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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... use and benefit of 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 ...
... use and benefit of 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 ...
Page 46
... use of them " fome time after against the Greeks . But the emprefs , " who had no hand in this inhumanity of her lieutenants , did nevertheless reap this advantage from it , that the em- " pire at least was purged from this vermin ...
... use of them " fome time after against the Greeks . But the emprefs , " who had no hand in this inhumanity of her lieutenants , did nevertheless reap this advantage from it , that the em- " pire at least was purged from this vermin ...
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... use of it at other academies ; and indeed this author's reputation procured him fo much autho- rity in foreign countries as well as his own , that a perfon in Germany , who published fome very difobliging things against him , received ...
... use of it at other academies ; and indeed this author's reputation procured him fo much autho- rity in foreign countries as well as his own , that a perfon in Germany , who published fome very difobliging things against him , received ...
Page 106
... use of his pen , copying , as well as tracing , with dispatch and ex- actness , the different writing of every æra , and tricking arins , feals , & c . with great neatnefs . His tafte for antient lore seems to have poffeffed him from ...
... use of his pen , copying , as well as tracing , with dispatch and ex- actness , the different writing of every æra , and tricking arins , feals , & c . with great neatnefs . His tafte for antient lore seems to have poffeffed him from ...
Page 111
... use for understanding the literal fenfe ; " because they are full of common - places and questions , x " Peter which he draws from the words of his text . It is prob- " able that , as he was a florid man , he followed this me- " thod ...
... use for understanding the literal fenfe ; " because they are full of common - places and questions , x " Peter which he draws from the words of his text . It is prob- " able that , as he was a florid man , he followed this me- " thod ...
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