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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... poet Racine , yet did not venture to protect him against a flight refentment of the king's . One day , moved with the eloquence with which he had defcribed to her the people's miferies in 1698 , the engaged him to draw up a memorial ...
... poet Racine , yet did not venture to protect him against a flight refentment of the king's . One day , moved with the eloquence with which he had defcribed to her the people's miferies in 1698 , the engaged him to draw up a memorial ...
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... ) , a celebrated French poet , who has always been confideréd by his countrymen as the fa- ther of their poetry ; fince , upon his appearance , all their former Note D. ver . 131.1 Dict . art . former MALE BRANCHE , 25.
... ) , a celebrated French poet , who has always been confideréd by his countrymen as the fa- ther of their poetry ; fince , upon his appearance , all their former Note D. ver . 131.1 Dict . art . former MALE BRANCHE , 25.
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... poets fell into difgrace . Bayle looks upon him as one DES LOGES , of the firft and greatest mafters , who formed the tafte and judgement of that nation in matters relating to polite litera- ture . Balzac fays , that the French poetry ...
... poets fell into difgrace . Bayle looks upon him as one DES LOGES , of the firft and greatest mafters , who formed the tafte and judgement of that nation in matters relating to polite litera- ture . Balzac fays , that the French poetry ...
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... poet , that he had no great share in the affection of cardinal Richelieu . It was difcovered , that , in- stead of taking more than ordinary pains , as he should have done , to celebrate the glory of that great minifter , he had only ...
... poet , that he had no great share in the affection of cardinal Richelieu . It was difcovered , that , in- stead of taking more than ordinary pains , as he should have done , to celebrate the glory of that great minifter , he had only ...
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... poet , Lives of the but of Scotland , where he was born about 1700. By the Poets , vol . penury of his parents , he was compelled to be janitor of the high fchool at Edinburgh ; but he furmounted the difadvan tages of his birth and ...
... poet , Lives of the but of Scotland , where he was born about 1700. By the Poets , vol . penury of his parents , he was compelled to be janitor of the high fchool at Edinburgh ; but he furmounted the difadvan tages of his birth and ...
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