A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period ...W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... Serranus , in the year of VOL . I. Rome D Iftoria degli fcrittori Florentini . Del P. Gui- lio Negri in Ferra , 1722 , folio . Cicero in Bruto . Nonius Varro , Au- & c ACCIAIO LI 33 of the life of Charlemain; and fome other works ...
... Serranus , in the year of VOL . I. Rome D Iftoria degli fcrittori Florentini . Del P. Gui- lio Negri in Ferra , 1722 , folio . Cicero in Bruto . Nonius Varro , Au- & c ACCIAIO LI 33 of the life of Charlemain; and fome other works ...
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... Rome 583 ; but there appears fomewhat of confufion and perplexity in this chronology . He made himself known be- fore the death of Pacuvius , a dramatic piece of his being ex- hibited the fame year that Pacuvius brought one upon the ...
... Rome 583 ; but there appears fomewhat of confufion and perplexity in this chronology . He made himself known be- fore the death of Pacuvius , a dramatic piece of his being ex- hibited the fame year that Pacuvius brought one upon the ...
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... Rome Jan. 24 , in the year of Chrift 76. His father left him an orphan , at ten years of age , under the guardianship of Trajan , and Cælius Tatianus , a Roman knight . He began to ferve very early in the armies , having been tribune of ...
... Rome Jan. 24 , in the year of Chrift 76. His father left him an orphan , at ten years of age , under the guardianship of Trajan , and Cælius Tatianus , a Roman knight . He began to ferve very early in the armies , having been tribune of ...
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... Rome till the des Emp . year 118 , when the fenate decreed him a triumph , and ho- tom . II . p . noured him with the title of Father of his country ; but he re- 408 , 409 fufed both , and defired that Trajan's image might triumph ...
... Rome till the des Emp . year 118 , when the fenate decreed him a triumph , and ho- tom . II . p . noured him with the title of Father of his country ; but he re- 408 , 409 fufed both , and defired that Trajan's image might triumph ...
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... Rome the beginning of the year 1295 and , according to fome , he went again , the fame year , to Africa ; and , after his return from thence , to the Eaft . He was in Egypt in the year 132 , revifited Syria the year follow . ing ...
... Rome the beginning of the year 1295 and , according to fome , he went again , the fame year , to Africa ; and , after his return from thence , to the Eaft . He was in Egypt in the year 132 , revifited Syria the year follow . ing ...
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