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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Page 560
... set about the " Achilleid , " but did not live to go far with that work . We have no account of the time or manner of his death . It probably happened in Trajan's time , and at Naples ; as it does not appear that he had any call to Rome ...
... set about the " Achilleid , " but did not live to go far with that work . We have no account of the time or manner of his death . It probably happened in Trajan's time , and at Naples ; as it does not appear that he had any call to Rome ...
Page 573
... set of letters to be founded , and ancient manufcripts to be fought after , for him . The averfion , which the doctors of the Sorbonne had conceiv- ed against him , on account of the Latin New Testament in 1522 , revived in 1532 , when ...
... set of letters to be founded , and ancient manufcripts to be fought after , for him . The averfion , which the doctors of the Sorbonne had conceiv- ed against him , on account of the Latin New Testament in 1522 , revived in 1532 , when ...
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