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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... fame indigent condition fhe was in before her marriage ; nay , to a worfe condition , fince it is better to be poor in obfcurity , than poor and known to all the world . Her friends however did all they could , to prevail upon the court ...
... fame indigent condition fhe was in before her marriage ; nay , to a worfe condition , fince it is better to be poor in obfcurity , than poor and known to all the world . Her friends however did all they could , to prevail upon the court ...
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... fame compliment when he gave him the bishop- ric of Frejus . In 1671 , the birth of the duke of Maine was not yet made public . This prince , who was now a year old , had a deformed foot : the firft phyfician D'Aquin , who was in the ...
... fame compliment when he gave him the bishop- ric of Frejus . In 1671 , the birth of the duke of Maine was not yet made public . This prince , who was now a year old , had a deformed foot : the firft phyfician D'Aquin , who was in the ...
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... fame fubjects as his books , but was mixed with fo much modesty and deference to the judgement of others , that it was extremely and univerfally defired . There were fcarcely any foreigners , who were men of learning , but vifited him ...
... fame fubjects as his books , but was mixed with fo much modesty and deference to the judgement of others , that it was extremely and univerfally defired . There were fcarcely any foreigners , who were men of learning , but vifited him ...
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... fame promife . " He would often fay , that " the " religion of gentlemen was that of their prince . " During his laft fickness , he had much ado to refolve to confess to a prieft ; for which he gave this facetious reason , that “ he ...
... fame promife . " He would often fay , that " the " religion of gentlemen was that of their prince . " During his laft fickness , he had much ado to refolve to confess to a prieft ; for which he gave this facetious reason , that “ he ...
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... fame year , he had a fit , which struck half his body with a paralyfis and , Nov. the 29th following , he had another , of which he died the fame day , in his 67th year . · His works , with his life before them , written by himself ...
... fame year , he had a fit , which struck half his body with a paralyfis and , Nov. the 29th following , he had another , of which he died the fame day , in his 67th year . · His works , with his life before them , written by himself ...
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