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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Page 48
... best friends , bifhop Wilkins ; whom he vifited in London , Nov. 18 , 1672 , and found near expiring by a total fuppreffion of urine for eight days . As it is natural for the mind , when it is hurt on one part , to feek relief from ...
... best friends , bifhop Wilkins ; whom he vifited in London , Nov. 18 , 1672 , and found near expiring by a total fuppreffion of urine for eight days . As it is natural for the mind , when it is hurt on one part , to feek relief from ...
Page 49
... best friends , and being in a manner left def- titute , conceived thoughts of marriage ; and accordingly , in June 1673 , did actually marry a gentlewoman of about twenty years of age , the daughter of Mr. Oakeley of Launton in ...
... best friends , and being in a manner left def- titute , conceived thoughts of marriage ; and accordingly , in June 1673 , did actually marry a gentlewoman of about twenty years of age , the daughter of Mr. Oakeley of Launton in ...
Page 59
... best French comic writers after Moliere , was born at Paris in tom . xxi . Louis XIV . tom . 11 . 1647. He had fcarcely finished his ftudies , when he was Niceron , feized with a paffion for travelling , and an ardent defire to ...
... best French comic writers after Moliere , was born at Paris in tom . xxi . Louis XIV . tom . 11 . 1647. He had fcarcely finished his ftudies , when he was Niceron , feized with a paffion for travelling , and an ardent defire to ...
Page 64
... next work was , " Antiqui- " tates Sacræ Veterum Hebræorum , 1708 , " 12mo ; but the best edition is that of 1717 , 12mo , there being many 66 " " " De additions . 46 additions . Then he published , " Differtationes Quinque 64 RELAN D.
... next work was , " Antiqui- " tates Sacræ Veterum Hebræorum , 1708 , " 12mo ; but the best edition is that of 1717 , 12mo , there being many 66 " " " De additions . 46 additions . Then he published , " Differtationes Quinque 64 RELAN D.
Page 66
... best . Graham's Some of his friends telling him of it , he anfwered , " When fhort ac- " I have a mind to unbend and refresh my mind , I feek " not honour fo much as liberty : " and this humour he fubjoined to indulged , till , as it ...
... best . Graham's Some of his friends telling him of it , he anfwered , " When fhort ac- " I have a mind to unbend and refresh my mind , I feek " not honour fo much as liberty : " and this humour he fubjoined to indulged , till , as it ...
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