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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... Greeks , of the Decay of the Empire , of the Ligue , of " Lutheranifm , of Calvinifm , the Pontificate of St. Leo ; " and he was compofing the " Hiftory of the Schifm of Eng- " land " when he died . Proteftant authors have charged him ...
... Greeks , of the Decay of the Empire , of the Ligue , of " Lutheranifm , of Calvinifm , the Pontificate of St. Leo ; " and he was compofing the " Hiftory of the Schifm of Eng- " land " when he died . Proteftant authors have charged him ...
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... Greek , fince in his writings he often quotes Ariftotle , Plato , Galen , The- miftius , and others ; unless we can fuppofe him to have quoted thofe authors from Hebrew and Arabic verfions , which , however , as far as we can find ...
... Greek , fince in his writings he often quotes Ariftotle , Plato , Galen , The- miftius , and others ; unless we can fuppofe him to have quoted thofe authors from Hebrew and Arabic verfions , which , however , as far as we can find ...
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... Greek . Indeed it may eafily be conceived , that a man of his uncommon abilities might be qualified to write upon almost every fubject , as there was hardly any thing to be found in the republic of letters , but what he had read . He ...
... Greek . Indeed it may eafily be conceived , that a man of his uncommon abilities might be qualified to write upon almost every fubject , as there was hardly any thing to be found in the republic of letters , but what he had read . He ...
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... Greek Teftament , " in 2 vols . The Latin writers , which he publifhed feparately , moft of them with good indexes , came out in the following order : In 1713 , Chriftus Patiens ; " " Juftin ; " " Lucretius ; " " Phæ drus ; " Salluft ...
... Greek Teftament , " in 2 vols . The Latin writers , which he publifhed feparately , moft of them with good indexes , came out in the following order : In 1713 , Chriftus Patiens ; " " Juftin ; " " Lucretius ; " " Phæ drus ; " Salluft ...
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... Greek and Latin , for half a guinea ; and " Ra- " pin's Latin works , " for a guinea , both in 4to ; " Mufæus " to be comprised in twelve fheets , " Rapin " in fifty . But neither of these were ever committed to the press , from want ...
... Greek and Latin , for half a guinea ; and " Ra- " pin's Latin works , " for a guinea , both in 4to ; " Mufæus " to be comprised in twelve fheets , " Rapin " in fifty . But neither of these were ever committed to the press , from want ...
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