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, Volumen 5T. Osborne, J. Whiston and B. White, W. Strahan, T. Payne, W. Owen, and W. Johnston [and 7 others], 1761 |
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... wifh of Faber ; a man , who for integrity and " humanity has scarcely his equal among thousands . In this fingle inftance only , has he acted unl ke himself in , at- པ་ 3 66 tacking " lent a manner . 66 am lib . 3 2 FABER .
... wifh of Faber ; a man , who for integrity and " humanity has scarcely his equal among thousands . In this fingle inftance only , has he acted unl ke himself in , at- པ་ 3 66 tacking " lent a manner . 66 am lib . 3 2 FABER .
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... manner . 66 am lib . 3 . " tacking a friend , who deferved not fuch ufage , in fo vio- But what man was ever wife at all times ? " And I wish I could have fpared my adverfary : but now I afflicted for two reasons ; both because I am ...
... manner . 66 am lib . 3 . " tacking a friend , who deferved not fuch ufage , in fo vio- But what man was ever wife at all times ? " And I wish I could have fpared my adverfary : but now I afflicted for two reasons ; both because I am ...
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... manner , that there are women fometimes to be found , who are worse than the devil , and even bad enough to provoke the devil himself . " The Life of Thefeus , " is not a mere tran- flation from Plutarch ; our author having inferted ...
... manner , that there are women fometimes to be found , who are worse than the devil , and even bad enough to provoke the devil himself . " The Life of Thefeus , " is not a mere tran- flation from Plutarch ; our author having inferted ...
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... manner , as not to be difcernible . He cleaned the furface of the ftone , without touching thofe places , where the letters had been engraven . He then laid upon it a piece of thick paper well moistened , and preffed it with a fpunge ...
... manner , as not to be difcernible . He cleaned the furface of the ftone , without touching thofe places , where the letters had been engraven . He then laid upon it a piece of thick paper well moistened , and preffed it with a fpunge ...
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... manner fuitable to his parts and learning . He did not content himself with barely looking on , and blindly admiring ; but he ex- amined with great accuracy and minuteness all the remains of antiquity , and compared them with the ...
... manner fuitable to his parts and learning . He did not content himself with barely looking on , and blindly admiring ; but he ex- amined with great accuracy and minuteness all the remains of antiquity , and compared them with the ...
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