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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... poems were printed at Roüen in 1614. There is a neat Elzevir edition of his works at Leyden , 1652 , 12mo ; but the moft magnificent is that of London 1729 , 4to , with short notes by M. Broffette . REGNIER de MARETS , ( SERAPHIN ) , a ...
... poems were printed at Roüen in 1614. There is a neat Elzevir edition of his works at Leyden , 1652 , 12mo ; but the moft magnificent is that of London 1729 , 4to , with short notes by M. Broffette . REGNIER de MARETS , ( SERAPHIN ) , a ...
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... poems and orations ; and was allo concerned as an editor of books written by others His works are all in Latin , and neatly printed . REMBRANDT VAN REIN , a Flemish painter of great eminence , was the fon of a miller , and born near ...
... poems and orations ; and was allo concerned as an editor of books written by others His works are all in Latin , and neatly printed . REMBRANDT VAN REIN , a Flemish painter of great eminence , was the fon of a miller , and born near ...
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... poem of Cointus Smyrnæus , " or " Quintus Calaber , " concerning See QUI the taking of Troy ; and added fome corrections to it . TUS . At laft , he was appointed profeffor of hiftory in the uni- verfity of Wittemberg , and died there in ...
... poem of Cointus Smyrnæus , " or " Quintus Calaber , " concerning See QUI the taking of Troy ; and added fome corrections to it . TUS . At laft , he was appointed profeffor of hiftory in the uni- verfity of Wittemberg , and died there in ...
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... Poems , He was born at fea , in 1702 , on board the Gloucefter vol . VIII . Eaft Indiaman , to which circumftance he was indebted P. 75 . for his Chriftian name . He received his education at Winchefter school , and thence was elected ...
... Poems , He was born at fea , in 1702 , on board the Gloucefter vol . VIII . Eaft Indiaman , to which circumftance he was indebted P. 75 . for his Chriftian name . He received his education at Winchefter school , and thence was elected ...
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... poems by Dr. Ridley , one ftyled " Jovi Eleutherio , or an Offering to Liberty , " the other called " Pfyche , are in the third volume of Dodfley's Collection . The fequel of the latter poem , intituled " Melampus , " with Pfyche " its ...
... poems by Dr. Ridley , one ftyled " Jovi Eleutherio , or an Offering to Liberty , " the other called " Pfyche , are in the third volume of Dodfley's Collection . The fequel of the latter poem , intituled " Melampus , " with Pfyche " its ...
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