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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... observed the French turn and idiom . " Befides , he spoiled his ftile by a vicious affectation , endea- " vouring to mix the ferious of Balzac , with the humour " and pleasantry of Voiture . Notwithstanding these de- " fects , what he ...
... observed the French turn and idiom . " Befides , he spoiled his ftile by a vicious affectation , endea- " vouring to mix the ferious of Balzac , with the humour " and pleasantry of Voiture . Notwithstanding these de- " fects , what he ...
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... observations was his work , intitled , ROMA , containing a defcription of that city . From Rome he vifited feveral parts of Italy , and at last settled at Misenum ; where he was perfunded to take upon him the care and management of a ...
... observations was his work , intitled , ROMA , containing a defcription of that city . From Rome he vifited feveral parts of Italy , and at last settled at Misenum ; where he was perfunded to take upon him the care and management of a ...
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... observations upon what Cæcilius had advanced ; after which , Octavius enters upon a particular refutation of the Pagan , and concludes with fupporting and establishing the Chriftian religion : the result of all which is , that Cæcilius ...
... observations upon what Cæcilius had advanced ; after which , Octavius enters upon a particular refutation of the Pagan , and concludes with fupporting and establishing the Chriftian religion : the result of all which is , that Cæcilius ...
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... observed , that this ftorm was conjured up against him at a time , when the king thought of chufing an almoner for the duchefs of Burgundy : and that there was no way of preventing him , who had been tutor to the duke her husband , and ...
... observed , that this ftorm was conjured up against him at a time , when the king thought of chufing an almoner for the duchefs of Burgundy : and that there was no way of preventing him , who had been tutor to the duke her husband , and ...
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... observed , not favourable to the credit and reputation of Flaccus . He met however with one afterwards , who revenged , as it were , this treatment of Flaccus , by fhewing the fame to Feftus . For in the eighth century Paul the deacon ...
... observed , not favourable to the credit and reputation of Flaccus . He met however with one afterwards , who revenged , as it were , this treatment of Flaccus , by fhewing the fame to Feftus . For in the eighth century Paul the deacon ...
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