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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... English poet , was the Athen . fon of a fteward to Edward lord Zouch ; and born in Oxon.- Langbaine's Northamptonshire , ( Wood fays , at Newnham near Dain- Account of try ; Langbaine , at Houghton ) in 1605. He was edu- the drama ...
... English poet , was the Athen . fon of a fteward to Edward lord Zouch ; and born in Oxon.- Langbaine's Northamptonshire , ( Wood fays , at Newnham near Dain- Account of try ; Langbaine , at Houghton ) in 1605. He was edu- the drama ...
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... English verfion of it was made and published at London in 1673 , 8vo , by John Evelyn , efq . and again , in 1706 , by Mr. James Gardiner of Jefus - college in Cambridge . All his Latin poems , confifting of odes , epitaphs , facred ...
... English verfion of it was made and published at London in 1673 , 8vo , by John Evelyn , efq . and again , in 1706 , by Mr. James Gardiner of Jefus - college in Cambridge . All his Latin poems , confifting of odes , epitaphs , facred ...
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... English dragoons . In- deed the king gave him a pénfion of 100l . per annum " till fuch time as he Thould provide for him . better , " " which time never came : fo he enjoyed this penfion dur ing the king's life , after which it was ...
... English dragoons . In- deed the king gave him a pénfion of 100l . per annum " till fuch time as he Thould provide for him . better , " " which time never came : fo he enjoyed this penfion dur ing the king's life , after which it was ...
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... English ; by the Rev. Nicholas Tindal , M. A. first in 8vo , then in folio ; and by John Kelly of the Inner Temple , efq . in 2 vols . folio . Tindal has given a Continuation of Rapin's history to 1760 , and added useful notes to the ...
... English ; by the Rev. Nicholas Tindal , M. A. first in 8vo , then in folio ; and by John Kelly of the Inner Temple , efq . in 2 vols . folio . Tindal has given a Continuation of Rapin's history to 1760 , and added useful notes to the ...
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... English . Rapin . alfo , to let us fee what a thorough knowledge he had of our parties and factions in England , published in 1717 a little treatife , intituled , " A Differtation on the Whigs- and the Tories ; " which is fubjoined to ...
... English . Rapin . alfo , to let us fee what a thorough knowledge he had of our parties and factions in England , published in 1717 a little treatife , intituled , " A Differtation on the Whigs- and the Tories ; " which is fubjoined to ...
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