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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... gave her to the care of her daughter's nurfe , with whom he was bred for fome time , as a fofter - fifter . Madam Villette alfo fent the prifoners feveral neceffaries , of which they were in ex- treme want . Madam Daubigné at length ...
... gave her to the care of her daughter's nurfe , with whom he was bred for fome time , as a fofter - fifter . Madam Villette alfo fent the prifoners feveral neceffaries , of which they were in ex- treme want . Madam Daubigné at length ...
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... gave to madam de Caylus , was almost all her fortune ; and madam de Villette had nothing but expectations . This lady , who was after- wards married to our celebrated lord Bolingbroke , often re- proached her aunt for doing fo little ...
... gave to madam de Caylus , was almost all her fortune ; and madam de Villette had nothing but expectations . This lady , who was after- wards married to our celebrated lord Bolingbroke , often re- proached her aunt for doing fo little ...
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... gave him notice of his death . He dreamed , for fome nights , that a man 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 ...
... gave him notice of his death . He dreamed , for fome nights , that a man 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 ...
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... gave himself up immediately to the study of his philofophy ; of which , in a few years , he became as perfect a maiter as Des Cartes himself . In 1699 , he was admitted an honorary member of the royal academy of fciences . He died Oct ...
... gave himself up immediately to the study of his philofophy ; of which , in a few years , he became as perfect a maiter as Des Cartes himself . In 1699 , he was admitted an honorary member of the royal academy of fciences . He died Oct ...
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... gave of difrefpect to his native country , we know not : but it was Jahnfon's * remarkable of him , that he was the only Scot whom Lives , & " Scotchmen did not commend . " In 1740 , he wrote a Life of Lord Bacon , which was then ...
... gave of difrefpect to his native country , we know not : but it was Jahnfon's * remarkable of him , that he was the only Scot whom Lives , & " Scotchmen did not commend . " In 1740 , he wrote a Life of Lord Bacon , which was then ...
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