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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... against one George Sprot , for having been con- cerned in Gowry's confpiracy eight years before . A long account of this affair , with a narrative prefixed by Dr. Abbot , was published at London , to fatisfy the public about this mat ...
... against one George Sprot , for having been con- cerned in Gowry's confpiracy eight years before . A long account of this affair , with a narrative prefixed by Dr. Abbot , was published at London , to fatisfy the public about this mat ...
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... against the divorce . He laboured all he could to extricate himself from thefe diffi- culties , by having an end put to the cause some other way than by fentence ; but it was to no purpose ; for thofe who drove on this affair had got ...
... against the divorce . He laboured all he could to extricate himself from thefe diffi- culties , by having an end put to the cause some other way than by fentence ; but it was to no purpose ; for thofe who drove on this affair had got ...
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... against the " Puritans , as what would fuffice ; so these do not expect to " be accounted Papifts , because they speak only against Pu- ritans , but because they are indeed Papifts , they speak " nothing against them : or if they do ...
... against the " Puritans , as what would fuffice ; so these do not expect to " be accounted Papifts , because they speak only against Pu- ritans , but because they are indeed Papifts , they speak " nothing against them : or if they do ...
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... against the baf- " tard counter - catholic of Dr. William " Bishop , feminary priest . " 6. " The true ancient Roman Ca- " tholic , being an apology against Dr. " Bishop's reproof of the defence of the " reformed catholic , 1611. " 7 ...
... against the baf- " tard counter - catholic of Dr. William " Bishop , feminary priest . " 6. " The true ancient Roman Ca- " tholic , being an apology against Dr. " Bishop's reproof of the defence of the " reformed catholic , 1611. " 7 ...
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... against him on the nature of univerfals with fuch strength of argument , that he obliged him to renounce his opinion , which was abftracted Spinozifm unexplained . This brought the monk into fuch contempt , and gained his antagonist fo ...
... against him on the nature of univerfals with fuch strength of argument , that he obliged him to renounce his opinion , which was abftracted Spinozifm unexplained . This brought the monk into fuch contempt , and gained his antagonist fo ...
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