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 : Wherein Their Remarkable Actions Or Sufferings, Their Virtues, Parts, and Learning are Accurately Displayed : with a Catalogue of Their Literary Productions, Volume 2T. Osborne, J. Whiston and B. White, W. Strahan, T. Payne, W. Owen, and W. Johnston [and 7 others], 1761 |
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... Charles ( c ) . After ( B ) The author of the Effay on Spirit ( who is generally supposed to be Dr. Clayton bishop of Clogher ) in his Defence of that Effay , p . 34 . fays , that lord Bacon had too much learning and too much honesty to ...
... Charles ( c ) . After ( B ) The author of the Effay on Spirit ( who is generally supposed to be Dr. Clayton bishop of Clogher ) in his Defence of that Effay , p . 34 . fays , that lord Bacon had too much learning and too much honesty to ...
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... Charles were fir William Temple and fir Leoline Jen- kins ; all the ambaffadors prefent were looked upon as the ableft states- men of their age : to them Mr. Bar- clay addreffes his epiftle in these words , " To the ambaffadors and ...
... Charles were fir William Temple and fir Leoline Jen- kins ; all the ambaffadors prefent were looked upon as the ableft states- men of their age : to them Mr. Bar- clay addreffes his epiftle in these words , " To the ambaffadors and ...
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... Charles II . he was chofen one of the com- miffioners for reftoring the members ejected in 1648. The 2d of August , 1660 , he was created doctor in divinity , and the September following was chofen Margaret professor of di- vinity ; and ...
... Charles II . he was chofen one of the com- miffioners for reftoring the members ejected in 1648. The 2d of August , 1660 , he was created doctor in divinity , and the September following was chofen Margaret professor of di- vinity ; and ...
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... Charles duke of Somerset . In the year 1700 , Mrs. Mafon of Hem- mingford , near St. Ive's , in Huntingdonshire , a widow lady between forty and fifty , with a jointure of 2001. per an- num , who had for fome time been a great admirer ...
... Charles duke of Somerset . In the year 1700 , Mrs. Mafon of Hem- mingford , near St. Ive's , in Huntingdonshire , a widow lady between forty and fifty , with a jointure of 2001. per an- num , who had for fome time been a great admirer ...
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... Charles , Ifaac's chief support was at first from the generofity of Dr. Hammond , for which he has expreffed his gratitude in a Latin epitaph on his Opufcula , benefactor . In 1647 , he was chofen a fcholar of the houfe , p . 301 . and ...
... Charles , Ifaac's chief support was at first from the generofity of Dr. Hammond , for which he has expreffed his gratitude in a Latin epitaph on his Opufcula , benefactor . In 1647 , he was chofen a fcholar of the houfe , p . 301 . and ...
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