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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... manner which nature observes in her operations , would not only be able to rival , but surpass her . In another piece , Of the nullity of magic , he fhews with great fagacity and penetration , whence the notion sprung , and how weak all ...
... manner which nature observes in her operations , would not only be able to rival , but surpass her . In another piece , Of the nullity of magic , he fhews with great fagacity and penetration , whence the notion sprung , and how weak all ...
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... manner , with respect to our fight and the objects , that the rays fhall be refracted and reflected wherever we please , so that we may fee a thing under what angle we think proper , either near or at a distance , and be able to read ...
... manner , with respect to our fight and the objects , that the rays fhall be refracted and reflected wherever we please , so that we may fee a thing under what angle we think proper , either near or at a distance , and be able to read ...
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... manner that is fcarce liable to excep- tion he appears indeed to have chosen the present subject the rather because the course and nature of decyphering the my- thology of the ancients would give him an opportunity of freely , or lefs ...
... manner that is fcarce liable to excep- tion he appears indeed to have chosen the present subject the rather because the course and nature of decyphering the my- thology of the ancients would give him an opportunity of freely , or lefs ...
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... manner , made a great clamour . Father Commire wrote a fhort poem in Latin , entitled Afinus in Parnaffo , in defence of M. Menage . There were others who wrote alfo against him ; nevertheless he went on with great affiduity to finish ...
... manner , made a great clamour . Father Commire wrote a fhort poem in Latin , entitled Afinus in Parnaffo , in defence of M. Menage . There were others who wrote alfo against him ; nevertheless he went on with great affiduity to finish ...
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... manner of writing of M. Baillet . Father le Tellier the Jefuit , according to Niceron , was the author of them ; and Mr.Bayle fays , it may be eafily perceived that they came from the Jefuits , who were provoked againft M. Baillet , be ...
... manner of writing of M. Baillet . Father le Tellier the Jefuit , according to Niceron , was the author of them ; and Mr.Bayle fays , it may be eafily perceived that they came from the Jefuits , who were provoked againft M. Baillet , be ...
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