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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... fuch a prince neither " could nor ought to be written in fs than an hundred years after his 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 ...
... fuch a prince neither " could nor ought to be written in fs than an hundred years after his 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 ...
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... fuch menaces as thefe , " it is eafy to imagine , that the converfation of two fuch very good friends is not only extremely defirable , but " the enjoyment of it will be a great happiness and fatif- " faction to him , who is , & c ...
... fuch menaces as thefe , " it is eafy to imagine , that the converfation of two fuch very good friends is not only extremely defirable , but " the enjoyment of it will be a great happiness and fatif- " faction to him , who is , & c ...
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... fuch a breach with Radcliffe , that he fet out in a few days for Bath ; where he is reprefented " as delight- Ibid . p . 214.ing fcarce in any other company but that of Papifts . " The lady of Sir John Holt he attended , in a bad ill ...
... fuch a breach with Radcliffe , that he fet out in a few days for Bath ; where he is reprefented " as delight- Ibid . p . 214.ing fcarce in any other company but that of Papifts . " The lady of Sir John Holt he attended , in a bad ill ...
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... fuch a piece of work ? why you " have fpoiled my pavement , and then covered it over " with earth to hide your bad work . ' ' Doctor , ' faid " the paviour , mine is not the only bad work that the earth hides ! " You dog you , ' faid ...
... fuch a piece of work ? why you " have fpoiled my pavement , and then covered it over " with earth to hide your bad work . ' ' Doctor , ' faid " the paviour , mine is not the only bad work that the earth hides ! " You dog you , ' faid ...
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... fuch moderation , that he 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 ...
... fuch moderation , that he 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 ...
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