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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... married a wife , and followed the bufinefs of his profeffion ; but in 1671 , at the advice of fome friends , he removed to Modena . brethren of the faculty here conceived at firft but meanly of his learning and abilities ; but , when he ...
... married a wife , and followed the bufinefs of his profeffion ; but in 1671 , at the advice of fome friends , he removed to Modena . brethren of the faculty here conceived at firft but meanly of his learning and abilities ; but , when he ...
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... marriage , and Raphael en- gaged himfelf ; but , Leo X. having given him hopes of a cardinal's hat , he made no hafte to marry her . His pai- fion for the fair fex deftroyed him in the flower of his age for one day , after he had ...
... marriage , and Raphael en- gaged himfelf ; but , Leo X. having given him hopes of a cardinal's hat , he made no hafte to marry her . His pai- fion for the fair fex deftroyed him in the flower of his age for one day , after he had ...
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... married : but this marriage neither abated his . care of his pupil , nor hindered him from accompanying him in his travels . They began with a tour through Germany , where they made fome ftay at Vienna : hence went into Italy by the way ...
... married : but this marriage neither abated his . care of his pupil , nor hindered him from accompanying him in his travels . They began with a tour through Germany , where they made fome ftay at Vienna : hence went into Italy by the way ...
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... marriage , had of Sir W. R. retired to a farm called Hayes , in the parish of Budley ; Oxon.- and there Sir Walter was born in 1552. After a proper Birch's Life education at school , he was fent to Oriel - college in Ox - of Sir W. R. ...
... marriage , had of Sir W. R. retired to a farm called Hayes , in the parish of Budley ; Oxon.- and there Sir Walter was born in 1552. After a proper Birch's Life education at school , he was fent to Oriel - college in Ox - of Sir W. R. ...
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... 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 Oxfordshire . Towards the end of this year , came forth his " Obfervations ...
... 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 Oxfordshire . Towards the end of this year , came forth his " Obfervations ...
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