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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... fhould appear . 66 After the publication of " Phædra , " he took a refolu- tion to quit the theatre for ever : although he was ftill in full vigour , being not more than thirty - eight ; and the only perfon , who was capable of ...
... fhould appear . 66 After the publication of " Phædra , " he took a refolu- tion to quit the theatre for ever : although he was ftill in full vigour , being not more than thirty - eight ; and the only perfon , who was capable of ...
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... , I was horribly put to it for a patron . I " thought of fome great Lord , or fome angelic Lady ; " but then again confidered I fhould never be able to 66 << " adorn vol . III . p . Sɔme me- " adorn 66 66 66 46 my Dedication. RACIN E ..
... , I was horribly put to it for a patron . I " thought of fome great Lord , or fome angelic Lady ; " but then again confidered I fhould never be able to 66 << " adorn vol . III . p . Sɔme me- " adorn 66 66 66 46 my Dedication. RACIN E ..
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... fhould be entitled to prefcribe to " them . " In 1694 , Queen Mary caught the fmall - pox , Hift . of his and died . " The phyficians part , " fays bishop Burnet , was univerfally condemned ; and her death was im- puted to the ...
... fhould be entitled to prefcribe to " them . " In 1694 , Queen Mary caught the fmall - pox , Hift . of his and died . " The phyficians part , " fays bishop Burnet , was univerfally condemned ; and her death was im- puted to the ...
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... fhould be " glad to fee him at Carfhalton , fince I fear ( for fo the " gout tells me ) that we fhall never more fit in the " houfe of commons together . I am , & c . 66 66 " JOHN RADCLIFFE . " But , whatever credit may now be paid to ...
... fhould be " glad to fee him at Carfhalton , fince I fear ( for fo the " gout tells me ) that we fhall never more fit in the " houfe of commons together . I am , & c . 66 66 " JOHN RADCLIFFE . " But , whatever credit may now be paid to ...
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... fhould found a Seraglio . A moft curious but ungracious portrait is given of him by Dr. Mandeville , in his Effay on Charity - Schools , " fubjoined to his " Fable of the Bees : " it is too long to be inferted here . What , however ...
... fhould found a Seraglio . A moft curious but ungracious portrait is given of him by Dr. Mandeville , in his Effay on Charity - Schools , " fubjoined to his " Fable of the Bees : " it is too long to be inferted here . What , however ...
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