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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... she found her hufband ruined by gaming . In 1646 , this hopeful spark died , when madam Daubigné was left , in the utmost dif- trefs , to fupport herself , and manage the education of her children , as fhe could . She returned to France ...
... she found her hufband ruined by gaming . In 1646 , this hopeful spark died , when madam Daubigné was left , in the utmost dif- trefs , to fupport herself , and manage the education of her children , as fhe could . She returned to France ...
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... She was impatient to have fome conversation with minifters , and to frequent their fermons ; fo that in a fhort time fhe be- came firmly attached to the Proteftant religion . In the mean time madam de Nevillant , a relation by her ...
... She was impatient to have fome conversation with minifters , and to frequent their fermons ; fo that in a fhort time fhe be- came firmly attached to the Proteftant religion . In the mean time madam de Nevillant , a relation by her ...
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... She wrote to the king immediately ; her letters charmed him , and this was the origin of her fortune ; her own perfonal merit effected all the reft . The king bought her the lands of Maintenon in 1679 , which was the only eftate fhe ...
... She wrote to the king immediately ; her letters charmed him , and this was the origin of her fortune ; her own perfonal merit effected all the reft . The king bought her the lands of Maintenon in 1679 , which was the only eftate fhe ...
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... She did not even dare to fupport her relation the cardinal de Noailles , against father Le Tellier . She had a great friendship for the poet Racine , yet did not venture to protect him against a flight refentment of the king's . One day ...
... She did not even dare to fupport her relation the cardinal de Noailles , against father Le Tellier . She had a great friendship for the poet Racine , yet did not venture to protect him against a flight refentment of the king's . One day ...
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... She had already , with the king and the whole court , given herself the merit of a foundrefs , by affembling at Noify a great number of of quality ; and the king had already destined the revenues of the abbey of St. Dennis , for the ...
... She had already , with the king and the whole court , given herself the merit of a foundrefs , by affembling at Noify a great number of of quality ; and the king had already destined the revenues of the abbey of St. Dennis , for the ...
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