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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... deficiencies that may be observed in an undertaking which from the nature of it can never be complete , will fuggeft to our Readers the expediency of 9 looking looking forward to future improvements ; to which end , [ xi ] xi.
... deficiencies that may be observed in an undertaking which from the nature of it can never be complete , will fuggeft to our Readers the expediency of 9 looking looking forward to future improvements ; to which end , [ xi ] xi.
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... never to work on Mondays , but to devote that day with his difciples to the bottle . He ufed to ftroll about the ftreets in the night , playing on the German flute ; and in one of those frolics he was drowned in 1564 . ABBADIE ( JAMES ) ...
... never to work on Mondays , but to devote that day with his difciples to the bottle . He ufed to ftroll about the ftreets in the night , playing on the German flute ; and in one of those frolics he was drowned in 1564 . ABBADIE ( JAMES ) ...
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... never " took any notice of thefe fcruples , till " the affairs of Spain and Holland forced " me to it . All my neighbours call on 66 me to concur in the treaty between " Holland - and Spain ; and the honour " of the nation will not ...
... never " took any notice of thefe fcruples , till " the affairs of Spain and Holland forced " me to it . All my neighbours call on 66 me to concur in the treaty between " Holland - and Spain ; and the honour " of the nation will not ...
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... never appeared over fond of power , nor did he endeavour to carry his prerogative as primate of England to any great height ; yet he fhewed a steady refolution in the maintenance of the rights of the high - commiffion court , and would ...
... never appeared over fond of power , nor did he endeavour to carry his prerogative as primate of England to any great height ; yet he fhewed a steady refolution in the maintenance of the rights of the high - commiffion court , and would ...
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... never have a noble ❝ fon forfaicen for refpect of them , who " truly m at nothing but their own " purpotes . " I have never more defired to be 66 pre- fent at any confulta ion than that << which is this day to be handled , for " my ...
... never have a noble ❝ fon forfaicen for refpect of them , who " truly m at nothing but their own " purpotes . " I have never more defired to be 66 pre- fent at any confulta ion than that << which is this day to be handled , for " my ...
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