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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... give it to Radcliffe and others to farm . In Martin's " Map of Difeafes , " which was " thicker fet with " towns than any Finders map , " Radcliffe was painted at the corner , contending for the univerfal empire of this world , and the ...
... give it to Radcliffe and others to farm . In Martin's " Map of Difeafes , " which was " thicker fet with " towns than any Finders map , " Radcliffe was painted at the corner , contending for the univerfal empire of this world , and the ...
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... gives me greater anxiety and trouble than " the death of that great and glorious princefs . I muft " do that juftice to the phyficians that attended her in her " illnefs , from a fight of the method that was taken for " her prefervation ...
... gives me greater anxiety and trouble than " the death of that great and glorious princefs . I muft " do that juftice to the phyficians that attended her in her " illnefs , from a fight of the method that was taken for " her prefervation ...
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... GIVE you , and your brother , many thanks , for the favour you intend me to - morrow ; and if there is any other friend that will be agreeable to you , he fhall meet " with a hearty welcome from me . Dinner fhall be on " the table by ...
... GIVE you , and your brother , many thanks , for the favour you intend me to - morrow ; and if there is any other friend that will be agreeable to you , he fhall meet " with a hearty welcome from me . Dinner fhall be on " the table by ...
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... give 100l . for ever to furnish it " with books . " This fcheme not having been adopted , the Doctor left 40,000l . for building a new Li brary ; with 150l . a year for the li- brarian , and 100l . a year to buy VOL . XI . books . The ...
... give 100l . for ever to furnish it " with books . " This fcheme not having been adopted , the Doctor left 40,000l . for building a new Li brary ; with 150l . a year for the li- brarian , and 100l . a year to buy VOL . XI . books . The ...
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... Give me but a Holland Gazette , and I will " fet it to mufic " and we are almoft ready to concur with him , inafmuch as we have known the London Cries of " The laft dying fpeech of the malefactors who were " executed this morning at ...
... Give me but a Holland Gazette , and I will " fet it to mufic " and we are almoft ready to concur with him , inafmuch as we have known the London Cries of " The laft dying fpeech of the malefactors who were " executed this morning at ...
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