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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... those who write better , and 66 are more 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 ...
... those who write better , and 66 are more 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 ...
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... those who were perplexed and in doubt , whether they should in- terpret fuch paffages according to the letter , or rather figu- ratively and metaphorically . It was afferted , it seems , by many at that time , but furely very rafhly ...
... those who were perplexed and in doubt , whether they should in- terpret fuch paffages according to the letter , or rather figu- ratively and metaphorically . It was afferted , it seems , by many at that time , but furely very rafhly ...
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... those peculiar notions of grace which Malebranche's fyftem had led him into . This was followed by other pieces , which were all the refult of the philofophical and theological difpute our author had with M. Arnaud . In 1688 , he ...
... those peculiar notions of grace which Malebranche's fyftem had led him into . This was followed by other pieces , which were all the refult of the philofophical and theological difpute our author had with M. Arnaud . In 1688 , he ...
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... those two ftanzas above thirty fur le frag- years before Richelieu , to whom he addreffed them , was card . Riche ... those verses ? " His manner of punishing his fer- vant was pleafant enough . Befides twenty crowns a year , be allowed ...
... those two ftanzas above thirty fur le frag- years before Richelieu , to whom he addreffed them , was card . Riche ... those verses ? " His manner of punishing his fer- vant was pleafant enough . Befides twenty crowns a year , be allowed ...
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... those who have not libraries to recur to . Daniel le Clerc , author of the " Hiftory of Phyfic , " is faid to have affifted him much . 66 6 Re- MANGEY ( THOMAS ) , M. A. chaplain at Whitehall , of Bowyer , and fellow of St. John's ...
... those who have not libraries to recur to . Daniel le Clerc , author of the " Hiftory of Phyfic , " is faid to have affifted him much . 66 6 Re- MANGEY ( THOMAS ) , M. A. chaplain at Whitehall , of Bowyer , and fellow of St. John's ...
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