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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... whose " faith , if he owned any , was grounded upon school divinity . Whereupon the chid him , who was , by his own confeffion , ever after branded with the title of " Atheist , though a known affertor of God and provi- " dence . " That ...
... whose " faith , if he owned any , was grounded upon school divinity . Whereupon the chid him , who was , by his own confeffion , ever after branded with the title of " Atheist , though a known affertor of God and provi- " dence . " That ...
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... whose forts , being in a moft ruinous condition , wanted a ca- pable person to put them into a pofture of defence . This latter he accepted , as it was fuitable to his genius , and as the company's terms were both advantageous and ...
... whose forts , being in a moft ruinous condition , wanted a ca- pable person to put them into a pofture of defence . This latter he accepted , as it was fuitable to his genius , and as the company's terms were both advantageous and ...
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... whose two eldest fons were of Rollin's clafs . He ftudied rhetoric in the college of Pleffis under Mr. Herfan : this master had a way of creating emulation among his fcholars , by bestowing on them epithets , each according to his merit ...
... whose two eldest fons were of Rollin's clafs . He ftudied rhetoric in the college of Pleffis under Mr. Herfan : this master had a way of creating emulation among his fcholars , by bestowing on them epithets , each according to his merit ...
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... whose principal focus which collected the rays is not in the centre of concavity , but at the distance . [ A ] See the Diagram , in Memoirs of the Gentleman's Society at Spalding , P. XXXV . Galeanæ , P. 404 . 66 66 " an of M 3 of ...
... whose principal focus which collected the rays is not in the centre of concavity , but at the distance . [ A ] See the Diagram , in Memoirs of the Gentleman's Society at Spalding , P. XXXV . Galeanæ , P. 404 . 66 66 " an of M 3 of ...
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... whose house he lived . He had a vaft ambition to excell : infomuch that Came- In vit . Me- rarius tells us , he has feen him cry at the recital of a good poem ; because , as he would fay , he not only was unable to write one himfelf ...
... whose house he lived . He had a vaft ambition to excell : infomuch that Came- In vit . Me- rarius tells us , he has feen him cry at the recital of a good poem ; because , as he would fay , he not only was unable to write one himfelf ...
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