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 89
... called the good establishment to be read : affured , that the Romans would refolve to : obferve thefe laws , he engaged in a fhort time to re- " eftablish them in their ancient grandeur . " . The laws . of the good establishment ...
... called the good establishment to be read : affured , that the Romans would refolve to : obferve thefe laws , he engaged in a fhort time to re- " eftablish them in their ancient grandeur . " . The laws . of the good establishment ...
Page 90
... called the holy fee ; and the nobles , whofe power it had been his conftant endea- vour to deprefs , confpired againft him : they fucceeded , and Rienzi was forced to quit an authority he had pof- felfed little more than fix months . It ...
... called the holy fee ; and the nobles , whofe power it had been his conftant endea- vour to deprefs , confpired againft him : they fucceeded , and Rienzi was forced to quit an authority he had pof- felfed little more than fix months . It ...
Page 106
... called " Matho , five Cofmotheoria puerilis , " written by Baxter , author of the " Inquiry into the Na- " ture of the human Soul : " and , the year after , printed " Remarks " on Euler's " Treatife of Motion , " on Smith's 66 79 Syftem ...
... called " Matho , five Cofmotheoria puerilis , " written by Baxter , author of the " Inquiry into the Na- " ture of the human Soul : " and , the year after , printed " Remarks " on Euler's " Treatife of Motion , " on Smith's 66 79 Syftem ...
Page 114
... called the best edition : an handfome one , in 8vo , was printed for Jacob Tonfon in 1705 , confifting of poems , his fpeech under the character of a mountebank , and a tragedy called “ Va- " lentinian ; " but many of his obfcene pieces ...
... called the best edition : an handfome one , in 8vo , was printed for Jacob Tonfon in 1705 , confifting of poems , his fpeech under the character of a mountebank , and a tragedy called “ Va- " lentinian ; " but many of his obfcene pieces ...
Page 118
... called him back to his own country , and made him pro- feffor of aftronomy at Copenhagen . He employed him alfo in reforming the coin and the architecture , in regu- lating the weights and meafures , and in measuring the high roads ...
... called him back to his own country , and made him pro- feffor of aftronomy at Copenhagen . He employed him alfo in reforming the coin and the architecture , in regu- lating the weights and meafures , and in measuring the high roads ...
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