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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... excellent talent for poetry , of which this prince was a great admirer , and had himself made confiderable proficiency therein . After he had gone through a proper course of study , he entered into orders , and was made canon of Rofs ...
... excellent talent for poetry , of which this prince was a great admirer , and had himself made confiderable proficiency therein . After he had gone through a proper course of study , he entered into orders , and was made canon of Rofs ...
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... excellent collection of manufcripts and many other books which are to be found in that library , is owing to his care and ad- Miccron , p . vice . 191 . Niceron . P. 193 . alfo Vol- In 1670 , In BALUZ E. 25 Murray and chanon of Roffe ...
... excellent collection of manufcripts and many other books which are to be found in that library , is owing to his care and ad- Miccron , p . vice . 191 . Niceron . P. 193 . alfo Vol- In 1670 , In BALUZ E. 25 Murray and chanon of Roffe ...
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... excellent poet , born in the year 1264 , at Barberino in Tuscany . The greatest part of his works are loft , but his poem , entitled , The precepts of love , having been preferved , is fufficient to fhew the ge- nius of Barberini for ...
... excellent poet , born in the year 1264 , at Barberino in Tuscany . The greatest part of his works are loft , but his poem , entitled , The precepts of love , having been preferved , is fufficient to fhew the ge- nius of Barberini for ...
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... excellent notes ( A ) . ( A ) Befides what we have men- tioned above , we have also of his , 1. Traité fur la morales des peres . 1728 . 2. A tranflation , with notes , of a treatife of M. Bynckerhoek . 1723 . 3. La defence du droit de ...
... excellent notes ( A ) . ( A ) Befides what we have men- tioned above , we have also of his , 1. Traité fur la morales des peres . 1728 . 2. A tranflation , with notes , of a treatife of M. Bynckerhoek . 1723 . 3. La defence du droit de ...
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... excellent Latin poet , born at Antwerp , in the year 1584. He ftudied eight years in the college of the province of Holland at Leyden . Bertius , the fub - principal of this college , having been appointed principal , recommended ...
... excellent Latin poet , born at Antwerp , in the year 1584. He ftudied eight years in the college of the province of Holland at Leyden . Bertius , the fub - principal of this college , having been appointed principal , recommended ...
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