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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... given in words ; and yet a jefuit , Barthol . Schwartz , fome ages after , has had the < glory of the difcovery . He likewife mentions a fort of in- ' extinguishable fire prepared by art ; which fhews he was not unacquainted with ...
... given in words ; and yet a jefuit , Barthol . Schwartz , fome ages after , has had the < glory of the difcovery . He likewife mentions a fort of in- ' extinguishable fire prepared by art ; which fhews he was not unacquainted with ...
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... given to fir An- thony Brown , who had been lord chief juftice of the com- mon pleas in queen Mary's time , if this gentleman's reli- gion , which was that of the church of Rome , would have permitted his accepting of it . By the ...
... given to fir An- thony Brown , who had been lord chief juftice of the com- mon pleas in queen Mary's time , if this gentleman's reli- gion , which was that of the church of Rome , would have permitted his accepting of it . By the ...
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... given to fir Francis Bacon , with the title of lord keeper . The king went foon after to Scotland , and in his abfence Works , the prince of Wales's marriage with an infanta of Spain was vol . ii . brought upon the carpet . The lord ...
... given to fir Francis Bacon , with the title of lord keeper . The king went foon after to Scotland , and in his abfence Works , the prince of Wales's marriage with an infanta of Spain was vol . ii . brought upon the carpet . The lord ...
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... given a Latin version of them , illuftrated with figures . Printed in 1620 , in quarto . 3. Canicularia . A treatife , con- cerning the dog - ftar and the cani- cular days . Published at Oxford in 1648 , by Mr. Greaves , together with a ...
... given a Latin version of them , illuftrated with figures . Printed in 1620 , in quarto . 3. Canicularia . A treatife , con- cerning the dog - ftar and the cani- cular days . Published at Oxford in 1648 , by Mr. Greaves , together with a ...
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... given by Mr. Faller . The titles are not given , only the fubjects on which he wrote , briefly expreffed . First , thofe he compiled whilft he was yet a papift : 1. A bundle of things worth knowing . 2. The writers from Elias . 13. To 3 ...
... given by Mr. Faller . The titles are not given , only the fubjects on which he wrote , briefly expreffed . First , thofe he compiled whilft he was yet a papift : 1. A bundle of things worth knowing . 2. The writers from Elias . 13. To 3 ...
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