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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... These letters , published in 1666 , are to be found in the edition of Racine's works 1728 , and alfo in the laft editions of the works of Boileau . In 1668 , he published " Les Plaideurs , " a comedy ; and " Andromache , " a tragedy ...
... These letters , published in 1666 , are to be found in the edition of Racine's works 1728 , and alfo in the laft editions of the works of Boileau . In 1668 , he published " Les Plaideurs , " a comedy ; and " Andromache , " a tragedy ...
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... these , he calls Locke genie super- ficiel , a fuperficial genius " and has fhewn by this , that whatever ingenuity and polite literature he might poffefs ( and he poffeffed a very confiderable portion of both ) , he : 66 was not ...
... these , he calls Locke genie super- ficiel , a fuperficial genius " and has fhewn by this , that whatever ingenuity and polite literature he might poffefs ( and he poffeffed a very confiderable portion of both ) , he : 66 was not ...
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... these let- ters were published by Oldenburgh in the Philofophical Tranfactions . Oldenburgh had a farther view in his correfpondence with Mr. Ray : it was to engage him with thofe leading members , who had agreed to entertain the ...
... these let- ters were published by Oldenburgh in the Philofophical Tranfactions . Oldenburgh had a farther view in his correfpondence with Mr. Ray : it was to engage him with thofe leading members , who had agreed to entertain the ...
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... these are to take a final leave of you as to this world . I look upon myself as a dying 66 man . God requite your kindness expreffed any ways " towards me an hundred fold : blefs you with a con- " fluence of all good things in this ...
... these are to take a final leave of you as to this world . I look upon myself as a dying 66 man . God requite your kindness expreffed any ways " towards me an hundred fold : blefs you with a con- " fluence of all good things in this ...
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... penetrated to the Icy fea . Here , not being able to go farther , he and his companions engraved these four lines upon a rock : “ Gallia gemens , & c . tom . V. Nieeron , REGIS . 59 REGNARD (JOHN FRANCIS), one of the best ...
... penetrated to the Icy fea . Here , not being able to go farther , he and his companions engraved these four lines upon a rock : “ Gallia gemens , & c . tom . V. Nieeron , REGIS . 59 REGNARD (JOHN FRANCIS), one of the best ...
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