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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... Latin , Italian , and Spanish . He tranflated into French , Tully " De Divinatione , & de Finibus ; " and Rodrigue's " Treatife of Chriftian perfection , " from the Spanish . He died in 1713 , aged 82. " He has done great fervice Siècle ...
... Latin , Italian , and Spanish . He tranflated into French , Tully " De Divinatione , & de Finibus ; " and Rodrigue's " Treatife of Chriftian perfection , " from the Spanish . He died in 1713 , aged 82. " He has done great fervice Siècle ...
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... Latin and Oriental tongues , and applied himfelf alfo to philofophy , in which he took the degree of doctor . At feventeen , he entered upon divinity under the direc- tion of Herman Witfius and others ; but did not abandon the the ...
... Latin and Oriental tongues , and applied himfelf alfo to philofophy , in which he took the degree of doctor . At feventeen , he entered upon divinity under the direc- tion of Herman Witfius and others ; but did not abandon the the ...
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... Latin tranflation ; the fecond vindicates them from doctrines and imputations falfely charged upon them . A fecond edition with great additions was printed in 1717 , 12mo . " Differtationum " Mifcellanearum Partes Tres , 1706 , 1707 ...
... Latin tranflation ; the fecond vindicates them from doctrines and imputations falfely charged upon them . A fecond edition with great additions was printed in 1717 , 12mo . " Differtationum " Mifcellanearum Partes Tres , 1706 , 1707 ...
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... Latin poems and orations ; and was allo concerned as an editor of books written by others His works are all in Latin , and neatly printed . REMBRANDT VAN REIN , a Flemish painter of great eminence , was the fon of a miller , and born ...
... Latin poems and orations ; and was allo concerned as an editor of books written by others His works are all in Latin , and neatly printed . REMBRANDT VAN REIN , a Flemish painter of great eminence , was the fon of a miller , and born ...
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... Latin poetry . He was very fuccefsful in a Latin tranflation of " Diodorus Siculus , " which he published with the ori ginal : he tranflated alfo into Latin the Greek poem of Cointus Smyrnæus , " or " Quintus Calaber , " concerning See ...
... Latin poetry . He was very fuccefsful in a Latin tranflation of " Diodorus Siculus , " which he published with the ori ginal : he tranflated alfo into Latin the Greek poem of Cointus Smyrnæus , " or " Quintus Calaber , " concerning See ...
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