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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... master , by the progrefs they made under him , that they spread his name , as we may fay , all over the world . Maimonides was B 3 indeed , BOURG , Note D. indeed , according to all accounts of him , a MAIM BOURG . 5.
... master , by the progrefs they made under him , that they spread his name , as we may fay , all over the world . Maimonides was B 3 indeed , BOURG , Note D. indeed , according to all accounts of him , a MAIM BOURG . 5.
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... master of Westminister school ; which was afterwards indebted to him for " Græcæ Linguæ Dia - ` " leci , in ufum Schola Weftmonafterienfis , 1706 , " 8vo . ( a work recommended in the warmest terms by Dr. Knipe to the school over which ...
... master of Westminister school ; which was afterwards indebted to him for " Græcæ Linguæ Dia - ` " leci , in ufum Schola Weftmonafterienfis , 1706 , " 8vo . ( a work recommended in the warmest terms by Dr. Knipe to the school over which ...
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... master is an offence against God , and muft he expiated by prayer , fasting , and giving of alms ; wherefore I fhall now re- trench five - pence out of your allowance , and give them to the poor on your account . Many anecdotes are to ...
... master is an offence against God , and muft he expiated by prayer , fasting , and giving of alms ; wherefore I fhall now re- trench five - pence out of your allowance , and give them to the poor on your account . Many anecdotes are to ...
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... master in philosophy , and to whom he afcribed all the difcoveries which he after- wards made . They diffected animals together , and it was in this employment that he found the heart to confist of spiral fibres ; a difcovery , which ...
... master in philosophy , and to whom he afcribed all the difcoveries which he after- wards made . They diffected animals together , and it was in this employment that he found the heart to confist of spiral fibres ; a difcovery , which ...
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... master of polite lite- rature , admirably skilled in facred and profane hiftory , and a good linguift . In 1561 , he went to Rome , and profeffed di- vinity there ; and at the end of four years to Sicily , where he continued the fame ...
... master of polite lite- rature , admirably skilled in facred and profane hiftory , and a good linguift . In 1561 , he went to Rome , and profeffed di- vinity there ; and at the end of four years to Sicily , where he continued the fame ...
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