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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... lived with Peter Pithæus , with whom he was very intimate ; and hay- ing nothing to do but ftudy , he employed himself in reading the works of the ancients , in correcting them by the manu fcripts , of which he had a great number in his ...
... lived with Peter Pithæus , with whom he was very intimate ; and hay- ing nothing to do but ftudy , he employed himself in reading the works of the ancients , in correcting them by the manu fcripts , of which he had a great number in his ...
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... lived in the Province , that is , almost " out of the world , he wrote more by study than custom ; ❝ and he has not always observed the French turn and idiom . " Befides , he spoiled his ftile by a vicious affectation , endea ...
... lived in the Province , that is , almost " out of the world , he wrote more by study than custom ; ❝ and he has not always observed the French turn and idiom . " Befides , he spoiled his ftile by a vicious affectation , endea ...
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... lived in ; had fome fkill in poetry , both in English , Latin and French ; but applied himfelf . chiefly to the ftudy of hiftory , and compiled out of feveral authors a chronicle , which was printed after his decease . He died at London ...
... lived in ; had fome fkill in poetry , both in English , Latin and French ; but applied himfelf . chiefly to the ftudy of hiftory , and compiled out of feveral authors a chronicle , which was printed after his decease . He died at London ...
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... lived a little longer . Upon the death of Alexander , Fabretti retired from bufi- nefs , and devoted himself intirely to his favorite amusement . He went to fearch antiquities in the country about Rome , without any other companion than ...
... lived a little longer . Upon the death of Alexander , Fabretti retired from bufi- nefs , and devoted himself intirely to his favorite amusement . He went to fearch antiquities in the country about Rome , without any other companion than ...
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... lived upon herbs , which he Diet . cultivated and gathered himself . All the plate he had was a filver cup and falt - feller , nor would he suffer the generals to have more . Pyrrhus hearing he was very poor , offered him money by his ...
... lived upon herbs , which he Diet . cultivated and gathered himself . All the plate he had was a filver cup and falt - feller , nor would he suffer the generals to have more . Pyrrhus hearing he was very poor , offered him money by his ...
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