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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... fuch clamours , that the caufe was carried before the parliament of Paris : but the moment they perceived it would be examined equitably , and according to the ufual forms , they by their intrigues took it from that tribunal , and ...
... fuch clamours , that the caufe was carried before the parliament of Paris : but the moment they perceived it would be examined equitably , and according to the ufual forms , they by their intrigues took it from that tribunal , and ...
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... fuch ftrong terms the indignity of the pro- fecution , that the perfon accufed was cleared , and every body had the liberty of pronouncing as they pleafed . Ramus was bred up in the Catholic religion , but after- wards deferted it . He ...
... fuch ftrong terms the indignity of the pro- fecution , that the perfon accufed was cleared , and every body had the liberty of pronouncing as they pleafed . Ramus was bred up in the Catholic religion , but after- wards deferted it . He ...
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... fuch an answer , as ferved to prolong the time . However , he pleaded one caufe , and one only ; and then applied himself heartily to mathematics and mufic , in both which he became a good proficient . In 1685 , his father died ; and ...
... fuch an answer , as ferved to prolong the time . However , he pleaded one caufe , and one only ; and then applied himself heartily to mathematics and mufic , in both which he became a good proficient . In 1685 , his father died ; and ...
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... fuch as led a regular life , and loved to reason and reflect on things . * He lived to publish the eighth volume of hiftory which ends with the death of Charles I. The two remain- ing volumes , which bring the hiftory down to the pro ...
... fuch as led a regular life , and loved to reason and reflect on things . * He lived to publish the eighth volume of hiftory which ends with the death of Charles I. The two remain- ing volumes , which bring the hiftory down to the pro ...
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... fuch abomination , that he ufed his utmoft endeavours to explode the use of it . About the fame time , our knight was made fenefchal of King Cornwall , and lord warden of the Stannaries . In effect , Counter- James's he was now grown fuch ...
... fuch abomination , that he ufed his utmoft endeavours to explode the use of it . About the fame time , our knight was made fenefchal of King Cornwall , and lord warden of the Stannaries . In effect , Counter- James's he was now grown fuch ...
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