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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... should contest with him the glory of the invention of that hypothefis , to give it to Empedocles , yet it cannot be denied but he has done the fame thing with regard to that hypothefis , as Gaffendus has done with regard to that of the ...
... should contest with him the glory of the invention of that hypothefis , to give it to Empedocles , yet it cannot be denied but he has done the fame thing with regard to that hypothefis , as Gaffendus has done with regard to that of the ...
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... should in- terpret fuch paffages according to the letter , or rather figu- ratively and metaphorically . It was afferted , it seems , by many at that time , but furely very rafhly , that the Mofaic rites and ftatutes had no foundation ...
... should in- terpret fuch paffages according to the letter , or rather figu- ratively and metaphorically . It was afferted , it seems , by many at that time , but furely very rafhly , that the Mofaic rites and ftatutes had no foundation ...
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... should not live long after ; and , in fo faying , the man pointed to a certain part of his belly , in which Maldonat afterwards felt thofe violent pains that put an end to his life . It is Dict . arte probable , fays Bayle , that the ...
... should not live long after ; and , in fo faying , the man pointed to a certain part of his belly , in which Maldonat afterwards felt thofe violent pains that put an end to his life . It is Dict . arte probable , fays Bayle , that the ...
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... should have done , to celebrate the glory of that great minifter , he had only patched together old fcraps , which he had found among his papers . This was not the way to please a perfon of fo delicate a taste , and fo haughty a fpirit ...
... should have done , to celebrate the glory of that great minifter , he had only patched together old fcraps , which he had found among his papers . This was not the way to please a perfon of fo delicate a taste , and fo haughty a fpirit ...
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... should be better pleased " if the duke de Luyne , or fome other favourite , had made him the fame promife . " He would often fay , that " the " religion of gentlemen was that of their prince . " During his laft fickness , he had much ...
... should be better pleased " if the duke de Luyne , or fome other favourite , had made him the fame promife . " He would often fay , that " the " religion of gentlemen was that of their prince . " During his laft fickness , he had much ...
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