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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... friends as " well as enemies , who have all been waiting impatiently 65 for me . As I am generally half famifhed upon my return * from Alkaira , I prevail with this multitude , as well as I can , to suffer me to regale myfelf with a bit ...
... friends as " well as enemies , who have all been waiting impatiently 65 for me . As I am generally half famifhed upon my return * from Alkaira , I prevail with this multitude , as well as I can , to suffer me to regale myfelf with a bit ...
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... friends however did all they could , to prevail upon the court to continue to her the penfion which Scarron had en- joyed in order to which , petitions were frequently given in , beginning always with , " The widow Scarron moft humbly ...
... friends however did all they could , to prevail upon the court to continue to her the penfion which Scarron had en- joyed in order to which , petitions were frequently given in , beginning always with , " The widow Scarron moft humbly ...
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... friends defired him one day to make a gram- Sorel , Bibl . mar for the tongue . Malherbe replied , that there was no " occafion for him to take that pains , for they might read his tranflation of the thirty - third book of Livy , and he ...
... friends defired him one day to make a gram- Sorel , Bibl . mar for the tongue . Malherbe replied , that there was no " occafion for him to take that pains , for they might read his tranflation of the thirty - third book of Livy , and he ...
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... friend , an offence against your master is an offence against God , and muft he expiated by prayer , fasting , and giving of alms ; wherefore I fhall now re- trench five - pence out of your allowance , and give them to the poor on your ...
... friend , an offence against your master is an offence against God , and muft he expiated by prayer , fasting , and giving of alms ; wherefore I fhall now re- trench five - pence out of your allowance , and give them to the poor on your ...
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... friendship with Bo- relli , whom he afterwards owned for his master in philosophy , and to whom he afcribed all the ... friend Borelli , and accepted it ; nevertheless , he afterwards returned to Bologna . In 1669 , he was elected a ...
... friendship with Bo- relli , whom he afterwards owned for his master in philosophy , and to whom he afcribed all the ... friend Borelli , and accepted it ; nevertheless , he afterwards returned to Bologna . In 1669 , he was elected a ...
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