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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... taken his fancy , and he had already compofed fome little 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 ...
... taken his fancy , and he had already compofed fome little 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 ...
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... taken by the French , When the news was brought him , he faid , that " he had nothing to do , but go up fo many pair of ftairs to " make himfelf whole gain . In 1693 , he entered upon a treaty of marriage with the only daughter of a ...
... taken by the French , When the news was brought him , he faid , that " he had nothing to do , but go up fo many pair of ftairs to " make himfelf whole gain . In 1693 , he entered upon a treaty of marriage with the only daughter of a ...
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... taken ill ( on Wednesday Atterbury's March 24 ) with fomething like a pleurify ; neglected Epiftolary it ; drank a bottle of wine at Sir Juftinian Ifham's ondence , vol . Thurfday , took to his bed on Friday ; and on the III . p . 77 ...
... taken ill ( on Wednesday Atterbury's March 24 ) with fomething like a pleurify ; neglected Epiftolary it ; drank a bottle of wine at Sir Juftinian Ifham's ondence , vol . Thurfday , took to his bed on Friday ; and on the III . p . 77 ...
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... taken phyfic , and could not come . " Mr. Fordy from whofe letter to Dr. Swift this anecdote is taken , obferves , " In all probability he had faved her life , for I 66 am told the late Lord Gower had been often in the " fame condition ...
... taken phyfic , and could not come . " Mr. Fordy from whofe letter to Dr. Swift this anecdote is taken , obferves , " In all probability he had faved her life , for I 66 am told the late Lord Gower had been often in the " fame condition ...
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... taken ill , Mr. Ford's account is 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 ...
... taken ill , Mr. Ford's account is 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 ...
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