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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... honour they could confer upon his name . See the preface of John Buxtorf the fon , to his Latin tranflation of the " More Nevcchim , ” whence this account of the author is chiefly taken , MAINTENON ( MADAM DE ) , a most extraordinary ...
... honour they could confer upon his name . See the preface of John Buxtorf the fon , to his Latin tranflation of the " More Nevcchim , ” whence this account of the author is chiefly taken , MAINTENON ( MADAM DE ) , a most extraordinary ...
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... honour to take him in- to his fervice ; and added , that every body must now " throw away their pens for ever , fince a gentleman of Nor- mandy , named Malherbe , had carried the French poetry to fuch a height , as none could hope to ...
... honour to take him in- to his fervice ; and added , that every body must now " throw away their pens for ever , fince a gentleman of Nor- mandy , named Malherbe , had carried the French poetry to fuch a height , as none could hope to ...
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... honour , and usefulness of " chriftianity in war ; " and in January 1732-3 , he died , aged between 60 and 70 years . His books all paffed unnoticed , as far as we can learn , except " The Fable of the Bees ; " and this , as we have ob ...
... honour , and usefulness of " chriftianity in war ; " and in January 1732-3 , he died , aged between 60 and 70 years . His books all paffed unnoticed , as far as we can learn , except " The Fable of the Bees ; " and this , as we have ob ...
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... the doctrine of the two principles , laid down by one who died long before Manes was born , though he has fince had the honour of having it called after him , As Hift . As abfurd and horrid as the doctrine of 44 MANICHE E S. * ...
... the doctrine of the two principles , laid down by one who died long before Manes was born , though he has fince had the honour of having it called after him , As Hift . As abfurd and horrid as the doctrine of 44 MANICHE E S. * ...
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... honours to defend it . " But to go on . Had he lived to revife it all , as he feems to have done the first book , we had certainly had a more beautiful and correct piece . He had a genius equal to his under- taking ; his fancy was bold ...
... honours to defend it . " But to go on . Had he lived to revife it all , as he feems to have done the first book , we had certainly had a more beautiful and correct piece . He had a genius equal to his under- taking ; his fancy was bold ...
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