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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... given the substance of it , as far as relates to them ; and he calls it a kind of a decla- ration of war . It fets forth , " That a gentleman of Nancy in Lorrain had been educated and fettled in France from 86 " twelve years of age ...
... given the substance of it , as far as relates to them ; and he calls it a kind of a decla- ration of war . It fets forth , " That a gentleman of Nancy in Lorrain had been educated and fettled in France from 86 " twelve years of age ...
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... given in , beginning always with , " The widow Scarron moft humbly prays your majefty , & c . ” But all thefe petitions fignified nothing ; and the king was fo weary of them , that he has been heard to fay , " Muft I always be peftered ...
... given in , beginning always with , " The widow Scarron moft humbly prays your majefty , & c . ” But all thefe petitions fignified nothing ; and the king was fo weary of them , that he has been heard to fay , " Muft I always be peftered ...
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... given herself the merit of a foundrefs , by affembling at Noify a great number of of quality ; and the king had already destined the revenues of the abbey of St. Dennis , for the maintenance of this rifing community . St. Cyr was built ...
... given herself the merit of a foundrefs , by affembling at Noify a great number of of quality ; and the king had already destined the revenues of the abbey of St. Dennis , for the maintenance of this rifing community . St. Cyr was built ...
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... given by Bishop Williams , except one , was deftroyed by an accidental fire in 1694 [ B ] : In 1711 , he published " Remarks on Mr. Whifton's Ac- " count of the Convocation's proceedings with relation to " himself in a Letter to the ...
... given by Bishop Williams , except one , was deftroyed by an accidental fire in 1694 [ B ] : In 1711 , he published " Remarks on Mr. Whifton's Ac- " count of the Convocation's proceedings with relation to " himself in a Letter to the ...
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... given by the im- Lib . lxxviii . partial and excellent Thuanus ; who , after obferving how he had joined a fingular piety and purity of manners , and an " exquifite judgement , to an exact knowledge of philofophy " and divinity , " adds ...
... given by the im- Lib . lxxviii . partial and excellent Thuanus ; who , after obferving how he had joined a fingular piety and purity of manners , and an " exquifite judgement , to an exact knowledge of philofophy " and divinity , " adds ...
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