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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... and Pantagruel . " He continued in this retreat till 1545 , when the cardinal du Belley , his ፡፡ 1 1 friend and patron , nominated him to the cure friend RABELA IS . find any more fatisfaction among the Benedictines, than ...
... and Pantagruel . " He continued in this retreat till 1545 , when the cardinal du Belley , his ፡፡ 1 1 friend and patron , nominated him to the cure friend RABELA IS . find any more fatisfaction among the Benedictines, than ...
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... continued to exhibit from time to time several great and noble tragedies ; " Britannicus , " in 1670 ; " Berenice , " in 1671 ; " Bajazet , " in 1672 ; " Mi- " thridates , " in 1673 ; " Iphigenia , " in 1675 ; " Phæ- " dra , " in 1677 ...
... continued to exhibit from time to time several great and noble tragedies ; " Britannicus , " in 1670 ; " Berenice , " in 1671 ; " Bajazet , " in 1672 ; " Mi- " thridates , " in 1673 ; " Iphigenia , " in 1675 ; " Phæ- " dra , " in 1677 ...
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... continued two years longer at Oxford , growing equally in wealth and fame . In 1684 , he went to London , and fettled in Bow - street Covent - Garden . Dr. Lower was there the reigning phy- fician ; but his intereft then beginning to ...
... continued two years longer at Oxford , growing equally in wealth and fame . In 1684 , he went to London , and fettled in Bow - street Covent - Garden . Dr. Lower was there the reigning phy- fician ; but his intereft then beginning to ...
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... continued , however , in full bufinefs , increafing in wealth and infolence , to the end of his days ; waging all along , as we have before obferved , a perpetual war with his brethren the phyficians , who never confidered him in any ...
... continued , however , in full bufinefs , increafing in wealth and infolence , to the end of his days ; waging all along , as we have before obferved , a perpetual war with his brethren the phyficians , who never confidered him in any ...
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... continued a confor- mist to the church of England . He was thought to shorten his life by too fevere application to his ftudies ; but , when his friends urged him to defift , he used to reply , that he would not lofe the end of living ...
... continued a confor- mist to the church of England . He was thought to shorten his life by too fevere application to his ftudies ; but , when his friends urged him to defift , he used to reply , that he would not lofe the end of living ...
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