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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... thought fo . But we know , that " Acad : mie " he preferred Lucan to Virgil ; whence we muft con- Mr. Abbe Françoit de clude , that the art of writing excellent verfe , and the d'Olivet , " art of judging excellently of poets and poetry ...
... thought fo . But we know , that " Acad : mie " he preferred Lucan to Virgil ; whence we muft con- Mr. Abbe Françoit de clude , that the art of writing excellent verfe , and the d'Olivet , " art of judging excellently of poets and poetry ...
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... thought , that fo old an acquaint- ance , and fo good a friend , as Sir J - n always pro- " feffed himfelf , would have made fuch a motion against me . God knows my will to do her majefty any fervice " has ever got the ftart of my ...
... thought , that fo old an acquaint- ance , and fo good a friend , as Sir J - n always pro- " feffed himfelf , would have made fuch a motion against me . God knows my will to do her majefty any fervice " has ever got the ftart of my ...
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... thought to juftify the doctor's refusal to attend her majefty , he became at that time fo much the object of popular refentment , that he was ap- prehenfive of being affaffinated ; as appears by the follow- ing letter , directed to Dr ...
... thought to juftify the doctor's refusal to attend her majefty , he became at that time fo much the object of popular refentment , that he was ap- prehenfive of being affaffinated ; as appears by the follow- ing letter , directed to Dr ...
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... thought to shorten his life by too fevere application to his ftudies ; but , when his friends urged him to defift , he used to reply , that he would not lofe the end of living for the fake of life ; " non propter vitam vivendi perdere ...
... thought to shorten his life by too fevere application to his ftudies ; but , when his friends urged him to defift , he used to reply , that he would not lofe the end of living for the fake of life ; " non propter vitam vivendi perdere ...
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... thought extra - judicial at firft ; but at length he was brought , Oct. 28 , to the King's bench bar at Westminster , and there asked , if he could ' fay any thing , why execution fhould not be awarded ! To this he faid , that " he ...
... thought extra - judicial at firft ; but at length he was brought , Oct. 28 , to the King's bench bar at Westminster , and there asked , if he could ' fay any thing , why execution fhould not be awarded ! To this he faid , that " he ...
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