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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... appearance of cabal and intrigue . She ftudied more to pleafe him who governed , than to govern ; and preferved her credit , by employing it with the utmost circumfpection . She did not make ufe of her power , to give the greatest ...
... appearance of cabal and intrigue . She ftudied more to pleafe him who governed , than to govern ; and preferved her credit , by employing it with the utmost circumfpection . She did not make ufe of her power , to give the greatest ...
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... appeared only to be defigned for the king and queen befides this , fhe had not any exterior appearance of grandeur . That piety and devo- tion , with which fhe had infpired the king , and which the had applied very fuccefsfully to make ...
... appeared only to be defigned for the king and queen befides this , fhe had not any exterior appearance of grandeur . That piety and devo- tion , with which fhe had infpired the king , and which the had applied very fuccefsfully to make ...
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... appeared " Antique Infcriptiones duæ , " folio ; being a commentary on two large copper tables difcovered near Heraclea , in the Bay of Tarentum , as before mentioned in p . 123. In 1738 were printed at the Hague , " Græcæ Lin- guæ ...
... appeared " Antique Infcriptiones duæ , " folio ; being a commentary on two large copper tables difcovered near Heraclea , in the Bay of Tarentum , as before mentioned in p . 123. In 1738 were printed at the Hague , " Græcæ Lin- guæ ...
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... appeared to him , who exhorted him to continue his comment vigor- oufly , and affured him that he fhould finish it , but that he should not live long after ; and , in fo faying , the man pointed to a certain part of his belly , in which ...
... appeared to him , who exhorted him to continue his comment vigor- oufly , and affured him that he fhould finish it , but that he should not live long after ; and , in fo faying , the man pointed to a certain part of his belly , in which ...
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... ( FRANCIS DE ) , a celebrated French poet , who has always been confideréd by his countrymen as the fa- ther of their poetry ; fince , upon his appearance , all their former Note D. ver . 131.1 Dict . art . former MALE BRANCHE , 25.
... ( FRANCIS DE ) , a celebrated French poet , who has always been confideréd by his countrymen as the fa- ther of their poetry ; fince , upon his appearance , all their former Note D. ver . 131.1 Dict . art . former MALE BRANCHE , 25.
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