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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... means in fome particular paffages does not appear fo plain . They must be greatly prejudiced against him , who will not allow him to have wit , learning , and know- ledge of various kinds ; and fo muft they who cannot fee that he is ...
... means in fome particular paffages does not appear fo plain . They must be greatly prejudiced against him , who will not allow him to have wit , learning , and know- ledge of various kinds ; and fo muft they who cannot fee that he is ...
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... means to get another copy , which alfo underwent the fame fate ; and af- ter that a third , which , having a ... mean time , the fuccefs of his ode upon the king's marriage fpurred him to attempt higher things , and carried him ...
... means to get another copy , which alfo underwent the fame fate ; and af- ter that a third , which , having a ... mean time , the fuccefs of his ode upon the king's marriage fpurred him to attempt higher things , and carried him ...
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... 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 difapproved of his meddling with things that did not concern ...
... 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 difapproved of his meddling with things that did not concern ...
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... mean ; but he raised himself from obfcurity by his merit . He was a schoolmaster at Phila- delphia in North America ; which remote fituation not fuiting his active mind , he came to England about the beginning of the reign of George II ...
... mean ; but he raised himself from obfcurity by his merit . He was a schoolmaster at Phila- delphia in North America ; which remote fituation not fuiting his active mind , he came to England about the beginning of the reign of George II ...
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... mean time to practice , and not neglecting polite literature , of which he was always fond . In 1700 , he went to Padua upon in- vitation , to be a profeffor there but the infirmities of age began now to come upon him . He loft his ...
... mean time to practice , and not neglecting polite literature , of which he was always fond . In 1700 , he went to Padua upon in- vitation , to be a profeffor there but the infirmities of age began now to come upon him . He loft his ...
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