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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... lived fix months with " his wife without knowing what the was ; who , with- out the leaf pretence for it , commanded a whole nation " to be murdered ; and with as little reafon afterwards hanged his favorite . But , notwithstanding the ...
... lived fix months with " his wife without knowing what the was ; who , with- out the leaf pretence for it , commanded a whole nation " to be murdered ; and with as little reafon afterwards hanged his favorite . But , notwithstanding the ...
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... lived happily with a wife whom he tenderly loved . He died at Paris , Sept. 12 , 1764 ; and his exe- quies were celebrated with great mufical folemnity . As a theorist , the character of Rameau ftands very high , and Handel always fpoke ...
... lived happily with a wife whom he tenderly loved . He died at Paris , Sept. 12 , 1764 ; and his exe- quies were celebrated with great mufical folemnity . As a theorist , the character of Rameau ftands very high , and Handel always fpoke ...
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... lived to publish the eighth volume of hiftory which ends with the death of Charles I. The two remain- ing volumes , which bring the hiftory down to the pro- clamation of William and Mary , came out in 1724 . They were printed at the ...
... lived to publish the eighth volume of hiftory which ends with the death of Charles I. The two remain- ing volumes , which bring the hiftory down to the pro- clamation of William and Mary , came out in 1724 . They were printed at the ...
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... lived with her in the ftricteft conjugal harmony . While he lay under this difgrace at court , he projected the difcovery and conqueft of the large , rich , and beautiful empire of Guiana in South America ; and , fending fending firft ...
... lived with her in the ftricteft conjugal harmony . While he lay under this difgrace at court , he projected the difcovery and conqueft of the large , rich , and beautiful empire of Guiana in South America ; and , fending fending firft ...
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... lived in full happiness and honour during queen Eliza- beth reign's but his fun fet at her death , which hap- pened March 24 , 1602-3 . ༠ Upon the acceffion of king James , he loft his interest . at court ; was , ftripped of his ...
... lived in full happiness and honour during queen Eliza- beth reign's but his fun fet at her death , which hap- pened March 24 , 1602-3 . ༠ Upon the acceffion of king James , he loft his interest . at court ; was , ftripped of his ...
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