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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... whofe name is not worth remembering , was then em- ployed by perfons of the first diftinction to have a Phædra " ready for the theatre , against the time that Racine's fhould appear . 66 After the publication of " Phædra , " he took a ...
... whofe name is not worth remembering , was then em- ployed by perfons of the first diftinction to have a Phædra " ready for the theatre , against the time that Racine's fhould appear . 66 After the publication of " Phædra , " he took a ...
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... whofe cenfures on dramatic writers he acknowledged to be moft just . He made peace at firft with Nicole , who received him with open arms ; and Boileau introduced him to Arnaud , who alfo embraced him tenderly , and forgave all his ...
... whofe cenfures on dramatic writers he acknowledged to be moft just . He made peace at firft with Nicole , who received him with open arms ; and Boileau introduced him to Arnaud , who alfo embraced him tenderly , and forgave all his ...
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... whofe it was , commended the zeal of Racine , but difapproved of his meddling with things that did not concern him : and faid with an angry tone , " Eccaufe he knows how to make good verfes , does he think he knows every thing ? And ...
... whofe it was , commended the zeal of Racine , but difapproved of his meddling with things that did not concern him : and faid with an angry tone , " Eccaufe he knows how to make good verfes , does he think he knows every thing ? And ...
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... whofe authority we relate thefe par- ticulars , " he fell afleep immediately , and it is concluded now [ April 1 ] that he may do well ; fo that the town 66 phyficians , Correfpon- dence , vol . III . p . 81. RADCLIFFE . 13.
... whofe authority we relate thefe par- ticulars , " he fell afleep immediately , and it is concluded now [ April 1 ] that he may do well ; fo that the town 66 phyficians , Correfpon- dence , vol . III . p . 81. RADCLIFFE . 13.
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... whofe letter to Dr. Swift this anecdote is taken , obferves , " In all probability he had faved her life , for I 66 am told the late Lord Gower had been often in the " fame condition , with the gout in his head . " In the account that ...
... whofe letter to Dr. Swift this anecdote is taken , obferves , " In all probability he had faved her life , for I 66 am told the late Lord Gower had been often in the " fame condition , with the gout in his head . " In the account that ...
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