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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... study , and next applied himself to father Simon , who talked to him of nothing but Hebrew , Arabic , Syriac , rabbinical learning , and critical enquiries into the fense of the fcriptures . But this kind of ftudy was not at all more ...
... study , and next applied himself to father Simon , who talked to him of nothing but Hebrew , Arabic , Syriac , rabbinical learning , and critical enquiries into the fense of the fcriptures . But this kind of ftudy was not at all more ...
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... studies , he applied to the law , and be- came a doctor in that faculty in 1616 , although not quite seventeen years of age . After this he cultivated other fciences , and spent fome time and pains upon phyfic , mathe- matics , and ...
... studies , he applied to the law , and be- came a doctor in that faculty in 1616 , although not quite seventeen years of age . After this he cultivated other fciences , and spent fome time and pains upon phyfic , mathe- matics , and ...
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... study of philofophy , that of the Stoics efpecially . Thus Tertullian , " ubi tunc Marcion , ponticus nauclerus , Stoicæ ftudiofus ? " whence this father inveighs against philofophy and logic , as apt to engender herefies . Prudentius ...
... study of philofophy , that of the Stoics efpecially . Thus Tertullian , " ubi tunc Marcion , ponticus nauclerus , Stoicæ ftudiofus ? " whence this father inveighs against philofophy and logic , as apt to engender herefies . Prudentius ...
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... study . In 1643 , fhe obtained leave of her mother to go to Oxford , where the court then refided ; and was made one of the maids of honour to Henrietta - Maria , the royal confort of Charles the First . When the queen was forced into ...
... study . In 1643 , fhe obtained leave of her mother to go to Oxford , where the court then refided ; and was made one of the maids of honour to Henrietta - Maria , the royal confort of Charles the First . When the queen was forced into ...
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... study . In the beginning of 1660 , he served as a burgefs for the city of Rochefter , in the parliament which re- called Charles the Second ; about which time , being restored to his place in chancery , he had the honour of knighthood ...
... study . In the beginning of 1660 , he served as a burgefs for the city of Rochefter , in the parliament which re- called Charles the Second ; about which time , being restored to his place in chancery , he had the honour of knighthood ...
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