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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Page 56
... reputation , Greater friendship and affection could not fubfift , than between Regiomontanus and Purbachius ; and therefore it is no wonder , that the former fhould make all con- ceivable progrefs under the latter . About that time car ...
... reputation , Greater friendship and affection could not fubfift , than between Regiomontanus and Purbachius ; and therefore it is no wonder , that the former fhould make all con- ceivable progrefs under the latter . About that time car ...
Page 62
... reputation ; and as much wealth , as is fufficient for a frugal perfon . I chose for my motto , Plainly , but Freely . Thrice , fince my being phyfician here , has this city been afflicted with the plague . My fecond wife has involved ...
... reputation ; and as much wealth , as is fufficient for a frugal perfon . I chose for my motto , Plainly , but Freely . Thrice , fince my being phyfician here , has this city been afflicted with the plague . My fecond wife has involved ...
Page 66
... reputation was afterwards advanced and efta- blished by feveral learned works , which he published . In 1700 , he attended cardinal de Noailles to Rome ; and re- ceived great honours , together with the priory of Froffay in Bretany ...
... reputation was afterwards advanced and efta- blished by feveral learned works , which he published . In 1700 , he attended cardinal de Noailles to Rome ; and re- ceived great honours , together with the priory of Froffay in Bretany ...
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... 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 appears from the following infcription of a letter : " Andro- nicus ...
... 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 appears from the following infcription of a letter : " Andro- nicus ...
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... reputation , for a long feries of years in Salisbury Court , Fleet - ftreet . Diffimilar as their geniufes may feem , when the witty and wicked duke of Wharton ( a kind of Love- lace ) about the year 1723 fomented the fpirit of oppo ...
... reputation , for a long feries of years in Salisbury Court , Fleet - ftreet . Diffimilar as their geniufes may feem , when the witty and wicked duke of Wharton ( a kind of Love- lace ) about the year 1723 fomented the fpirit of oppo ...
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