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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... tion , that they would not banifh their fon from the fo ciety , after they had once admitted him : and that , there- fore , fince thefe conditions had been violated on the part of the Jefuits , the poffeffions of his family ought to ...
... tion , that they would not banifh their fon from the fo ciety , after they had once admitted him : and that , there- fore , fince thefe conditions had been violated on the part of the Jefuits , the poffeffions of his family ought to ...
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... tion to the republic of letters . " MAIMONIDES ( Moses ) , or Mofes the fon of Maimon , a celebrated rabbi , called by the Jews , The eagle of the doctors , was born of an illuftrious family at Cordova in Spain , 1131. He is commonly ...
... tion to the republic of letters . " MAIMONIDES ( Moses ) , or Mofes the fon of Maimon , a celebrated rabbi , called by the Jews , The eagle of the doctors , was born of an illuftrious family at Cordova in Spain , 1131. He is commonly ...
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... tion to what we have not . Innumerable pieces are faid to have been written by him upon theology , philofophy , logic , medicine , & c . and in various languages , as Arabic , Chaldee , and Greek . Indeed it may eafily be conceived ...
... tion to what we have not . Innumerable pieces are faid to have been written by him upon theology , philofophy , logic , medicine , & c . and in various languages , as Arabic , Chaldee , and Greek . Indeed it may eafily be conceived ...
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... tion of his wit and parts . She 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 ...
... tion of his wit and parts . She 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 ...
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... tion , with which fhe had infpired the king , and which the had applied very fuccefsfully to make herself a wife , ' instead of a miftrefs , became by degrees a fincere and fettled difpo- fition of mind , which age and affliction ...
... tion , with which fhe had infpired the king , and which the had applied very fuccefsfully to make herself a wife , ' instead of a miftrefs , became by degrees a fincere and fettled difpo- fition of mind , which age and affliction ...
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