A General Biographical Dictionary, 2. köideWhittaker and Company, 1835 |
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... pieces already mentioned , he is au- moiselle Violette , ( see ensuing article , ) and thor of some smart epigrams and jeux d'esprit ; the remainder of his theatrical career was a great number of pleasant prologues and epi- a long and ...
... pieces already mentioned , he is au- moiselle Violette , ( see ensuing article , ) and thor of some smart epigrams and jeux d'esprit ; the remainder of his theatrical career was a great number of pleasant prologues and epi- a long and ...
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... pieces . - Freheri Theat . Moreri . Bayle . Rabener and Gaertner , which lasted during their lives . In 1734 he went to the university of Leipsic to study theology , and after four years , returned home and commenced preacher , but he ...
... pieces . - Freheri Theat . Moreri . Bayle . Rabener and Gaertner , which lasted during their lives . In 1734 he went to the university of Leipsic to study theology , and after four years , returned home and commenced preacher , but he ...
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... pieces of no im- several of the leaders were impeached or portance . - Biog . Dram . driven into exile . Owing to the dissatisfac- tion produced by these measures among a still powerful party , including a majority of the high church ...
... pieces of no im- several of the leaders were impeached or portance . - Biog . Dram . driven into exile . Owing to the dissatisfac- tion produced by these measures among a still powerful party , including a majority of the high church ...
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... pieces of Aristotle , Plato on laws , Pto- lemy's Almagest and Centiloquium , and an ora- tion of Demosthenes . He likewise composed " De Arte Rhetorica , lib.v .; " " Reflections and Commentaries on some Orations of Cicero ...
... pieces of Aristotle , Plato on laws , Pto- lemy's Almagest and Centiloquium , and an ora- tion of Demosthenes . He likewise composed " De Arte Rhetorica , lib.v .; " " Reflections and Commentaries on some Orations of Cicero ...
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... pieces ; of " Disputationes Theo- made himself so obnoxious in this office , rous- logice de præcipuis horum temporum controver - ing and fomenting divisions among the monks , sus ; " and of a journal ( in German ) of the embassy to the ...
... pieces ; of " Disputationes Theo- made himself so obnoxious in this office , rous- logice de præcipuis horum temporum controver - ing and fomenting divisions among the monks , sus ; " and of a journal ( in German ) of the embassy to the ...
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