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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... tion of youth ; fhewing how to cure and keep off the accidents of old age , and how to preferve the youth , ftrength , and beauty of body , and the fenfes , and all the faculties of both body and mind : by that great mathe- matician and ...
... tion of youth ; fhewing how to cure and keep off the accidents of old age , and how to preferve the youth , ftrength , and beauty of body , and the fenfes , and all the faculties of both body and mind : by that great mathe- matician and ...
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... tion , and returned again to France to finifh his travels . During his ftay in that kingdom his father died , without mak- ing that feparate provifion for him which he had intended . This obliging him to think of fome profeffion for a ...
... tion , and returned again to France to finifh his travels . During his ftay in that kingdom his father died , without mak- ing that feparate provifion for him which he had intended . This obliging him to think of fome profeffion for a ...
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... tion of the special fervices received by the king from him and his brother Mr. Anthony Bacon . In 1605 , fir Francis Bacon published a preparative or in- troduction to his great work , in a treatife Of the Advance- ment and proficiency ...
... tion of the special fervices received by the king from him and his brother Mr. Anthony Bacon . In 1605 , fir Francis Bacon published a preparative or in- troduction to his great work , in a treatife Of the Advance- ment and proficiency ...
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... 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 offenfively , expreffing his fentiments ...
... 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 offenfively , expreffing his fentiments ...
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... tion of the feals , they were 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 ...
... tion of the feals , they were 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 ...
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