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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... gives an account of another THOMAS RANDOLPH , a Kentish gentleman , who was made ftudent of Chrift- Church , when Henry VIII . turned it into a cathedral ; and principal of Broadgate - hall in 1549 , being then a doctor of law . In the ...
... gives an account of another THOMAS RANDOLPH , a Kentish gentleman , who was made ftudent of Chrift- Church , when Henry VIII . turned it into a cathedral ; and principal of Broadgate - hall in 1549 , being then a doctor of law . In the ...
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... to his nephew Rapin , with a strict charge to give him his opinion impartially of the work : and this was accordingly done , although nothing of this ઃઃ kind was found among his papers . He did not kind 34 RAPIN . 1 ...
... to his nephew Rapin , with a strict charge to give him his opinion impartially of the work : and this was accordingly done , although nothing of this ઃઃ kind was found among his papers . He did not kind 34 RAPIN . 1 ...
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... give accurate defcriptions of the fe- . veral fpecies from a ftrict furvey of them : and , fince Mr. Willoughby's genius lay chiefly to animals , therefore he undertook the birds , beafts , fishes , and infects , as Mr. Ray did the ...
... give accurate defcriptions of the fe- . veral fpecies from a ftrict furvey of them : and , fince Mr. Willoughby's genius lay chiefly to animals , therefore he undertook the birds , beafts , fishes , and infects , as Mr. Ray did the ...
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... give his works to the public . He publifhed , in 1688 , Fafciculus Stirpium Britannicarum ; " and , in 1690 , " Synopfis Methodica Stirpium Britannicarum , " which was republifhed , with great amendments and additions , in 1696 , but ...
... give his works to the public . He publifhed , in 1688 , Fafciculus Stirpium Britannicarum ; " and , in 1690 , " Synopfis Methodica Stirpium Britannicarum , " which was republifhed , with great amendments and additions , in 1696 , but ...
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... give him a liberal education ; at a time when learning cof . 1687 . and the fciences , by being fo rarely met with , were fo 8vo . much efteemed and honoured . He went to Paris , then the feat of literature in thefe western parts , with ...
... give him a liberal education ; at a time when learning cof . 1687 . and the fciences , by being fo rarely met with , were fo 8vo . much efteemed and honoured . He went to Paris , then the feat of literature in thefe western parts , with ...
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