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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... moft extraordinary in this poet is , that he acquired perfection in his art by mere dint of genius ; for , as fome relate , he had never studied at all , but even fhewn an incapacity for attaining the Latin tongue . Upon quitting the ...
... moft extraordinary in this poet is , that he acquired perfection in his art by mere dint of genius ; for , as fome relate , he had never studied at all , but even fhewn an incapacity for attaining the Latin tongue . Upon quitting the ...
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... moft just . He made peace at firft with Nicole , who received him with open arms ; and Boileau introduced him to Arnaud , who alfo embraced him tenderly , and forgave all his fatire , He had been admitted a member of the French academy ...
... moft just . He made peace at firft with Nicole , who received him with open arms ; and Boileau introduced him to Arnaud , who alfo embraced him tenderly , and forgave all his fatire , He had been admitted a member of the French academy ...
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... moft likely to be true , as he was upon the fpot , and in a fituation which infured him the best intelligence . As to the time when the doctor was fent for , the account in the " Biographia " is mani- feftly false ; for if the doctor ...
... moft likely to be true , as he was upon the fpot , and in a fituation which infured him the best intelligence . As to the time when the doctor was fent for , the account in the " Biographia " is mani- feftly false ; for if the doctor ...
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... moft curious but ungracious portrait is given of him by Dr. Mandeville , in his Effay on Charity - Schools , " fubjoined to his " Fable of the Bees : " it is too long to be inferted here . What , however , the late Dr. Mead has recorded ...
... moft curious but ungracious portrait is given of him by Dr. Mandeville , in his Effay on Charity - Schools , " fubjoined to his " Fable of the Bees : " it is too long to be inferted here . What , however , the late Dr. Mead has recorded ...
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... moft uncommon praifes upon this divine . Epiftle 7. Bifhop Hall , a very competent judge , obferves , that " he alone was a well - furnished library , full of all faculties , " of all ftudies , of all learning . The memory , the read ...
... moft uncommon praifes upon this divine . Epiftle 7. Bifhop Hall , a very competent judge , obferves , that " he alone was a well - furnished library , full of all faculties , " of all ftudies , of all learning . The memory , the read ...
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