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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... wrote the tragedy of " Theagenes , " which he presented to Mo- liere ; and that of the " Freres Ennemis " in 1664 , the fubject of which was given him by Moliere . F .. In the mean time , the fuccefs of his ode upon the king's marriage ...
... wrote the tragedy of " Theagenes , " which he presented to Mo- liere ; and that of the " Freres Ennemis " in 1664 , the fubject of which was given him by Moliere . F .. In the mean time , the fuccefs of his ode upon the king's marriage ...
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... wrote fome pieces for the stage , of which an account may be feen in the " Biographia Dramatica . " Though he did not fucceed as a poet , he was a very ingenious profe writer . His " Hiftory of England , " commencing with the the reign ...
... wrote fome pieces for the stage , of which an account may be feen in the " Biographia Dramatica . " Though he did not fucceed as a poet , he was a very ingenious profe writer . His " Hiftory of England , " commencing with the the reign ...
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... wrote a gratulatory poem to him , which is printed among his works . Like a true poet , Randolph had a thorough contempt for wealth , and as hearty a love of pleafure ; and this drew him into ex- ceffes , which made his life very fhort ...
... wrote a gratulatory poem to him , which is printed among his works . Like a true poet , Randolph had a thorough contempt for wealth , and as hearty a love of pleafure ; and this drew him into ex- ceffes , which made his life very fhort ...
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... wrote in it feveral treatifes upon polite literature , and upon pious fubjects , which met with a good reception from the public . The treatises on polite literature , having been publifhed at various times , were collected and ...
... wrote in it feveral treatifes upon polite literature , and upon pious fubjects , which met with a good reception from the public . The treatises on polite literature , having been publifhed at various times , were collected and ...
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... wrote against his " Reflections on Ariftotle's Poetics ; " yet pretended to be ignorant , as there was no name to them , that Rapin was the author . Rapin had faid , in those Reflections , that " it is fo unufual a thing " for an author ...
... wrote against his " Reflections on Ariftotle's Poetics ; " yet pretended to be ignorant , as there was no name to them , that Rapin was the author . Rapin had faid , in those Reflections , that " it is fo unufual a thing " for an author ...
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