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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... firft difcovered himfelf to the public . His " La Nymphe de la Seine , " written upon that occafion , was highly approved by Chapelain ; and fo powerfully recom- mended by him to Colbert , that the minifter fent Racine a hundred ...
... firft difcovered himfelf to the public . His " La Nymphe de la Seine , " written upon that occafion , was highly approved by Chapelain ; and fo powerfully recom- mended by him to Colbert , that the minifter fent Racine a hundred ...
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... firft place , he refolved , not only to write no more plays , but to do a rigorous penance for thofe he had written ; and actually formed a defign of becoming a Carthufian Louis XIV . friar . Had not Voltaire good reason friar . RACIN E ...
... firft place , he refolved , not only to write no more plays , but to do a rigorous penance for thofe he had written ; and actually formed a defign of becoming a Carthufian Louis XIV . friar . Had not Voltaire good reason friar . RACIN E ...
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... firft with Nicole , who received him with open arms ; and Boileau introduced him to Arnaud , who alfo embraced him tenderly , and forgave all his fatire , He had been admitted a member of the French academy in 1673 , in the room of la ...
... firft with Nicole , who received him with open arms ; and Boileau introduced him to Arnaud , who alfo embraced him tenderly , and forgave all his fatire , He had been admitted a member of the French academy in 1673 , in the room of la ...
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... is dated the thirty - firft of July , it is faid , that the queen's disorder began between eight and nine the morning before , which was the thirtieth ; and 5 the 14 RADCLIFFE . phyficians, who expected to fhare his practice, begin ...
... is dated the thirty - firft of July , it is faid , that the queen's disorder began between eight and nine the morning before , which was the thirtieth ; and 5 the 14 RADCLIFFE . phyficians, who expected to fhare his practice, begin ...
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... firft he ever made , which is taken more kindly ; and to acquaint him , that I 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 ...
... firft he ever made , which is taken more kindly ; and to acquaint him , that I 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 ...
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