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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... Latin . He spent all his leifure - hours in reading , and converfing with fuch as led a regular life , and loved to reason and reflect on things . * He lived to publish the eighth volume of hiftory which ends with the death of Charles I ...
... Latin . He spent all his leifure - hours in reading , and converfing with fuch as led a regular life , and loved to reason and reflect on things . * He lived to publish the eighth volume of hiftory which ends with the death of Charles I ...
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... Latin , he confented ; and the original ma- nufcript of that work , ready for the prefs , is ftill extant in the library of the Royal Society . In the fpring of 1669 , Mr. Ray and Mr. Willoughby entered upon thofe experiments about the ...
... Latin , he confented ; and the original ma- nufcript of that work , ready for the prefs , is ftill extant in the library of the Royal Society . In the fpring of 1669 , Mr. Ray and Mr. Willoughby entered upon thofe experiments about the ...
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... Latin letter of his to Dr. Lifter , ❝ phical " letters be- Aug. 22 , 1670. In the fame letter , he alfo takes notice of the altering his name , by leaving out the W in the Mr. Ray beginning of it ; for , till 1670 , he had always wrote ...
... Latin letter of his to Dr. Lifter , ❝ phical " letters be- Aug. 22 , 1670. In the fame letter , he alfo takes notice of the altering his name , by leaving out the W in the Mr. Ray beginning of it ; for , till 1670 , he had always wrote ...
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... Latin or English , which were equally , eafy to him . This he retained , notwithstanding age and infirmities , to the day of his death ; of which he gave good proof in fome of his letters , written manifeftly with E 2 a dying a dying ...
... Latin or English , which were equally , eafy to him . This he retained , notwithstanding age and infirmities , to the day of his death ; of which he gave good proof in fome of his letters , written manifeftly with E 2 a dying a dying ...
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... Latin . REGIOMONTANUS , an illuftrious aftronomer , whofe real name was Joannes Mullerus , was born at Regiomon- Konigsberg in Franconia , 1436. He was taught his gram- tani vita a mar at home , and at twelve years of age fent to ...
... Latin . REGIOMONTANUS , an illuftrious aftronomer , whofe real name was Joannes Mullerus , was born at Regiomon- Konigsberg in Franconia , 1436. He was taught his gram- tani vita a mar at home , and at twelve years of age fent to ...
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