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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... - vo . He added notes upon every chap- , ter of this work , and explains there- in the phrafes by which our author concealed his fecret medicines . B 2 • with in the note . C 6 6 < with the greatest that have appeared BACON . 3.
... - vo . He added notes upon every chap- , ter of this work , and explains there- in the phrafes by which our author concealed his fecret medicines . B 2 • with in the note . C 6 6 < with the greatest that have appeared BACON . 3.
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... appeared fince . It is wonder- ful , confidering the ignorant age wherein he lived , how ' he came by fuch a depth of knowledge on all subjects . His writings are compofed with that elegancy , concifeness , and ftrength , and adorned ...
... appeared fince . It is wonder- ful , confidering the ignorant age wherein he lived , how ' he came by fuch a depth of knowledge on all subjects . His writings are compofed with that elegancy , concifeness , and ftrength , and adorned ...
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... appearance venerably pleafing . He con- tinued fingle till after forty , and then took to wife a daughter of alderman Barnham of London , with whom he received a plentiful fortune , but had by her no children : and she out- lived him ...
... appearance venerably pleafing . He con- tinued fingle till after forty , and then took to wife a daughter of alderman Barnham of London , with whom he received a plentiful fortune , but had by her no children : and she out- lived him ...
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... appeared in 1618 , greatly eruditii et raised his character . It was by this means he got acquainted with fir Henry Savile , who , in the year 1619 , appointed him VOL . II . C his Commenta- in his Vitæ . illuftr.viror . Lond . 1703 ...
... appeared in 1618 , greatly eruditii et raised his character . It was by this means he got acquainted with fir Henry Savile , who , in the year 1619 , appointed him VOL . II . C his Commenta- in his Vitæ . illuftr.viror . Lond . 1703 ...
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... appearance it was in- titled Summarium illuftrium majoris Brytanniæ , quarto , Wefel , 1549. It was addreffed to king Edward VI . and contained only five centuries of writers . He afterwards added four more , and made several additions ...
... appearance it was in- titled Summarium illuftrium majoris Brytanniæ , quarto , Wefel , 1549. It was addreffed to king Edward VI . and contained only five centuries of writers . He afterwards added four more , and made several additions ...
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