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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... wife , and devoted himself to books and poetry . His works confift of facred odes , paftorals , letters , and memoirs , of the life of Malherbe , prefixed to many editions of the works of that poet . He was chofen one of the members of ...
... wife , and devoted himself to books and poetry . His works confift of facred odes , paftorals , letters , and memoirs , of the life of Malherbe , prefixed to many editions of the works of that poet . He was chofen one of the members of ...
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... wife the daughter of a treasurer of France for Amiens , by whom he had feven children . His next concern was to reconcile himself , as he did very fincerely , with the gentlemen of Port - Royal , whofe cenfures on dramatic writers he ...
... wife the daughter of a treasurer of France for Amiens , by whom he had feven children . His next concern was to reconcile himself , as he did very fincerely , with the gentlemen of Port - Royal , whofe cenfures on dramatic writers he ...
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... wife without knowing what the was ; who , with- out the leaf pretence for it , commanded a whole nation " to be murdered ; and with as little reafon afterwards hanged his favorite . But , notwithstanding the bad- " nels of the fubic ...
... wife without knowing what the was ; who , with- out the leaf pretence for it , commanded a whole nation " to be murdered ; and with as little reafon afterwards hanged his favorite . But , notwithstanding the bad- " nels of the fubic ...
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... wife , and followed the bufinefs of his profeffion ; but in 1671 , at the advice of fome friends , he removed to Modena . brethren of the faculty here conceived at firft but meanly of his learning and abilities ; but , when he had ...
... wife , and followed the bufinefs of his profeffion ; but in 1671 , at the advice of fome friends , he removed to Modena . brethren of the faculty here conceived at firft but meanly of his learning and abilities ; but , when he had ...
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... wife whom he tenderly loved . He died at Paris , Sept. 12 , 1764 ; and his exe- quies were celebrated with great mufical folemnity . As a theorist , the character of Rameau ftands very high , and Handel always fpoke of him with great ...
... wife whom he tenderly loved . He died at Paris , Sept. 12 , 1764 ; and his exe- quies were celebrated with great mufical folemnity . As a theorist , the character of Rameau ftands very high , and Handel always fpoke of him with great ...
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