A General Biographical Dictionary, 2. köideWhittaker and Company, 1835 |
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... entitled " A Discourse of the Natures and Effects of Comets , as they are philosophically , historically , and astrologically considered , ' London , 1665 . Being a Roman catholic , he was arrested during the commotions excited by Titus ...
... entitled " A Discourse of the Natures and Effects of Comets , as they are philosophically , historically , and astrologically considered , ' London , 1665 . Being a Roman catholic , he was arrested during the commotions excited by Titus ...
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... entitled " Tra- diner , newly created bishop of Winchester . velling Memoranda , " were published by him The first proof of his acquiescence in and ap- anonymously , and after his death a posthu- probation of this measure , was a ...
... entitled " Tra- diner , newly created bishop of Winchester . velling Memoranda , " were published by him The first proof of his acquiescence in and ap- anonymously , and after his death a posthu- probation of this measure , was a ...
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... entitled “ Adolphidos , ' whatever they were , may be considered as al- the hero of which is the celebrated Gustavus most atoned for by the regret with which pre- Adolphus ; and another which has for its sub- viously to his decease he ...
... entitled “ Adolphidos , ' whatever they were , may be considered as al- the hero of which is the celebrated Gustavus most atoned for by the regret with which pre- Adolphus ; and another which has for its sub- viously to his decease he ...
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... entitled " La Piazza univer - voured to gather many certainties in the hea- sale di tutte le professioni del Mondo ; " a work of great labour and infinite utility at the time at which it was written , as there was no model then existing ...
... entitled " La Piazza univer - voured to gather many certainties in the hea- sale di tutte le professioni del Mondo ; " a work of great labour and infinite utility at the time at which it was written , as there was no model then existing ...
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... entitled " Amusements of Reason and Wit , " begun 1742 , which pro- cured him the reputation of being a lively agreeable writer . He now gave up his clerical profession , and devoted himself entirely to academical tuition . In 1744 he ...
... entitled " Amusements of Reason and Wit , " begun 1742 , which pro- cured him the reputation of being a lively agreeable writer . He now gave up his clerical profession , and devoted himself entirely to academical tuition . In 1744 he ...
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