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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... ancient and noble family , in 1601. While he was a child , he discovered an inclination to letters and the sciences ; for nothing , fays the writer of his life , had so great an effect in making him forbear fquawling and crying , as the ...
... ancient and noble family , in 1601. While he was a child , he discovered an inclination to letters and the sciences ; for nothing , fays the writer of his life , had so great an effect in making him forbear fquawling and crying , as the ...
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... by the ufe he has made of them in his works . He tells us in more places than one , that he had perufed , with great attention , all the ancient authors upon the In epift , de the rife and progrefs of idolatry MAIMONIDE S.
... by the ufe he has made of them in his works . He tells us in more places than one , that he had perufed , with great attention , all the ancient authors upon the In epift , de the rife and progrefs of idolatry MAIMONIDE S.
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... ancient family of Daubigné ; her proper name being Frances Daubigné . M. Daubigné , her grandfather , was born in 1550 , and died in 1630 , in his 80th year . He was a man of great merit ; and not only fo , but a man of rank , a leading ...
... ancient family of Daubigné ; her proper name being Frances Daubigné . M. Daubigné , her grandfather , was born in 1550 , and died in 1630 , in his 80th year . He was a man of great merit ; and not only fo , but a man of rank , a leading ...
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... ancient and diftinguished family , but exceffively deformed , infirm , impotent , and after all , in no very ad- vantageous circumftances to her ; fince he fubfifted only on a penfion , which was allowed him by the court , in confidera ...
... ancient and diftinguished family , but exceffively deformed , infirm , impotent , and after all , in no very ad- vantageous circumftances to her ; fince he fubfifted only on a penfion , which was allowed him by the court , in confidera ...
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... ancient commentators , or 66 even to the majority , regarding nothing but truth alone , " ftript of all authorities but her own . " Cardinal Perron Perroniana . faid , that he " was a very great man , and a true divine ; " that he had ...
... ancient commentators , or 66 even to the majority , regarding nothing but truth alone , " ftript of all authorities but her own . " Cardinal Perron Perroniana . faid , that he " was a very great man , and a true divine ; " that he had ...
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