A

NEW AND GENERAL

BIOGRAPHICAL

DICTIONARY;

CONTAINING

AN HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL ACCOUNT

OF THE

LIVES and WRITINGS

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OF THE

Moft Eminent Perfons

IN EVERY NATION;

PARTICULARLY THE BRITISH AND IRISH;
From the Earlieft Accounts of Time to the present Period.

WHI PEIN

Their remarkable ACTIONS and SUFFERINGS,
Their VIRTUES, FARTS, and LEARNING,

ARE, ACCURATELY DISPLAYED.

With a CATALOGUE of their LITERARY PRODUCTIONS.,

A NEW EDITION, IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES,
GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

Printed for G. G. and J. ROBINSON, J. JOHNSON, J. NICHOLS, J. SEWELL,
H. L. GARDNER, F. and C. RIVINGTON, W. OTRIDGE and Son,

G. NICOL, E. NEWBERY, HOOKHAM and CARPENTER,

R. FAULDER, W. CHAPMAN and SON, J. DEIGHTON,

D. WALKER, J. ANDERSON, T. PAYNE, J. LOWNDES,

P. MACQUEEN, J. WALKER, T. EGERTON, T.
CADELL, jun. and W. DAVIES, R. EDWARDS,
VERNOR and HOOD, J. NUNN, MURRAY
and HIGHLEY, T. N. LONGMAN, LEE

and HURST, and J. WHITE.

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 720143

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

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