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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... principal of which was , " Hortorum libri quatuor , " a work , which has been much almired . and applauded , It was first printed at Paris 1665 , and af afterwards 66 - 6 terwards re - printed with alterations and corrections by the.
... principal of which was , " Hortorum libri quatuor , " a work , which has been much almired . and applauded , It was first printed at Paris 1665 , and af afterwards 66 - 6 terwards re - printed with alterations and corrections by the.
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... principal fecretary for the provinces of Leinster and Connaught : and James II . knighted him , conftituted him one of the privy council for Ireland , and judge of the high court of admiralty , which he en- joyed till the Revolution in ...
... principal fecretary for the provinces of Leinster and Connaught : and James II . knighted him , conftituted him one of the privy council for Ireland , and judge of the high court of admiralty , which he en- joyed till the Revolution in ...
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... principal affiftant Mr. Tewley was remarkably deaf . 66 Befides his three great works , his PAMELA , CLA- RISSA , and GRANDISON , he published , 1. The Ne- [ D ] Sec Aaron Hill's Letters , in " mafter of the heart , the Shakspeare the ...
... principal affiftant Mr. Tewley was remarkably deaf . 66 Befides his three great works , his PAMELA , CLA- RISSA , and GRANDISON , he published , 1. The Ne- [ D ] Sec Aaron Hill's Letters , in " mafter of the heart , the Shakspeare the ...
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... principal points of the " Catholic faith defended , against the writing addreffed " to the king by the minifters of Charenton . " He pub- lifhed alfo , with the fame view , " The moft eafy and cer- " ain method of converting thofe who ...
... principal points of the " Catholic faith defended , against the writing addreffed " to the king by the minifters of Charenton . " He pub- lifhed alfo , with the fame view , " The moft eafy and cer- " ain method of converting thofe who ...
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... principal inftruments of the Reformation , and who fuffered martyrs dom for it in the reign of queen Mary , was born of an ancient family about 1500 in Tynedale , near the Scotch Ridley's borders , in Northumberland . His school ...
... principal inftruments of the Reformation , and who fuffered martyrs dom for it in the reign of queen Mary , was born of an ancient family about 1500 in Tynedale , near the Scotch Ridley's borders , in Northumberland . His school ...
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