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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... Such was the pre- valence of party fpirit , that it obliged this brave commander to quit the fervice of his country , and to fpend the latter part of his life in retirement . He was thrice married ; and by his fecond lady ( Mrs ...
... Such was the pre- valence of party fpirit , that it obliged this brave commander to quit the fervice of his country , and to fpend the latter part of his life in retirement . He was thrice married ; and by his fecond lady ( Mrs ...
Page 147
... Such is his " good - hearted " heroine , the Afpafia of this Socrates , as he calls her , and fuch was he . This is another of his " Confeffions . " Thus Madam de Warens , Rouffeau , and Anet , lived together in the most perfect union ...
... Such is his " good - hearted " heroine , the Afpafia of this Socrates , as he calls her , and fuch was he . This is another of his " Confeffions . " Thus Madam de Warens , Rouffeau , and Anet , lived together in the most perfect union ...
Page 150
... Such ( he concludes ) have been the errors and the " faults of my youth . I have given a hiftory of them " with a fidelity with which my heart is fatisfied . If , in " the fequel , I have honoured my mature age with fome " virtues , I ...
... Such ( he concludes ) have been the errors and the " faults of my youth . I have given a hiftory of them " with a fidelity with which my heart is fatisfied . If , in " the fequel , I have honoured my mature age with fome " virtues , I ...
Page 218
... Such an extraordinary variety of distressful events had thrown him into a ftate of reflection ; and this produced , by way of relief , a " Confolatio Philofophica , " which he wrote the fame year , under the title of " Reflections upon ...
... Such an extraordinary variety of distressful events had thrown him into a ftate of reflection ; and this produced , by way of relief , a " Confolatio Philofophica , " which he wrote the fame year , under the title of " Reflections upon ...
Page 242
... Such is the misfortune of being eminent in any art , when this eminence is joined , as is too often is , with a reftléfs , fplenetic , fufpicious humour . He returned af- terwards to Italy , where he finished several pictures at Rome ...
... Such is the misfortune of being eminent in any art , when this eminence is joined , as is too often is , with a reftléfs , fplenetic , fufpicious humour . He returned af- terwards to Italy , where he finished several pictures at Rome ...
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