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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... Italian phyfician and pighi's life , anatomift , was born March 10 , 1628 , at Crevalcuore , near written by himself , and Bologna , in Italy . He learned Latin and ftudied philofophy prefixed to in that city ; and , in 1649 , lofing ...
... Italian phyfician and pighi's life , anatomift , was born March 10 , 1628 , at Crevalcuore , near written by himself , and Bologna , in Italy . He learned Latin and ftudied philofophy prefixed to in that city ; and , in 1649 , lofing ...
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... Italian writer of eminence , was born of a noble family at Bologna , in 1599. After having finished his claf- fical and philofophical studies , he applied to the law , and be- came a doctor in that faculty in 1616 , although not quite ...
... Italian writer of eminence , was born of a noble family at Bologna , in 1599. After having finished his claf- fical and philofophical studies , he applied to the law , and be- came a doctor in that faculty in 1616 , although not quite ...
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... Italian ; and adds , that he knows it to be in Belgic and German . He gives us alfo the infcription upon his monument at Liege , which runs thus : " Hic jacet vir nobilis , dominus " Joannes De Mandevile , alias dictus de Barbam ...
... Italian ; and adds , that he knows it to be in Belgic and German . He gives us alfo the infcription upon his monument at Liege , which runs thus : " Hic jacet vir nobilis , dominus " Joannes De Mandevile , alias dictus de Barbam ...
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... Italy , was born in 1674 , at Bologna , where he was elected mathematical profeffor in 1698. He was chofen a member of the academy of fciences at Paris in 1726 , and was also a member of feveral other academies . He acquired great ...
... Italy , was born in 1674 , at Bologna , where he was elected mathematical profeffor in 1698. He was chofen a member of the academy of fciences at Paris in 1726 , and was also a member of feveral other academies . He acquired great ...
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... Italy , and chiefly to Rome . Pope Leo I. acted vigorously against them . He obliged the people to make an exact fearch after them , and fhewed by what marks they might be found ; and he ad- monished all the bishops , that they fhould ...
... Italy , and chiefly to Rome . Pope Leo I. acted vigorously against them . He obliged the people to make an exact fearch after them , and fhewed by what marks they might be found ; and he ad- monished all the bishops , that they fhould ...
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