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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... character were fpread through the kingdom ; fo that , when he arrived at Paris , the chancellor du Prat , moved with the extraordinary accomplishments of the man , eafily granted all that he folicited . He returned to Montpelier ; and ...
... character were fpread through the kingdom ; fo that , when he arrived at Paris , the chancellor du Prat , moved with the extraordinary accomplishments of the man , eafily granted all that he folicited . He returned to Montpelier ; and ...
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... character embroiled him at this time with the gentlemen of Port - Royal . Mr. Nicole , in his B 3 " Vifionaires Valincour ditions de ce Sçavant . Vifionaires , & Imaginaires , " had thrown out occafionally. RACIN E. 5.
... character embroiled him at this time with the gentlemen of Port - Royal . Mr. Nicole , in his B 3 " Vifionaires Valincour ditions de ce Sçavant . Vifionaires , & Imaginaires , " had thrown out occafionally. RACIN E. 5.
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... character of Pyr- rhus was thoughtoverftrained and too violent ; and the cele- brated actor Montfleuri had certainly reafon to think that of Oreftes fo , fince the efforts he made in representing it coft him his life . He continued to ...
... character of Pyr- rhus was thoughtoverftrained and too violent ; and the cele- brated actor Montfleuri had certainly reafon to think that of Oreftes fo , fince the efforts he made in representing it coft him his life . He continued to ...
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... character . He put him upon marry- ing , and fettling in the world , with which proposal this humble and tractable penitent complied ; and immediately took to wife the daughter of a treasurer of France for Amiens , by whom he had feven ...
... character . He put him upon marry- ing , and fettling in the world , with which proposal this humble and tractable penitent complied ; and immediately took to wife the daughter of a treasurer of France for Amiens , by whom he had feven ...
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... character of his perfonages , he was inferior tom . 14 . " to him in moving the paffions and in purity of lan- 66 ઃઃ guage . " We Tom . v . There are fome pieces of Racine of a fmaller kind , which have not been mentioned : as ...
... character of his perfonages , he was inferior tom . 14 . " to him in moving the paffions and in purity of lan- 66 ઃઃ guage . " We Tom . v . There are fome pieces of Racine of a fmaller kind , which have not been mentioned : as ...
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