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 ...W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... first began to be published , for it was published by parts in 1535 : but this oppofition was foon overruled by the powerful patronage of Rabelais among the great . The beft edition of his works is that with cuts , and the notes of Le ...
... first began to be published , for it was published by parts in 1535 : but this oppofition was foon overruled by the powerful patronage of Rabelais among the great . The beft edition of his works is that with cuts , and the notes of Le ...
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... first diftinction to have a Phædra " ready for the theatre , against the time that Racine's fhould appear . 66 After the publication of " Phædra , " he took a refolu- tion to quit the theatre for ever : although he was ftill in full ...
... first diftinction to have a Phædra " ready for the theatre , against the time that Racine's fhould appear . 66 After the publication of " Phædra , " he took a refolu- tion to quit the theatre for ever : although he was ftill in full ...
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... first re- prefented at St. Cyr , was afterwards acted at Verfailles before the king in 1689. " It appears to me very re- Ibid . " markable , " fays Voltaire , " that this tragedy had then " univerfal fuccefs ; and that two years after ...
... first re- prefented at St. Cyr , was afterwards acted at Verfailles before the king in 1689. " It appears to me very re- Ibid . " markable , " fays Voltaire , " that this tragedy had then " univerfal fuccefs ; and that two years after ...
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... first of Auguft , Mr. Ford could not have mentioned the fact on the thirty - first of July , when his letter was dated . Whether Radcliffe was fent for by lady Mafham , or by order of council , is therefore the only point to be ...
... first of Auguft , Mr. Ford could not have mentioned the fact on the thirty - first of July , when his letter was dated . Whether Radcliffe was fent for by lady Mafham , or by order of council , is therefore the only point to be ...
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... first part of his Biographia education at Ayre , and was then removed to Edinburgh ; Britannica , where , diftinguishing himself by good parts and uncom- mon proficiency , he was fent for to St. Andrew's , in or- der to attend a fon of ...
... first part of his Biographia education at Ayre , and was then removed to Edinburgh ; Britannica , where , diftinguishing himself by good parts and uncom- mon proficiency , he was fent for to St. Andrew's , in or- der to attend a fon of ...
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