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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... French minims . " · He returned from Rome to Toulouse in 1650 , and was . fo well received by his countrymen , that they created him provincial the fame year ; though he paffionately defired that his ftudies might not be interrupted by ...
... French minims . " · He returned from Rome to Toulouse in 1650 , and was . fo well received by his countrymen , that they created him provincial the fame year ; though he paffionately defired that his ftudies might not be interrupted by ...
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... French philofopher , was born at Paris , Aug. 6 , 1638 , and was the youngest of ten children . He had a domeftic tutor , who taught him Greek and Latin . He afterwards went through his courfe of philofophy at the college de la Marche ...
... French philofopher , was born at Paris , Aug. 6 , 1638 , and was the youngest of ten children . He had a domeftic tutor , who taught him Greek and Latin . He afterwards went through his courfe of philofophy at the college de la Marche ...
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... DE ) , a celebrated French poet , who has always been confideréd by his countrymen as the fa- ther of their poetry ; fince , upon his appearance , all their former Note D. ver . 131.1 Dict . art . former MALE BRANCHE , 25.
... DE ) , a celebrated French poet , who has always been confideréd by his countrymen as the fa- ther of their poetry ; fince , upon his appearance , all their former Note D. ver . 131.1 Dict . art . former MALE BRANCHE , 25.
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... French poetry before Malherbe Art . of Poe- was perfectly Gothic ; and Boileau obferves to the fame pur try , canti . pose , that he was the firft in France who taught the Muse harmonious numbers , a juft cadence , purity of language ...
... French poetry before Malherbe Art . of Poe- was perfectly Gothic ; and Boileau obferves to the fame pur try , canti . pose , that he was the firft in France who taught the Muse harmonious numbers , a juft cadence , purity of language ...
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... French : faying to his confeffor , who reprimanded him for prefixed to it , that he could not help it , and that he would defend the de Mal- " purity of the French language , to the last moment of his herbe , & c . life . Les ouvres ...
... French : faying to his confeffor , who reprimanded him for prefixed to it , that he could not help it , and that he would defend the de Mal- " purity of the French language , to the last moment of his herbe , & c . life . Les ouvres ...
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