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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... manner in which the univerfe was formed , or might have been formed , and concerning the centrifugal force , was ... manners , and his unfpotted virtues , rendered him no lefs worthy of efteem than his genius and learning . He died at ...
... manner in which the univerfe was formed , or might have been formed , and concerning the centrifugal force , was ... manners , and his unfpotted virtues , rendered him no lefs worthy of efteem than his genius and learning . He died at ...
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... manner ; but perceiving , that the knowledge of these would diftinguifh him only among his own people , the Jews , he applied himself alfo to the Chaldee , Turkish , & c . & c . of all which he became a mafter in a very few years . It ...
... manner ; but perceiving , that the knowledge of these would diftinguifh him only among his own people , the Jews , he applied himself alfo to the Chaldee , Turkish , & c . & c . of all which he became a mafter in a very few years . It ...
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... manner to procure the reverence due to the Bible , by fhewing the dif- pensation it sets forth to be perfectly conformable to all our notions of the greateft wifdom , juftice , and goodness : for , as the learned Spencer , who has ...
... manner to procure the reverence due to the Bible , by fhewing the dif- pensation it sets forth to be perfectly conformable to all our notions of the greateft wifdom , juftice , and goodness : for , as the learned Spencer , who has ...
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... manner of living with a great king ; and this made her fay once to the count Daubigné , her brother , " I can hold it no longer ; I wish I was dead . " 66 The court grew now every day lefs gay , and more serious , after the king began ...
... manner of living with a great king ; and this made her fay once to the count Daubigné , her brother , " I can hold it no longer ; I wish I was dead . " 66 The court grew now every day lefs gay , and more serious , after the king began ...
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... manner that Maldonat took an advantage of the prefident of Montbrun St. André , to fqueeze from him all his goods and acquifitions , by a full " confeffion of avarice and fraud . But the parliament de « clared clared him innocent of ...
... manner that Maldonat took an advantage of the prefident of Montbrun St. André , to fqueeze from him all his goods and acquifitions , by a full " confeffion of avarice and fraud . But the parliament de « clared clared him innocent of ...
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