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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... Mafter Wardens and Company of Stationers of Our City of London , and all other Our Officers and Ministers whom it may concern , are to take Notice , that due Obedience be rendered to our Pleafure herein fignified . Given at our Court at ...
... Mafter Wardens and Company of Stationers of Our City of London , and all other Our Officers and Ministers whom it may concern , are to take Notice , that due Obedience be rendered to our Pleafure herein fignified . Given at our Court at ...
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... mafter was Alart Claeller , an eminent painter in Amfterdam ; under whom he fo diftin- guifhed himself , that he foon engaged the attention of the great . When he was about eighteen , he went to Boffuin Hainault , to view the pieces of ...
... mafter was Alart Claeller , an eminent painter in Amfterdam ; under whom he fo diftin- guifhed himself , that he foon engaged the attention of the great . When he was about eighteen , he went to Boffuin Hainault , to view the pieces of ...
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... mafter of the free fchool at Guilford , founded by Edward VI . From thence he was removed to Baliol College , Oxford . Nov. 29 , 1563 , he was elected probationer fellow of his college ; and having foon after entered into holy orders ...
... mafter of the free fchool at Guilford , founded by Edward VI . From thence he was removed to Baliol College , Oxford . Nov. 29 , 1563 , he was elected probationer fellow of his college ; and having foon after entered into holy orders ...
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... mafter , in fufficient want of " money , gave fome aid to the duke of " Savoy , and furnished out a pretty army " in the cause of Cleve . We must try . 66 " It is a great honour to the king our mafter , that he hath fuch a fon , " whofe ...
... mafter , in fufficient want of " money , gave fome aid to the duke of " Savoy , and furnished out a pretty army " in the cause of Cleve . We must try . 66 " It is a great honour to the king our mafter , that he hath fuch a fon , " whofe ...
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... mafter : which only heightened the prefumption of our young philofopher , who now began to think himfelf completely qualified to inftruct others , and for this purpose erected an academy at Melun , where the French court then refided ...
... mafter : which only heightened the prefumption of our young philofopher , who now began to think himfelf completely qualified to inftruct others , and for this purpose erected an academy at Melun , where the French court then refided ...
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