A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in Every Age and NationLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 - 454 páginas |
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... letters in the name of Clio , and in the Guardian by a hand . It was not known that Addison had tried a comedy for the stage , till Steele , after his death , declared him the author of " The Drummer , " this play Steele carried to the ...
... letters in the name of Clio , and in the Guardian by a hand . It was not known that Addison had tried a comedy for the stage , till Steele , after his death , declared him the author of " The Drummer , " this play Steele carried to the ...
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... letters and homilies which are did not want respect , had very dili- still extant . gently endeavoured to reclaim him ; ADRIANI ( JOANNI BATTIS . but his arguments and expostula - TA ) born of a patrician family at tions had no effect ...
... letters and homilies which are did not want respect , had very dili- still extant . gently endeavoured to reclaim him ; ADRIANI ( JOANNI BATTIS . but his arguments and expostula - TA ) born of a patrician family at tions had no effect ...
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... letters inviting you elsewhere , with great promises . " Fortune , at length , began to smile upon Am monius , for he was appointed secre- tary to Henry VIII . and honoured spirit and success , and was more read and attended to than any ...
... letters inviting you elsewhere , with great promises . " Fortune , at length , began to smile upon Am monius , for he was appointed secre- tary to Henry VIII . and honoured spirit and success , and was more read and attended to than any ...
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... letters so very rapid , that he is said to have translated the " Crito " of Plato , from the Greek into French when no more than eight years old . His principal work is , " Histoire Universelle , from 1550 to 1601 ; with a short Account ...
... letters so very rapid , that he is said to have translated the " Crito " of Plato , from the Greek into French when no more than eight years old . His principal work is , " Histoire Universelle , from 1550 to 1601 ; with a short Account ...
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... Letters , which went through several editions ) ; and died 1654 . BANIER ( ANTHONY ) a cele- brated mythologist of France , born 1673 , died 1741. An English trans lation of his " Mythology , and Fa bles of the Ancients , " was publish ...
... Letters , which went through several editions ) ; and died 1654 . BANIER ( ANTHONY ) a cele- brated mythologist of France , born 1673 , died 1741. An English trans lation of his " Mythology , and Fa bles of the Ancients , " was publish ...
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