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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... Observations . 5. Nine or ten volumes of mifcellaneous papers relating to the mathematics . Smith , P. 15 . He undertook likewife a defcrip- tion of the British monarchy , in or- der to fhew the advantages of the union of England and ...
... Observations . 5. Nine or ten volumes of mifcellaneous papers relating to the mathematics . Smith , P. 15 . He undertook likewife a defcrip- tion of the British monarchy , in or- der to fhew the advantages of the union of England and ...
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... observed however , that the 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 ...
... observed however , that the 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 ...
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... observed a true hof pitality in house - keeping ; many poor Irish families being maintained out of his kitchen , and in Chriftmas time , the poor always eat with him at his own table . At public tables he ufually fat filent . Once at ...
... observed a true hof pitality in house - keeping ; many poor Irish families being maintained out of his kitchen , and in Chriftmas time , the poor always eat with him at his own table . At public tables he ufually fat filent . Once at ...
Page 118
... observation , he fent for a flave and ordered his head to be ftruck off . This fight fo fhocked the painter , that he could not be easy till he had obtained his difmiffion , which the Grand Signior granted , and made him a prefent of a ...
... observation , he fent for a flave and ordered his head to be ftruck off . This fight fo fhocked the painter , that he could not be easy till he had obtained his difmiffion , which the Grand Signior granted , and made him a prefent of a ...
Page 157
... observation , asking me , with " fome furprize , if I thought Hamlet fhould be in fo violent " a paffion with the Ghoft , which , though it might have " aftonished , had not provoked him ? For you may ob- " ferve , that in this ...
... observation , asking me , with " fome furprize , if I thought Hamlet fhould be in fo violent " a paffion with the Ghoft , which , though it might have " aftonished , had not provoked him ? For you may ob- " ferve , that in this ...
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