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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... Collection of Public Acts , " which began to be publifhed at the expence of the govern ment about 1706. In 1708 , fix volumes in folio were completed , which were afterwards increased to seventeen , and then to twenty . Lord Halifax , a ...
... Collection of Public Acts , " which began to be publifhed at the expence of the govern ment about 1706. In 1708 , fix volumes in folio were completed , which were afterwards increased to seventeen , and then to twenty . Lord Halifax , a ...
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... collection of his fmaller pieces were collected and printed together , in 2 vols . Svo , in 1748 . Lord Vere- RAWLEY ( Dr. WILLIAM ) , the learned chaplain of the celebrated Sir Francis Bacon , and editor of his Works , was born at ...
... collection of his fmaller pieces were collected and printed together , in 2 vols . Svo , in 1748 . Lord Vere- RAWLEY ( Dr. WILLIAM ) , the learned chaplain of the celebrated Sir Francis Bacon , and editor of his Works , was born at ...
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... " Abridgement . " About this vol . II . p . time , Mr. Ray began to draw up his Obfervations for 682 . public ufe ; and one of the firft things he fet upon was , << tween 66 his " Collection of English Proverbs . his RAY. ...
... " Abridgement . " About this vol . II . p . time , Mr. Ray began to draw up his Obfervations for 682 . public ufe ; and one of the firft things he fet upon was , << tween 66 his " Collection of English Proverbs . his RAY. ...
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... Collection of English Proverbs . " This book , though fent to Cambridge to be printed in 1669 , yet was not published till 1672. He allo prepared his Cata- logue of English Plants " for the prefs , which came out in 1670 : his humble ...
... Collection of English Proverbs . " This book , though fent to Cambridge to be printed in 1669 , yet was not published till 1672. He allo prepared his Cata- logue of English Plants " for the prefs , which came out in 1670 : his humble ...
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... Collection of " unusual or local English words , " which he had ga- thered up in his travels through the counties of England . On 1674 , Mr. Oldenburgh , the fecretary of the Royal Society , renewed his correfpondence with Mr. Ray ...
... Collection of " unusual or local English words , " which he had ga- thered up in his travels through the counties of England . On 1674 , Mr. Oldenburgh , the fecretary of the Royal Society , renewed his correfpondence with Mr. Ray ...
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