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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... famous for their learning and writings ( B ) . It gave him un- eafiness to find that many perfons of quality were led away by a notion that ftudy was hurtful to the health and wit of children . This induced him to fhew the contrary by ...
... famous for their learning and writings ( B ) . It gave him un- eafiness to find that many perfons of quality were led away by a notion that ftudy was hurtful to the health and wit of children . This induced him to fhew the contrary by ...
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... famous for his learning . Hift . Concil . For fome years he had given up himself chiefly to the ftudy Trident . of mathematics and philofophy , but after his promotion to a bishopric he applied entirely to the ftudy of divinity . He was ...
... famous for his learning . Hift . Concil . For fome years he had given up himself chiefly to the ftudy Trident . of mathematics and philofophy , but after his promotion to a bishopric he applied entirely to the ftudy of divinity . He was ...
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... ancient apoftolic order of the church of Chrift re - established among them , and fettled upon its right ba fis and foundation . 40 In 1676 , his famous Apology for the quakers D 4 In BARCLAY . 39 peared at Aberdeen, in the year 1670 (A...
... ancient apoftolic order of the church of Chrift re - established among them , and fettled upon its right ba fis and foundation . 40 In 1676 , his famous Apology for the quakers D 4 In BARCLAY . 39 peared at Aberdeen, in the year 1670 (A...
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... famous Apology for the quakers was published in Latin at Amfterdam , in quarto . His Thefes theologica , which are the foundation of this work , had been published fome time before . He tranflated his Apology into English , and ...
... famous Apology for the quakers was published in Latin at Amfterdam , in quarto . His Thefes theologica , which are the foundation of this work , had been published fome time before . He tranflated his Apology into English , and ...
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... famous Mr. Penn through the greatest part of England , Holland , and Germany , and was every where received with great refpect . When he returned to his native country , he spent the remainder of his life in a quiet and retired manner ...
... famous Mr. Penn through the greatest part of England , Holland , and Germany , and was every where received with great refpect . When he returned to his native country , he spent the remainder of his life in a quiet and retired manner ...
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