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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... those of the highest rank . About this time , Dr. Marshal , rector of Lincoln college , did him an unkind office , by oppofing his application for a faculty - place in the college ; to ferve as a difpenfation from taking holy orders ...
... those of the highest rank . About this time , Dr. Marshal , rector of Lincoln college , did him an unkind office , by oppofing his application for a faculty - place in the college ; to ferve as a difpenfation from taking holy orders ...
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... those Reflections , that " it is fo unufual a thing " for an author to write good epigrams , that any perfon " may be fatisfied with making a few in his whole life . " Now , fays Menage , who relates this anecdote , " as Va- Anti - Bail ...
... those Reflections , that " it is fo unufual a thing " for an author to write good epigrams , that any perfon " may be fatisfied with making a few in his whole life . " Now , fays Menage , who relates this anecdote , " as Va- Anti - Bail ...
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... those of any great French poet . ' 66 tom . II . Dict . in REINESIUS ( THOMAS ) , a learned and philofo- phic German , was born at Gotha , a city of Thuringia , in 1587. He was a phyfician ; but applied himfelf to po- Bayle's lite ...
... those of any great French poet . ' 66 tom . II . Dict . in REINESIUS ( THOMAS ) , a learned and philofo- phic German , was born at Gotha , a city of Thuringia , in 1587. He was a phyfician ; but applied himfelf to po- Bayle's lite ...
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... those who go beyond what they read , and know more than their books teach them ; whofe penetration enables them to draw many confequences , and fuggefts conjec- tures , which lead them to the discovery of hidden trea- fures ; who dart a ...
... those who go beyond what they read , and know more than their books teach them ; whofe penetration enables them to draw many confequences , and fuggefts conjec- tures , which lead them to the discovery of hidden trea- fures ; who dart a ...
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... those little paffions , which are but too apt to feize this order of men . It is feldom , that à man of power patronifes good artifts , when he happens to be one himfelf : and this was precifely Richelieu's cafe . Being himself a poet ...
... those little paffions , which are but too apt to feize this order of men . It is feldom , that à man of power patronifes good artifts , when he happens to be one himfelf : and this was precifely Richelieu's cafe . Being himself a poet ...
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