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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... death of the king , which hap- pened Sept. 2 , 1715 , madam de Maintenon retired wholly to St. Cyr , where she spent the remainder of her days in acts of devotion . What furprises is , that Lewis XIV . made no certain provision for her ...
... death of the king , which hap- pened Sept. 2 , 1715 , madam de Maintenon retired wholly to St. Cyr , where she spent the remainder of her days in acts of devotion . What furprises is , that Lewis XIV . made no certain provision for her ...
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... death . He dreamed , for fome nights , that a man appeared to him , who exhorted him to continue his comment vigor- oufly , and affured him that he fhould finish it , but that he should not live long after ; and , in fo faying , the man ...
... death . He dreamed , for fome nights , that a man appeared to him , who exhorted him to continue his comment vigor- oufly , and affured him that he fhould finish it , but that he should not live long after ; and , in fo faying , the man ...
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... death of Henry , queen Mary of Medicis became his patronefs , and fettled upon him a very handfome penfion . This he enjoyed to the time of his death , which happened at Paris in 1628. It was the misfortune of this poet , that he had no ...
... death of Henry , queen Mary of Medicis became his patronefs , and fettled upon him a very handfome penfion . This he enjoyed to the time of his death , which happened at Paris in 1628. It was the misfortune of this poet , that he had no ...
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... death , when he had been in a lethargy La vie de two hours , he awaked on a fudden to reprove his landlady Malherbe , who waited on him , for ufing a word that was not good par Racan , French : faying to his confeffor , who reprimanded ...
... death , when he had been in a lethargy La vie de two hours , he awaked on a fudden to reprove his landlady Malherbe , who waited on him , for ufing a word that was not good par Racan , French : faying to his confeffor , who reprimanded ...
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... death , as it is com- monly related , was very tragical . For when , according to his ufual way , he had afcended to the top of the house , in order to invoke the demons of the air , which custom the Manichees afterwards practifed in ...
... death , as it is com- monly related , was very tragical . For when , according to his ufual way , he had afcended to the top of the house , in order to invoke the demons of the air , which custom the Manichees afterwards practifed in ...
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