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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... manners of his age , as appears plainly enough from the general turn and nature of his work ; but , from a cer- tain wildness and irregularity of manner , what he alludes to or means in fome particular paffages does not appear fo plain ...
... manners of his age , as appears plainly enough from the general turn and nature of his work ; but , from a cer- tain wildness and irregularity of manner , what he alludes to or means in fome particular paffages does not appear fo plain ...
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... manner , had launched at the doctor : however , fuch a step being inconfiftent with his present fituation and views , he chofe to refign his fel- lowship , which he did in 1677. He would have kept his chambers , and refided there as a ...
... manner , had launched at the doctor : however , fuch a step being inconfiftent with his present fituation and views , he chofe to refign his fel- lowship , which he did in 1677. He would have kept his chambers , and refided there as a ...
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... manner , and threw it into the Seine . He was a great orator , a man of univerfal learning , and endowed with very fine qualities . He was free from ava- rice , fober , temperate , chafte . His temperance was very exemplary . He ...
... manner , and threw it into the Seine . He was a great orator , a man of univerfal learning , and endowed with very fine qualities . He was free from ava- rice , fober , temperate , chafte . His temperance was very exemplary . He ...
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... manner of thofe illuftrious painters , he re- folved to alter his own , which he had learned of Perugino . His pains and care were incredible ; and he fucceeded ac- cordingly . He formed his gufto after the ancient statues and bas ...
... manner of thofe illuftrious painters , he re- folved to alter his own , which he had learned of Perugino . His pains and care were incredible ; and he fucceeded ac- cordingly . He formed his gufto after the ancient statues and bas ...
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... manner than at firft he in- tended . This was Rymer's This was Rymer's " Collection of Public Acts , " which began to be publifhed at the expence of the govern ment about 1706. In 1708 , fix volumes in folio were completed , which were ...
... manner than at firft he in- tended . This was Rymer's This was Rymer's " Collection of Public Acts , " which began to be publifhed at the expence of the govern ment about 1706. In 1708 , fix volumes in folio were completed , which were ...
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