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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... vols . ABELAIS ( FRANCIS ) , a celebrated French wit , Niceron , was the fon of an apothecary ; and born about T ... VOL . XI . B find find any more fatisfaction among the Benedictines , than he [ ] ...
... vols . ABELAIS ( FRANCIS ) , a celebrated French wit , Niceron , was the fon of an apothecary ; and born about T ... VOL . XI . B find find any more fatisfaction among the Benedictines , than he [ ] ...
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... vols . 4to . Mr. Motteaux publifhed an Eng lifh tranflation of it at London 1708 , in 2 vols . 8vo ; with a preface and notes , in which he endeavours to fhew , B 2 that Bavle's Di & t . in voce . - D RABELA Ì S. 3.
... vols . 4to . Mr. Motteaux publifhed an Eng lifh tranflation of it at London 1708 , in 2 vols . 8vo ; with a preface and notes , in which he endeavours to fhew , B 2 that Bavle's Di & t . in voce . - D RABELA Ì S. 3.
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... vols . 120 . RACAN ( HONORAT de BEVIL , Marquis of ) , a French poet , was born at Roche Racan in Touraine , 1589 . At fixteen , he was made one of the pages to Henry IV ; Jugemens and , as he began to amufe himself with writing verses ...
... vols . 120 . RACAN ( HONORAT de BEVIL , Marquis of ) , a French poet , was born at Roche Racan in Touraine , 1589 . At fixteen , he was made one of the pages to Henry IV ; Jugemens and , as he began to amufe himself with writing verses ...
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... vols . 4to . 66 :: Select Col- RADCLIFFE ( ALEXANDER ) , an officer of the army , Nichols's devoted to Parnaffus ... vol . I. p . 1682 , under the title of " The Ramble , an Anti - heroick 141 . " Poem , together with fome Terreftrial ...
... vols . 4to . 66 :: Select Col- RADCLIFFE ( ALEXANDER ) , an officer of the army , Nichols's devoted to Parnaffus ... vol . I. p . 1682 , under the title of " The Ramble , an Anti - heroick 141 . " Poem , together with fome Terreftrial ...
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... vol . Thurfday , took to his bed on Friday ; and on the III . p . 77 30th was fo ill that it was thought he could not live till the next day . Dr. Stanhope Dean of Canterbury ; and Mr. Whitfield ( then queen's chaplain and rector of Sr ...
... vol . Thurfday , took to his bed on Friday ; and on the III . p . 77 30th was fo ill that it was thought he could not live till the next day . Dr. Stanhope Dean of Canterbury ; and Mr. Whitfield ( then queen's chaplain and rector of Sr ...
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