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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... married a wife , and devoted himself to books and poetry . His works confift of facred odes , paftorals , letters , and memoirs , of the life of Malherbe , prefixed to many editions of the works of that poet . He was chofen one of the ...
... married a wife , and devoted himself to books and poetry . His works confift of facred odes , paftorals , letters , and memoirs , of the life of Malherbe , prefixed to many editions of the works of that poet . He was chofen one of the ...
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... marriage of the king , that he firft difcovered himfelf to the public . His " La Nymphe de la Seine , " written upon that occafion , was highly approved by Chapelain ; and fo powerfully recom- mended by him to Colbert , that the ...
... marriage of the king , that he firft difcovered himfelf to the public . His " La Nymphe de la Seine , " written upon that occafion , was highly approved by Chapelain ; and fo powerfully recom- mended by him to Colbert , that the ...
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... marry- ing , and fettling in the world , with which proposal this humble and tractable penitent complied ; and immediately took to wife the daughter of a treasurer of France for Amiens , by whom he had feven children . His next concern ...
... marry- ing , and fettling in the world , with which proposal this humble and tractable penitent complied ; and immediately took to wife the daughter of a treasurer of France for Amiens , by whom he had feven children . His next concern ...
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... marriage with the only daughter of a wealthy citizen , and was near bringing the affair to a confum- mation ; when it was difcovered , that the young lady had already confummated with her father's book - keeper . This difappointment in ...
... marriage with the only daughter of a wealthy citizen , and was near bringing the affair to a confum- mation ; when it was difcovered , that the young lady had already confummated with her father's book - keeper . This difappointment in ...
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... marry , he grew to a degree of infen- fibility for the fex ; and often declared that he wished " for an act of parliament , whereby nurses only fhould be " entitled to prescribe to them . 66 66 6 " " This article fhall be closed with an ...
... marry , he grew to a degree of infen- fibility for the fex ; and often declared that he wished " for an act of parliament , whereby nurses only fhould be " entitled to prescribe to them . 66 66 6 " " This article fhall be closed with an ...
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