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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... never any decree made by him was re- verfed as unjuft . ' It was peculiar to this great man ( fays the author of the Biogr . Brit . ) to have nothing narrow and selfish in his compofition ; he gave away without concern what- ever he ...
... never any decree made by him was re- verfed as unjuft . ' It was peculiar to this great man ( fays the author of the Biogr . Brit . ) to have nothing narrow and selfish in his compofition ; he gave away without concern what- ever he ...
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... never publish- ed it ( E ) . In 1693 , he published a Hiftory of Holland , from 1609 , to the peace of Nimeguen in 1679 ( F ) . The next year he wrote a piece concerning the worship due ( B ) Les enfans devenus celebres par leurs etudes ...
... never publish- ed it ( E ) . In 1693 , he published a Hiftory of Holland , from 1609 , to the peace of Nimeguen in 1679 ( F ) . The next year he wrote a piece concerning the worship due ( B ) Les enfans devenus celebres par leurs etudes ...
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... never been published ( A ) . ( A ) The three following works are all that were published of his : 1. An aftronomical Description of the late Comet , from the 18th of November 1618 , to the 16th of De- cember following , London , 1619 ...
... never been published ( A ) . ( A ) The three following works are all that were published of his : 1. An aftronomical Description of the late Comet , from the 18th of November 1618 , to the 16th of De- cember following , London , 1619 ...
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... never employed again as a profeffor or director of the royal college , nor could he recover his penfion . Baluze lived now at a confiderable diftance from Paris , and was above eighty years of age , yet he ftill continued his See all ...
... never employed again as a profeffor or director of the royal college , nor could he recover his penfion . Baluze lived now at a confiderable diftance from Paris , and was above eighty years of age , yet he ftill continued his See all ...
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... never made public till it appeared with fome other pieces of his in the year 1645 ( A ) . The death of his chief adver- fary ( A ) The following is a lift of his works : to . 2. Le Prince . Paris , 1631 , quar- This piece was tranflated ...
... never made public till it appeared with fome other pieces of his in the year 1645 ( A ) . The death of his chief adver- fary ( A ) The following is a lift of his works : to . 2. Le Prince . Paris , 1631 , quar- This piece was tranflated ...
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