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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... learned and exact than he , that have the art of engaging the reader fo much as he does . I wish , that " they , who could exceed him in candour and knowledge , would give us all the hiftories he had undertaken to write , " if he had ...
... learned and exact than he , that have the art of engaging the reader fo much as he does . I wish , that " they , who could exceed him in candour and knowledge , would give us all the hiftories he had undertaken to write , " if he had ...
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... learned writer ,. by Nichols , was born in 1668. Dr. South , canon of Chrift Church , F. 167 . made him a canoneer [ A ] or student of that house , where he took the degree of M. A. March 23 , 1696. From 1695 till 1699 he was fecond ...
... learned writer ,. by Nichols , was born in 1668. Dr. South , canon of Chrift Church , F. 167 . made him a canoneer [ A ] or student of that house , where he took the degree of M. A. March 23 , 1696. From 1695 till 1699 he was fecond ...
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... learned from M. Racan , " fays , Me- Obfervat , nage , " that Malherbe wrote those two ftanzas above thirty fur le frag- years before Richelieu , to whom he addreffed them , was card . Riche- " made a cardinal ; and that he changed only ...
... learned from M. Racan , " fays , Me- Obfervat , nage , " that Malherbe wrote those two ftanzas above thirty fur le frag- years before Richelieu , to whom he addreffed them , was card . Riche- " made a cardinal ; and that he changed only ...
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... learned Latin and ftudied philofophy prefixed to in that city ; and , in 1649 , lofing his parents , and being pera obliged to choose his own method of life , he determined to Lond . 1697 , apply himself to phyfic . The univerfity of ...
... learned Latin and ftudied philofophy prefixed to in that city ; and , in 1649 , lofing his parents , and being pera obliged to choose his own method of life , he determined to Lond . 1697 , apply himself to phyfic . The univerfity of ...
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... learned French jefuit , who has written Latin poetry , was born in the diocefe of Clermont , in 1581. He is one of the most perfect and accomplished among the imitators of Virgil ; and has alfo written , in the fame metre , the fame ...
... learned French jefuit , who has written Latin poetry , was born in the diocefe of Clermont , in 1581. He is one of the most perfect and accomplished among the imitators of Virgil ; and has alfo written , in the fame metre , the fame ...
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