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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... 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 probably of ...
... 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 probably of ...
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... Latin , re- viled and corrected by the author , with a new and complete lift of his works , is prefixed to the improved edition of R. Stephens's Thefaurus , 4 volumes in folio , in 1734. In 1736 appeared " Antique Infcriptiones duæ ...
... Latin , re- viled and corrected by the author , with a new and complete lift of his works , is prefixed to the improved edition of R. Stephens's Thefaurus , 4 volumes in folio , in 1734. In 1736 appeared " Antique Infcriptiones duæ ...
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... Latin tutor to Mr. Stanhope , the earl of Chefterfield's favourite fon 1 betical index , containing the names of the authors whofe works are promif cuously introduced in the course of the fale . With this improvement , Dr. Mead's ...
... Latin tutor to Mr. Stanhope , the earl of Chefterfield's favourite fon 1 betical index , containing the names of the authors whofe works are promif cuously introduced in the course of the fale . With this improvement , Dr. Mead's ...
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... Latin . He afterwards went through his courfe of philofophy at the college de la Marche , and that of divi- nity in the Sorbonne ; and was admitted into the congrega- tion of the Oratory at Paris , in 1660. After he had fpent fome time ...
... Latin . He afterwards went through his courfe of philofophy at the college de la Marche , and that of divi- nity in the Sorbonne ; and was admitted into the congrega- tion of the Oratory at Paris , in 1660. After he had fpent fome time ...
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... Latin and ftudied philofophy prefixed to in that city ; and , in 1649 , lofing his parents , and being pera obliged to choose his own method of life , he determined to Lond . 1697 , apply himself to phyfic . The univerfity of Bologna ...
... Latin and ftudied philofophy prefixed to in that city ; and , in 1649 , lofing his parents , and being pera obliged to choose his own method of life , he determined to Lond . 1697 , apply himself to phyfic . The univerfity of Bologna ...
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