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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... pieces of Hippo- crates and Galen , with a dedication to the bishop of Mail- lezais ; in which he tells him , that he had read lectures upon the aphorifms of Hippocrates , and the ars medica of Galen , before numerous audiences in the ...
... pieces of Hippo- crates and Galen , with a dedication to the bishop of Mail- lezais ; in which he tells him , that he had read lectures upon the aphorifms of Hippocrates , and the ars medica of Galen , before numerous audiences in the ...
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... pieces in it ; but it was in 1660 , when all the poets were making their efforts upon 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 ...
... pieces in it ; but it was in 1660 , when all the poets were making their efforts upon 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 ...
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... . 66 66 It happened quite contrary , when thefe pieces were played at Paris , long after the death of the author ; and when prejudice and partiality had ceafed . Athalialı , ' repre- B 4 fented $ i 66 66 66 66 66 66 6 6 " RACIN E. 7.
... . 66 66 It happened quite contrary , when thefe pieces were played at Paris , long after the death of the author ; and when prejudice and partiality had ceafed . Athalialı , ' repre- B 4 fented $ i 66 66 66 66 66 66 6 6 " RACIN E. 7.
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... pieces of Racine of a fmaller kind , which have not been mentioned : as , " Idylle fur la Paix , 1685 ; " " Difcourfe prononce à la reception de " T. Corneille & Bergeret , à l'Academie Françoife , en 1685 ; " " Cantiques Spirituelles ...
... pieces of Racine of a fmaller kind , which have not been mentioned : as , " Idylle fur la Paix , 1685 ; " " Difcourfe prononce à la reception de " T. Corneille & Bergeret , à l'Academie Françoife , en 1685 ; " " Cantiques Spirituelles ...
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