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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... nature was modeft and amiable in the highest " Philofo- degree , may be feen in a Latin letter of his to Dr. Lifter ... natures and tastes , from the time of their being fellow collegians , Mr. Wil loughby not only confided in Mr. Ray in ...
... nature was modeft and amiable in the highest " Philofo- degree , may be feen in a Latin letter of his to Dr. Lifter ... natures and tastes , from the time of their being fellow collegians , Mr. Wil loughby not only confided in Mr. Ray in ...
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... nature very imperfect , had agreed between themfelves , before their travels beyond fea , to reduce the feveral tribes of things to a method , and to give accurate defcriptions of the fe- . veral fpecies from a ftrict furvey of them ...
... nature very imperfect , had agreed between themfelves , before their travels beyond fea , to reduce the feveral tribes of things to a method , and to give accurate defcriptions of the fe- . veral fpecies from a ftrict furvey of them ...
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... nature under its various modes of wifdom , folly , knavery , and madnefs . He wrote a piece with this view , " De l'ufage de l'Hiftorie , Paris , 1672 , " 12m0 ; which is full · of fenfible and judicious reflections . In 1674 , he pub ...
... nature under its various modes of wifdom , folly , knavery , and madnefs . He wrote a piece with this view , " De l'ufage de l'Hiftorie , Paris , 1672 , " 12m0 ; which is full · of fenfible and judicious reflections . In 1674 , he pub ...
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... nature , fuch as it appeared to him ; and the living nature , which he had continually before his eyes , being of the heavy kind , it is no wonder , that he should imbibe , as he did , the bad taste of his country . Nevertheless , he ...
... nature , fuch as it appeared to him ; and the living nature , which he had continually before his eyes , being of the heavy kind , it is no wonder , that he should imbibe , as he did , the bad taste of his country . Nevertheless , he ...
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... nature , to facilitate the ftudy of that language . He gain- ed prodigious reputation by this ; for the knowledge of the two languages was at that time fo rare an accomplish- ment , that it was actually made a title of honour . This ...
... nature , to facilitate the ftudy of that language . He gain- ed prodigious reputation by this ; for the knowledge of the two languages was at that time fo rare an accomplish- ment , that it was actually made a title of honour . This ...
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