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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... court , he had not learned the wildom , which is ufually learned there , of difguiling his real fentiments . Having drawn up a well - realoned and well - written memorial upon the miferies of the people , and the means of relieving them ...
... court , he had not learned the wildom , which is ufually learned there , of difguiling his real fentiments . Having drawn up a well - realoned and well - written memorial upon the miferies of the people , and the means of relieving them ...
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... court ; which muft have been owing to his vaft reputation and credit , for it does not appear that he ever inclined to be a courtier . In 1692 , he ventured 5000l . in an interloper , which was bound for the Eaft - Indies , with the ...
... court ; which muft have been owing to his vaft reputation and credit , for it does not appear that he ever inclined to be a courtier . In 1692 , he ventured 5000l . in an interloper , which was bound for the Eaft - Indies , with the ...
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... court , in 1724 ; but the intrigues and diffentions , which he found on his arrival there , gave him fo much uneafinefs , that , with the pretender's leave , he presently returned to Paris . Then he croffed the wa- ter to his own ...
... court , in 1724 ; but the intrigues and diffentions , which he found on his arrival there , gave him fo much uneafinefs , that , with the pretender's leave , he presently returned to Paris . Then he croffed the wa- ter to his own ...
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... court of juftice ; and re- prefented in fuch ftrong terms the indignity of the pro- fecution , that the perfon accufed was cleared , and every body had the liberty of pronouncing as they pleafed . Ramus was bred up in the Catholic ...
... court of juftice ; and re- prefented in fuch ftrong terms the indignity of the pro- fecution , that the perfon accufed was cleared , and every body had the liberty of pronouncing as they pleafed . Ramus was bred up in the Catholic ...
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... court ; and , England , in as Fuller relates , upon the following occafion . Her Devonshire . majefty , taking the air in a walk , ftopped at a plafhy place , in doubt whether to go on ; when Ralegh , dreffed in a gay and genteel habit ...
... court ; and , England , in as Fuller relates , upon the following occafion . Her Devonshire . majefty , taking the air in a walk , ftopped at a plafhy place , in doubt whether to go on ; when Ralegh , dreffed in a gay and genteel habit ...
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