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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... masters , spread them about the streets ; then dragged his body in a moft ignominious manner , and threw it into the Seine . He was a great orator , a man of univerfal learning , and endowed with very fine qualities . He was free from ...
... masters , spread them about the streets ; then dragged his body in a moft ignominious manner , and threw it into the Seine . He was a great orator , a man of univerfal learning , and endowed with very fine qualities . He was free from ...
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... master of arts degree . He was accounted one of the most pregnant wits of his time , and greatly admired by all the poets and men of parts . He was diftinguished early for an uncom- mon force of genius ; having , when he was not more ...
... master of arts degree . He was accounted one of the most pregnant wits of his time , and greatly admired by all the poets and men of parts . He was diftinguished early for an uncom- mon force of genius ; having , when he was not more ...
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... master's in 1608 , a bachelor of lam , pre- divinity's in 1615 , and a doctor's in 1621. About Lady- fixed to day 1609 , he was chofen fellow of his college , took holy Black- orders in 1611 , and was inftituted to the rectory of Land ...
... master's in 1608 , a bachelor of lam , pre- divinity's in 1615 , and a doctor's in 1621. About Lady- fixed to day 1609 , he was chofen fellow of his college , took holy Black- orders in 1611 , and was inftituted to the rectory of Land ...
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... did great fervice to aftronomy , as well as his master Purbachius . The latter was born at Peurbach , a town upon the confines of Auftria and Bavaria , in 1423 ; and проп educated Niceron , zom . VI . educated at Vienna . REGIOMONTANUS .
... did great fervice to aftronomy , as well as his master Purbachius . The latter was born at Peurbach , a town upon the confines of Auftria and Bavaria , in 1423 ; and проп educated Niceron , zom . VI . educated at Vienna . REGIOMONTANUS .
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... master's kitchen , his bondage fat the more eafily upon him . His amiable manners and pleasant humour made him a favourite with all about him , and not a little fo with the women ; for he had alfo the advantage of a good perfon . An ...
... master's kitchen , his bondage fat the more eafily upon him . His amiable manners and pleasant humour made him a favourite with all about him , and not a little fo with the women ; for he had alfo the advantage of a good perfon . An ...
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