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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... hands . He went through his courfe in the college of Jefuits , and acquitted himself with great diligence in every part of the province of a good fcholar , both with refpect to literary and religious exercises . He was ftrongly ...
... hands . He went through his courfe in the college of Jefuits , and acquitted himself with great diligence in every part of the province of a good fcholar , both with refpect to literary and religious exercises . He was ftrongly ...
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... hands of one of her principal creditors ; who , however , foon fent her into France after her mother . Here neglected by her mother , who was indeed little able to fupport her , fhe fell into the hands of madam Villette at Poictou , who ...
... hands of one of her principal creditors ; who , however , foon fent her into France after her mother . Here neglected by her mother , who was indeed little able to fupport her , fhe fell into the hands of madam Villette at Poictou , who ...
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... hands of madam Villette , and to have her inftructed in the Roman Catholic religion . She took her to herself , and made a convert of her : which however was not effected without many threats , artifices , and hard- fhips inflicted ...
... hands of madam Villette , and to have her inftructed in the Roman Catholic religion . She took her to herself , and made a convert of her : which however was not effected without many threats , artifices , and hard- fhips inflicted ...
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... hand , in the latter part of his life [ D ] . In 1711 he published " Batrachomyomachia Græcè " ad veterum exemplarium fidem recufa : Gloffa Grecâ ; " variantibus lectionibus ; verfionibus Latinis ; commen- " tariis & indicibus ...
... hand , in the latter part of his life [ D ] . In 1711 he published " Batrachomyomachia Græcè " ad veterum exemplarium fidem recufa : Gloffa Grecâ ; " variantibus lectionibus ; verfionibus Latinis ; commen- " tariis & indicibus ...
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... hand , the terrors of " damnation to dying people , and , on the other , promifing the joys of heaven to fuch as bequeath their eftates to their fociety . It was , fays he , in this manner that Maldonat took an advantage of the ...
... hand , the terrors of " damnation to dying people , and , on the other , promifing the joys of heaven to fuch as bequeath their eftates to their fociety . It was , fays he , in this manner that Maldonat took an advantage of the ...
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