A General Biographical Dictionary, 2. köideWhittaker and Company, 1835 |
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... person which he capital to Boujival , where he died in 1795.- did not possess , while it gave him a scope for ROBERT GARNIER , a dramatic writer of some all the strong marking of character and changes note , was much anterior in point ...
... person which he capital to Boujival , where he died in 1795.- did not possess , while it gave him a scope for ROBERT GARNIER , a dramatic writer of some all the strong marking of character and changes note , was much anterior in point ...
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... person of the judge , and an at- votaries of the declining philosophy , but ob- tempt to rescue from the arm of the law one of tained him no small reputation with Peiresc his dissolute companions . Several abstracts of and other learned ...
... person of the judge , and an at- votaries of the declining philosophy , but ob- tempt to rescue from the arm of the law one of tained him no small reputation with Peiresc his dissolute companions . Several abstracts of and other learned ...
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... persons of the first rank and talents , and and Condorcet , he seems to have diverted among the rest that of cardinal ... person who observed the transit of Mercury over the sun . It is to the credit of both philosophers , that although ...
... persons of the first rank and talents , and and Condorcet , he seems to have diverted among the rest that of cardinal ... person who observed the transit of Mercury over the sun . It is to the credit of both philosophers , that although ...
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... person , he was left without a bene- fice . Geoffrey wrote various works , but his Chronicle , or History of the Britons , is the only production of his pen which requires notice . This Chronicle is now known to be , as the compiler ...
... person , he was left without a bene- fice . Geoffrey wrote various works , but his Chronicle , or History of the Britons , is the only production of his pen which requires notice . This Chronicle is now known to be , as the compiler ...
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... person and GEORGE III , king of Great Britain , born family ; and it was obvious that the greater the 4th of June , 1738 , was the eldest son of part of the nation connected the interests of Frederick , prince of Wales , by the princess ...
... person and GEORGE III , king of Great Britain , born family ; and it was obvious that the greater the 4th of June , 1738 , was the eldest son of part of the nation connected the interests of Frederick , prince of Wales , by the princess ...
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