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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... lived at that time at " Rome , where he taught divinity in the convent of the Trinity upon Mount Pincio , which they otherwife call the con- vent of the French minims . " · He returned from Rome to Toulouse in 1650 , and was . fo well ...
... lived at that time at " Rome , where he taught divinity in the convent of the Trinity upon Mount Pincio , which they otherwife call the con- vent of the French minims . " · He returned from Rome to Toulouse in 1650 , and was . fo well ...
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... lived twenty years longer , and would set them off to the fame advantage , It would be no fmall acquifi- +86 46 tion to the republic of letters . " MAIMONIDES ( Moses ) , or Mofes the fon of Maimon , a celebrated rabbi , called by the ...
... lived twenty years longer , and would set them off to the fame advantage , It would be no fmall acquifi- +86 46 tion to the republic of letters . " MAIMONIDES ( Moses ) , or Mofes the fon of Maimon , a celebrated rabbi , called by the ...
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... lived with him many years ; Luis XIV . and Voltaire makes no fcruple to fay , that this part of her life was undoubtedly the happieft . Her beauty , but espe- cially her wit , for fhe was never reckoned a complete beauty , diftinguished ...
... lived with him many years ; Luis XIV . and Voltaire makes no fcruple to fay , that this part of her life was undoubtedly the happieft . Her beauty , but espe- cially her wit , for fhe was never reckoned a complete beauty , diftinguished ...
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... lived to be old ; and , about 1601 , became known to Henry the Great , from a Life of Mal- very advantageous mention of him to that prince , by cardinal du Perron . The king afked the cardinal one day , " If he " had made any more ...
... lived to be old ; and , about 1601 , became known to Henry the Great , from a Life of Mal- very advantageous mention of him to that prince , by cardinal du Perron . The king afked the cardinal one day , " If he " had made any more ...
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... lived " five hundred years before the Trojan war , called the good 66 tr ( 6 66 ' god Oromazes , and the evil god Arimanius . He faid , " moreover , that the one refembled light more than any " other thing , and the other darkness and ...
... lived " five hundred years before the Trojan war , called the good 66 tr ( 6 66 ' god Oromazes , and the evil god Arimanius . He faid , " moreover , that the one refembled light more than any " other thing , and the other darkness and ...
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