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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... printed in the edition of Paris 1745 , in 3 vols . 4to , and fix 12mo . REAUMUR ( RENE - ANTOINE FERCHAULT fieur de ) , a French philofopher , was born of a good family in 1683 at Rochelle , where he was grounded in letters . Then he ...
... printed in the edition of Paris 1745 , in 3 vols . 4to , and fix 12mo . REAUMUR ( RENE - ANTOINE FERCHAULT fieur de ) , a French philofopher , was born of a good family in 1683 at Rochelle , where he was grounded in letters . Then he ...
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... printed letters , that he was confulted as an oracle ; that he anfwered very learnedly , whatever quef- tions were brought to him ; that he was extremely filled in the families of ancient Rome , and in the ftudy of in . fcriptions . A ...
... printed letters , that he was confulted as an oracle ; that he anfwered very learnedly , whatever quef- tions were brought to him ; that he was extremely filled in the families of ancient Rome , and in the ftudy of in . fcriptions . A ...
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... printed in the " Memoirs of " the Academy of Infcriptions ; " of which he was a mem- ber , as well as of the French academy . He died in 1720 , with high fentiments of devotion . Voltaire fays , that " he may be reproached with having ...
... printed in the " Memoirs of " the Academy of Infcriptions ; " of which he was a mem- ber , as well as of the French academy . He died in 1720 , with high fentiments of devotion . Voltaire fays , that " he may be reproached with having ...
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... printed at London , 1670 , in folio . Ricaut afferts , in this work , that the Mahometan women have no hopes of going to Heaven : but , as Bayle obferves , he is mistaken , Dia . HA- they expecting to be one day admitted there as well ...
... printed at London , 1670 , in folio . Ricaut afferts , in this work , that the Mahometan women have no hopes of going to Heaven : but , as Bayle obferves , he is mistaken , Dia . HA- they expecting to be one day admitted there as well ...
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... printed for fome time a news - paper called " The Daily Journal ; " and afterwards " The Daily Gazetteer . " Through the intereft of his friend Mr. Speaker Onflow , he printed the first edition of the Journals of the Houfe of Commons ...
... printed for fome time a news - paper called " The Daily Journal ; " and afterwards " The Daily Gazetteer . " Through the intereft of his friend Mr. Speaker Onflow , he printed the first edition of the Journals of the Houfe of Commons ...
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