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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... death . The narrownefs of his cir- cumftances had put him upon a defign of retiring to Uzes ; where an uncle , who was canon regular and vicar general of Uzes , offered to refign to him a priory of his order which he then poffeffed , if ...
... death . The narrownefs of his cir- cumftances had put him upon a defign of retiring to Uzes ; where an uncle , who was canon regular and vicar general of Uzes , offered to refign to him a priory of his order which he then poffeffed , if ...
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... death , unless it were to be made up of " extracts from Gazettes , and fuch like materials . " 16 2.6 Though Racine had made it a point of religion , never to meddle any more with poetry , yet he was again drawn , in fpite of all the ...
... death , unless it were to be made up of " extracts from Gazettes , and fuch like materials . " 16 2.6 Though Racine had made it a point of religion , never to meddle any more with poetry , yet he was again drawn , in fpite of all the ...
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... death the twenty - eighth of July that Dr. Radcliffe's name was not once mentioned , either by the queen or " any lord of the council ; " only that lady Mafham sent to him , without their knowledge , two hours before the queen's death ...
... death the twenty - eighth of July that Dr. Radcliffe's name was not once mentioned , either by the queen or " any lord of the council ; " only that lady Mafham sent to him , without their knowledge , two hours before the queen's death ...
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... death , which happened incon- testably on the first of Auguft , Mr. Ford could not have mentioned the fact on the thirty - first of July , when his letter was dated . Whether Radcliffe was fent for by lady Mafham , or by order of ...
... death , which happened incon- testably on the first of Auguft , Mr. Ford could not have mentioned the fact on the thirty - first of July , when his letter was dated . Whether Radcliffe was fent for by lady Mafham , or by order of ...
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... death of Frederic prince of Wales ; and died at Chif- wick , after a long fuffering from the gout , Jan. 24 , 1762 . His . RAMAZZINI ( BERNARDIN ) , an Italian phyfician , was born of a good family at Carpi near Modena , in 1633. When ...
... death of Frederic prince of Wales ; and died at Chif- wick , after a long fuffering from the gout , Jan. 24 , 1762 . His . RAMAZZINI ( BERNARDIN ) , an Italian phyfician , was born of a good family at Carpi near Modena , in 1633. When ...
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