Edinburgh ; Britannica , where , diftinguishing himself by good parts and uncom- mon proficiency ...
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... 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 collier for a ...
... 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 collier for a ...
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... born in Oxon.- Langbaine's Northamptonshire , ( Wood fays , at Newnham near Dain- Account of try ; Langbaine , at Houghton ) in 1605. He was edu- the drama- cated at Weftminfter - school , and thence elected in 1623 , tis poets . as one ...
... born in Oxon.- Langbaine's Northamptonshire , ( Wood fays , at Newnham near Dain- Account of try ; Langbaine , at Houghton ) in 1605. He was edu- the drama- cated at Weftminfter - school , and thence elected in 1623 , tis poets . as one ...
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