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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... ancient knowledge . He knew the fecret of living happily , that is , as happily as the conftitution and temperament of a man's body will per- mit him ; yet could not escape a pretty good fhare of hu- man mifery . He avoided difagreeable ...
... ancient knowledge . He knew the fecret of living happily , that is , as happily as the conftitution and temperament of a man's body will per- mit him ; yet could not escape a pretty good fhare of hu- man mifery . He avoided difagreeable ...
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... ancient Rome , and in the ftudy of in . fcriptions . A very fine elogium is given of his merit , as well as of his learned and political works , by Grævius , in the dedication of the fecond edition of Cafaubon's epiftles , dated ...
... ancient Rome , and in the ftudy of in . fcriptions . A very fine elogium is given of his merit , as well as of his learned and political works , by Grævius , in the dedication of the fecond edition of Cafaubon's epiftles , dated ...
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... ancient and mo- dern , the Turkifh , Latin , Italian , and French languages . 66 He was the author of other productions , befides those already mentioned . He wrote a continuation of Knolles's Hiftory of the Turks , " from 1623 to 1677 ...
... ancient and mo- dern , the Turkifh , Latin , Italian , and French languages . 66 He was the author of other productions , befides those already mentioned . He wrote a continuation of Knolles's Hiftory of the Turks , " from 1623 to 1677 ...
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... ancient and modern , which related to his fubject ; fo that Gaffendus very juftly called his work , " Promptuarium et thefaurum In vita Co- " ingentem Aftronomiæ . " " < " " Ricciolus did not complete his plan , by publishing his fecond ...
... ancient and modern , which related to his fubject ; fo that Gaffendus very juftly called his work , " Promptuarium et thefaurum In vita Co- " ingentem Aftronomiæ . " " < " " Ricciolus did not complete his plan , by publishing his fecond ...
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... ancients . Had " he but been acquainted with one fingle principle , ' Omne 66 fupervacuum pleno de pectore manat , ' ( all fuperfluities " tire ) ; he would not have fatiated his reader as he has " done . There might be made out of ...
... ancients . Had " he but been acquainted with one fingle principle , ' Omne 66 fupervacuum pleno de pectore manat , ' ( all fuperfluities " tire ) ; he would not have fatiated his reader as he has " done . There might be made out of ...
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