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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... excellent parts of painting than any other ; and Pof " it is believed that he equalled the ancients , excepting " that he defigned not naked bodies with fo much learn- " ing as Michael Angelo : but his gufto of defign is " purer , and ...
... excellent parts of painting than any other ; and Pof " it is believed that he equalled the ancients , excepting " that he defigned not naked bodies with fo much learn- " ing as Michael Angelo : but his gufto of defign is " purer , and ...
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... excellent materials , and upon the whole is both useful and entertaining . face . 66 He died at Paris in 1687 ; and his elogium , written by father Bouhours , was published foon after . He is there reprefented , and there is reafon to ...
... excellent materials , and upon the whole is both useful and entertaining . face . 66 He died at Paris in 1687 ; and his elogium , written by father Bouhours , was published foon after . He is there reprefented , and there is reafon to ...
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... excellent parts , and had a fingular vivacity in his ftyle , whether he wrote in 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 ...
... excellent parts , and had a fingular vivacity in his ftyle , whether he wrote in 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 ...
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... excellent difpofition , and of great humanity and mo- defty . He had a correfpondence with the most eminent fcholars of his time . He wrote and publifhed a great number of works , in order to promote and illuftrate facred and oriental ...
... excellent difpofition , and of great humanity and mo- defty . He had a correfpondence with the most eminent fcholars of his time . He wrote and publifhed a great number of works , in order to promote and illuftrate facred and oriental ...
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... excellent perfon . were . Dist . in voce . RHODOMAN ( LAURENTIUS ) , a learned German , was born in 1546 at Saffowerf , belonging to the counts of Stolberg in Upper Saxony . The happy genius , which Bayle's he had discovered from his ...
... excellent perfon . were . Dist . in voce . RHODOMAN ( LAURENTIUS ) , a learned German , was born in 1546 at Saffowerf , belonging to the counts of Stolberg in Upper Saxony . The happy genius , which Bayle's he had discovered from his ...
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