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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... should learn mufic . He made a great progress in this fine science , and at eleven years of age fung and played with uncommon judgment . At twelve , his uncle began to in- ftruct him in the Latin tongue , in which he foon became very ...
... should learn mufic . He made a great progress in this fine science , and at eleven years of age fung and played with uncommon judgment . At twelve , his uncle began to in- ftruct him in the Latin tongue , in which he foon became very ...
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... should ex- pect no fervices from him in return : but Fabricius replied , that << as he had not the leaft occafion for money , he would never " accept it from thofe , who he well knew wanted it . " Be- ing once at that prince's table ...
... should ex- pect no fervices from him in return : but Fabricius replied , that << as he had not the leaft occafion for money , he would never " accept it from thofe , who he well knew wanted it . " Be- ing once at that prince's table ...
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... should feem to have received prefents , instead of fees for the cabinet , which he fet apart for the reception of these presents , had this remarkable infcription on it , Lucri neglecti lucrum , that is , " The lucre of neglected lucre ...
... should feem to have received prefents , instead of fees for the cabinet , which he fet apart for the reception of these presents , had this remarkable infcription on it , Lucri neglecti lucrum , that is , " The lucre of neglected lucre ...
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... should " not agree fometimes in the fame thoughts , or in the " fame expreffions . " FAGIUS ( PAUL ) , alias Buchlin , a learned proteftant minister , was born at Rheinzabern in Germany , in the year 1504 , and laid the foundation of ...
... should " not agree fometimes in the fame thoughts , or in the " fame expreffions . " FAGIUS ( PAUL ) , alias Buchlin , a learned proteftant minister , was born at Rheinzabern in Germany , in the year 1504 , and laid the foundation of ...
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... . Thomas Flatman the poet , in the following copy of verfes : 86 " Should I attempt an elogy , or frame A paper - structure to fecure thy name , The The light'ning of one cenfure , one stern frown , 24 FAITHORN . ry, P. 343. ...
... . Thomas Flatman the poet , in the following copy of verfes : 86 " Should I attempt an elogy , or frame A paper - structure to fecure thy name , The The light'ning of one cenfure , one stern frown , 24 FAITHORN . ry, P. 343. ...
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