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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... French ; and , in English , The Travels of Cyrus . " This is his Chef d'Oeuvre , and hath gone through feveral editions in both languages . 6. " L'Hiftoire de M. de Turenne , in " French and English . " 7. " Several fmall pieces of poe ...
... French ; and , in English , The Travels of Cyrus . " This is his Chef d'Oeuvre , and hath gone through feveral editions in both languages . 6. " L'Hiftoire de M. de Turenne , in " French and English . " 7. " Several fmall pieces of poe ...
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... French in all the streets of Paris , and in all parts of Europe , whither it could be fent . Plays were acted with great pomp , in which Ramus was mocked and abufed a thousand ways , in the midft of the applaufes and acclamations of the ...
... French in all the streets of Paris , and in all parts of Europe , whither it could be fent . Plays were acted with great pomp , in which Ramus was mocked and abufed a thousand ways , in the midft of the applaufes and acclamations of the ...
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... French , and fucceeded very well in that language . He wrote in it feveral treatifes upon polite literature , and upon pious fubjects , which met with a good reception from the public . The treatises on polite literature , having been ...
... French , and fucceeded very well in that language . He wrote in it feveral treatifes upon polite literature , and upon pious fubjects , which met with a good reception from the public . The treatises on polite literature , having been ...
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... French abbé of distinguished quality ; a friend of Peliffon , who introduced him to Barrillon the Frencli ambaffador . Thefe gentlemen perfuaded him to go to tourt , affuring him of a favourable reception from the king , but he declined ...
... French abbé of distinguished quality ; a friend of Peliffon , who introduced him to Barrillon the Frencli ambaffador . Thefe gentlemen perfuaded him to go to tourt , affuring him of a favourable reception from the king , but he declined ...
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... French , was the fon of a counfellor to the fenate of Cham- berri in Savoy , where he was born ; but it is not men- tioned in what year . He came very yonng to France , was fome time a difciple of M. de Varillas ; and after- and eloge ...
... French , was the fon of a counfellor to the fenate of Cham- berri in Savoy , where he was born ; but it is not men- tioned in what year . He came very yonng to France , was fome time a difciple of M. de Varillas ; and after- and eloge ...
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