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... attention particularly to medicine and surgery . London , in 1672 ; and in 1676 he obtained a In pursuit of knowledge , he visited Smyrna , prebend in the cathedral of the metropolis , Corinth , Alexandria , and in his thirty - eighth ...
... attention particularly to medicine and surgery . London , in 1672 ; and in 1676 he obtained a In pursuit of knowledge , he visited Smyrna , prebend in the cathedral of the metropolis , Corinth , Alexandria , and in his thirty - eighth ...
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... attention to de- vival of Shakspeare , and a reform both in the corum secured him the society of the most conduct and licence of the drama , which is grave and dignified characters . His literary very honourable to the genius of the ...
... attention to de- vival of Shakspeare , and a reform both in the corum secured him the society of the most conduct and licence of the drama , which is grave and dignified characters . His literary very honourable to the genius of the ...
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... attention to which they are entitled . — Chalmers's Biog . Dict . GASSENDI ( PETER ) an eminent philoso- pher and mathematician , was born in the year 1592 at Chantersier , near Digne in Provence . He early displayed a lively and ...
... attention to which they are entitled . — Chalmers's Biog . Dict . GASSENDI ( PETER ) an eminent philoso- pher and mathematician , was born in the year 1592 at Chantersier , near Digne in Provence . He early displayed a lively and ...
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... attention in a great degree , if not altoge- whose interest he was appointed in 1645 re- ther , from the stormy track of politics , and to gius - professor of mathematics at Paris . Here have devoted his time principally to the study he ...
... attention in a great degree , if not altoge- whose interest he was appointed in 1645 re- ther , from the stormy track of politics , and to gius - professor of mathematics at Paris . Here have devoted his time principally to the study he ...
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... attention to professional researches . The des Allegories et Emblemes , " 4 vols . 8vo ; knowledge which he displayed of the different " Essai sur la Gravure ; " " Traité d'Anatomie branches of medicine , procured him the ap- à l'usage ...
... attention to professional researches . The des Allegories et Emblemes , " 4 vols . 8vo ; knowledge which he displayed of the different " Essai sur la Gravure ; " " Traité d'Anatomie branches of medicine , procured him the ap- à l'usage ...
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