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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... London phyficians with him , fent to Oxford for Dr. Breach , an old crony , to confult on that occafion ; which Ibid . p.205 . made fuch a breach with Radcliffe , that he fet out in a few days for Bath ; where he is reprefented " as ...
... London phyficians with him , fent to Oxford for Dr. Breach , an old crony , to confult on that occafion ; which Ibid . p.205 . made fuch a breach with Radcliffe , that he fet out in a few days for Bath ; where he is reprefented " as ...
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... philofophical fubjects : ' his book " De morbis artificum " will always be ufeful . His works were col- lected and published at London , 1716 , in 4to ; which is C 3 a better Mufic , v . 384 . . a better edition RALPH . 22.
... philofophical fubjects : ' his book " De morbis artificum " will always be ufeful . His works were col- lected and published at London , 1716 , in 4to ; which is C 3 a better Mufic , v . 384 . . a better edition RALPH . 22.
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... London Cries of " The laft dying fpeech of the malefactors who were " executed this morning at Tyburn , " & c . to be fet and fung moft harmoniously . The king , to reward his ex- aordinary merit , conferred upon him the ribband of the ...
... London Cries of " The laft dying fpeech of the malefactors who were " executed this morning at Tyburn , " & c . to be fet and fung moft harmoniously . The king , to reward his ex- aordinary merit , conferred upon him the ribband of the ...
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... 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 eclogues , and thefe four books upon Gardens , were ...
... 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 eclogues , and thefe four books upon Gardens , were ...
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... London , before he was visited by a 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 ...
... London , before he was visited by a 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 ...
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