A General Biographical Dictionary, 2. köideWhittaker and Company, 1835 |
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... French embassy , and soon took a lead years ; his dialogues were also censured , pro- among the wits and eminent men of Paris.hibited , and ordered to be burnt . Pope Urban During his residence in France , he composed- VIII mitigated ...
... French embassy , and soon took a lead years ; his dialogues were also censured , pro- among the wits and eminent men of Paris.hibited , and ordered to be burnt . Pope Urban During his residence in France , he composed- VIII mitigated ...
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... French line on the 12th of April . In 1793 he was made rear - admiral , and appointed com- mander - in - chief on the Leeward Island sta- tion . After making an ineffectual attempt on Martinico , he returned home , and was then employed ...
... French line on the 12th of April . In 1793 he was made rear - admiral , and appointed com- mander - in - chief on the Leeward Island sta- tion . After making an ineffectual attempt on Martinico , he returned home , and was then employed ...
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... French | Brit . engraver , and writer on the fine arts . He was Scot . a native of Paris , and studied under Le Bas GAVARD ( HYACINTH ) a French physician with such success as to become eminent , espe- and anatomist of eminence , born ...
... French | Brit . engraver , and writer on the fine arts . He was Scot . a native of Paris , and studied under Le Bas GAVARD ( HYACINTH ) a French physician with such success as to become eminent , espe- and anatomist of eminence , born ...
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... French , of Fontenoi in 1744 , and the French remained who took possession of the whole of the ascendant in Flanders during the rest of the electorate . When Mr. Pitt , however , was war . Instigated by the illusory promises of called ...
... French , of Fontenoi in 1744 , and the French remained who took possession of the whole of the ascendant in Flanders during the rest of the electorate . When Mr. Pitt , however , was war . Instigated by the illusory promises of called ...
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... French families , and died in 1642 , at apothecaries . This excited of course a strong Munster . - His son DENYS , so named after his sensation among the members of the latter grandfather , was the author of a political body , who ...
... French families , and died in 1642 , at apothecaries . This excited of course a strong Munster . - His son DENYS , so named after his sensation among the members of the latter grandfather , was the author of a political body , who ...
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