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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... against his princi- ples . This father's proper name was Emanuel , and hist " native place was Touloufe : but he lived at that time at " Rome , where he taught divinity in the convent of the Trinity upon Mount Pincio , which they ...
... against his princi- ples . This father's proper name was Emanuel , and hist " native place was Touloufe : but he lived at that time at " Rome , where he taught divinity in the convent of the Trinity upon Mount Pincio , which they ...
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... against him ; the operations whereof he left entirely to his enemies , without ever troubling himself in the leaft about it , or acting either offenfively or defen- fively . Bayle fays of him , that " he had a particular talent Dia ...
... against him ; the operations whereof he left entirely to his enemies , without ever troubling himself in the leaft about it , or acting either offenfively or defen- fively . Bayle fays of him , that " he had a particular talent Dia ...
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... against mis - fpending their time and pains upon them . It would be endless to enumerate all the works of Mai- monides . Some of them were written in Arabic originally , but are now extant in Hebrew translations only . The most ...
... against mis - fpending their time and pains upon them . It would be endless to enumerate all the works of Mai- monides . Some of them were written in Arabic originally , but are now extant in Hebrew translations only . The most ...
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... against father Le Tellier . She had a great friendship for the poet Racine , yet did not venture to protect him against a flight refentment of the king's . One day , moved with the eloquence with which he had defcribed to her the ...
... against father Le Tellier . She had a great friendship for the poet Racine , yet did not venture to protect him against a flight refentment of the king's . One day , moved with the eloquence with which he had defcribed to her the ...
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... ] Commonly fo called as being brought in by a canon , and not elected from Westminster school . 66 [ B ] Widmore's " Hiftory of Weft- " minfter Abbey , " p 、 164 . “ An É * An Effay against Arianifm , and fome other 16 MAINTENON ..
... ] Commonly fo called as being brought in by a canon , and not elected from Westminster school . 66 [ B ] Widmore's " Hiftory of Weft- " minfter Abbey , " p 、 164 . “ An É * An Effay against Arianifm , and fome other 16 MAINTENON ..
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