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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... house . After his return to France , he refided fome time at Pon- toise , a feat of the prince de Turenne , duke de Bouillon ; with whom he continued in the poft of intendant till his death . This happened on the 6th of May 1743 , at St ...
... house . After his return to France , he refided fome time at Pon- toise , a feat of the prince de Turenne , duke de Bouillon ; with whom he continued in the poft of intendant till his death . This happened on the 6th of May 1743 , at St ...
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... house by arret of parliament . Through the patronage and pro- tection of the cardinal of Lorrain , he obtained in 1547 from Henry II . the liberty of fpeaking and writing , and the royal profefforfhip of philofophy and eloquence in 1551 ...
... house by arret of parliament . Through the patronage and pro- tection of the cardinal of Lorrain , he obtained in 1547 from Henry II . the liberty of fpeaking and writing , and the royal profefforfhip of philofophy and eloquence in 1551 ...
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... house of his own . He was an honeft and good man , and had a zeal for the promoting of virtue and piety ; as appeared , not only from his life and converfation , but also from a tract of practical divinity , intituled , " A Perfuafive ...
... house of his own . He was an honeft and good man , and had a zeal for the promoting of virtue and piety ; as appeared , not only from his life and converfation , but also from a tract of practical divinity , intituled , " A Perfuafive ...
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... house and table , both in town and country , were ever open to his numerous friends . By many family misfortunes , and his own writings , which in a manner realised every feigned diftrefs , his nerves naturally weak , or , as Pope ...
... house and table , both in town and country , were ever open to his numerous friends . By many family misfortunes , and his own writings , which in a manner realised every feigned diftrefs , his nerves naturally weak , or , as Pope ...
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... House of Commons of Great Britain , praying to be relieved from the obligation of fubfcribing affent and confent to the thirty - nine articles , and all and every thing contained in the book of common - prayer . After this he lived ...
... House of Commons of Great Britain , praying to be relieved from the obligation of fubfcribing affent and confent to the thirty - nine articles , and all and every thing contained in the book of common - prayer . After this he lived ...
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