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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... most illuftrious Perfons , who have flourished in all Nations , from the earliest Period to the Present Time , And have moft humbly prayed , That We would grant Them Our Royal Licence , for the fole Vending of their faid Dictionary ...
... most illuftrious Perfons , who have flourished in all Nations , from the earliest Period to the Present Time , And have moft humbly prayed , That We would grant Them Our Royal Licence , for the fole Vending of their faid Dictionary ...
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... Most Eminent Perfons IN EVERY NATION ; PARTICULARLY THE BRITISH AND IRISH ; From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the present Period , • WHEREIN Their remarkable ACTIONS and SUFFERINGS , Their VIRTUES , PARTS , and LEARNING , ARE ...
... Most Eminent Perfons IN EVERY NATION ; PARTICULARLY THE BRITISH AND IRISH ; From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the present Period , • WHEREIN Their remarkable ACTIONS and SUFFERINGS , Their VIRTUES , PARTS , and LEARNING , ARE ...
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... most part purposely avoided mere criticism , minute enquiries and difcuffions , and all thofe trifling points which conftitute the dry part of Bio- graphy ; but then we have endeavoured to be at leaft fo particular and fo accurate in ...
... most part purposely avoided mere criticism , minute enquiries and difcuffions , and all thofe trifling points which conftitute the dry part of Bio- graphy ; but then we have endeavoured to be at leaft fo particular and fo accurate in ...
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... most dangerous which ever arofe in the United " Provinces , and the more to be dreaded , as he concealed all " the malevolence and artifice of foreign courts , under the " appearance of Dutch bluntnefs and fimplicity ; that he was ...
... most dangerous which ever arofe in the United " Provinces , and the more to be dreaded , as he concealed all " the malevolence and artifice of foreign courts , under the " appearance of Dutch bluntnefs and fimplicity ; that he was ...
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... most shining " of thefe treatises for defence of the " Chriftian religion , which were pub- " lished by the Proteftants , is that writ- ten by Mr. Abbadie . The favourable " reception it met with , the praise it “ received , almost ...
... most shining " of thefe treatises for defence of the " Chriftian religion , which were pub- " lished by the Proteftants , is that writ- ten by Mr. Abbadie . The favourable " reception it met with , the praise it “ received , almost ...
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