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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... written upon that occafion , was highly approved by Chapelain ; and fo powerfully recom- mended by him to Colbert ... writing excellent verfe , and the d'Olivet , " art of judging excellently of poets and poetry , do not avec les ad ...
... written upon that occafion , was highly approved by Chapelain ; and fo powerfully recom- mended by him to Colbert ... writing excellent verfe , and the d'Olivet , " art of judging excellently of poets and poetry , do not avec les ad ...
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... but to do a rigorous penance for thofe he had written ; and actually formed a defign of becoming a Carthufian Louis XIV . friar . Had not Voltaire good reason friar . RACIN E. Vifionaires, & Imaginaires," had thrown out occafionally ...
... but to do a rigorous penance for thofe he had written ; and actually formed a defign of becoming a Carthufian Louis XIV . friar . Had not Voltaire good reason friar . RACIN E. Vifionaires, & Imaginaires," had thrown out occafionally ...
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... written in fs than an hundred years after his death , unless it were to be made up of " extracts from Gazettes , and fuch like materials . " 16 2.6 Though Racine had made it a point of religion , never to meddle any more with poetry ...
... written in fs than an hundred years after his death , unless it were to be made up of " extracts from Gazettes , and fuch like materials . " 16 2.6 Though Racine had made it a point of religion , never to meddle any more with poetry ...
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... written memorial upon the miferies of the people , and the means of relieving them , he one day lent it to Madam de Maintenon to read ; when the king coming in , and demanding what and whofe it was , commended the zeal of Racine , but ...
... written memorial upon the miferies of the people , and the means of relieving them , he one day lent it to Madam de Maintenon to read ; when the king coming in , and demanding what and whofe it was , commended the zeal of Racine , but ...
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... written by the doctor to one of his friends , which , fup- pofing it to be genuine , will prove , that the doctor main- tained the contrary . On the fifth of Auguft , four days after- the queen's death , a member of the houfe of commons ...
... written by the doctor to one of his friends , which , fup- pofing it to be genuine , will prove , that the doctor main- tained the contrary . On the fifth of Auguft , four days after- the queen's death , a member of the houfe of commons ...
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