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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... told me himself the ftory , and ) who , as " I have been informed by great phyficians , got as much again by his practice as Dr. Radcliffe did , " RAINOLDS 66 66 < C 2 ' 6 Prince's Worthies of Oxon . RAINOLDS ( JOHN ) , RADCLIFFE . I )
... told me himself the ftory , and ) who , as " I have been informed by great phyficians , got as much again by his practice as Dr. Radcliffe did , " RAINOLDS 66 66 < C 2 ' 6 Prince's Worthies of Oxon . RAINOLDS ( JOHN ) , RADCLIFFE . I )
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... ( JOHN ) , an eminent English divine , was born at Pinto in Devonshire in 1549 , and sent to Merton - college , Oxford , in 1562. He removed to Cor- Devonshire . pus Chrifti - college , of which he became firft fcholar , and -Athen . then ...
... ( JOHN ) , an eminent English divine , was born at Pinto in Devonshire in 1549 , and sent to Merton - college , Oxford , in 1562. He removed to Cor- Devonshire . pus Chrifti - college , of which he became firft fcholar , and -Athen . then ...
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... ( JOHN PHILIP ) , an illuftrious musician , ftyled by the French the Newton of harmony , was born Hawkins's at Dijon , Sept. 25 , 1683. After having learned the ru- Hiftory of diments of mufic , he left his native country , and wan- dered ...
... ( JOHN PHILIP ) , an illuftrious musician , ftyled by the French the Newton of harmony , was born Hawkins's at Dijon , Sept. 25 , 1683. After having learned the ru- Hiftory of diments of mufic , he left his native country , and wan- dered ...
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... 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 eclogues , and thefe four books upon Gardens , were collected and published ...
... 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 eclogues , and thefe four books upon Gardens , were collected and published ...
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... 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 whole . When Rapin first set about this work , he did not think of writing a complete ...
... 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 whole . When Rapin first set about this work , he did not think of writing a complete ...
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