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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... VOLUMES , GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED . VOL . XI . LONDON , STON MBRARY NEW - YOU PRINTED FOR W. STRAHAN , T. PAYNE AND SON , J. RIVING- TON AND SONS , W. OWEN , B , WHITE , T. AND W. LOWNDES , B. LAW , J. ROBSON , J. JOHNSON , G ...
... VOLUMES , GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED . VOL . XI . LONDON , STON MBRARY NEW - YOU PRINTED FOR W. STRAHAN , T. PAYNE AND SON , J. RIVING- TON AND SONS , W. OWEN , B , WHITE , T. AND W. LOWNDES , B. LAW , J. ROBSON , J. JOHNSON , G ...
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... volume , by his brother Robert Randolph ; the fifth edition of which , with feveral additions , corrected and amended , was print- ed in 1664 , 8vo . Robert was alfo a good poet , as ap- pears from feveral copies of his verfes printed ...
... volume , by his brother Robert Randolph ; the fifth edition of which , with feveral additions , corrected and amended , was print- ed in 1664 , 8vo . Robert was alfo a good poet , as ap- pears from feveral copies of his verfes printed ...
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... volume contains a comparison be- tween Demofthenes and Cicero for eloquence , Homer and Virgil for poetry , Thucydides and Livy for hiftory , Plato and Ariftotle for philofophy : the fecond , are reflections on eloquence , on ...
... volume contains a comparison be- tween Demofthenes and Cicero for eloquence , Homer and Virgil for poetry , Thucydides and Livy for hiftory , Plato and Ariftotle for philofophy : the fecond , are reflections on eloquence , on ...
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... volume of hiftory which ends with the death of Charles I. The two remain- ing volumes , which bring the hiftory down to the pro- clamation of William and Mary , came out in 1724 . They were printed at the Hague in 4to . and have twice ...
... volume of hiftory which ends with the death of Charles I. The two remain- ing volumes , which bring the hiftory down to the pro- clamation of William and Mary , came out in 1724 . They were printed at the Hague in 4to . and have twice ...
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... volumes of Le Clerc's " Bibliotheque Choifee ; " and has thence been tranflated and published in English . Rapin . alfo , to let us fee what a thorough knowledge he had of our parties and factions in England , published in 1717 a little ...
... volumes of Le Clerc's " Bibliotheque Choifee ; " and has thence been tranflated and published in English . Rapin . alfo , to let us fee what a thorough knowledge he had of our parties and factions in England , published in 1717 a little ...
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