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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... occafion or the subject of fome useless controverfy , the very terms of which few understand , and the merits of which a small part even of those few are difpofed to examine . Bayle's Lives are indeed nothing more than a vehicle for his ...
... occafion or the subject of fome useless controverfy , the very terms of which few understand , and the merits of which a small part even of those few are difpofed to examine . Bayle's Lives are indeed nothing more than a vehicle for his ...
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... occafion of the troubles in Bohemia this was in 1620 , and it is to be obferved , fays wirque- Mr. Wicquefort , " that the French king ordered the duke of fort's Treat . " Angouleme , the count of Methune , and Abbé des Preaux , on ...
... occafion of the troubles in Bohemia this was in 1620 , and it is to be obferved , fays wirque- Mr. Wicquefort , " that the French king ordered the duke of fort's Treat . " Angouleme , the count of Methune , and Abbé des Preaux , on ...
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... occafion " of Hales's pamphlet ; yet I 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 ...
... occafion " of Hales's pamphlet ; yet I 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 ...
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... occafion to his enemies to reprefent " him as not well inclined to the prerogative , or too much ad- " dicted to a popular intereft ; and therefore not fit to be em- ployed in matters of government . " As to the archbishop's learning ...
... occafion to his enemies to reprefent " him as not well inclined to the prerogative , or too much ad- " dicted to a popular intereft ; and therefore not fit to be em- ployed in matters of government . " As to the archbishop's learning ...
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... occafion to fay any thing more of them . He left behind him feveral volumes of mifcellany fermons in MS . a fpecimen of which was published in London in two vols . 8vo . 1748. To these the editor has prefixed fome memoirs of his life ...
... occafion to fay any thing more of them . He left behind him feveral volumes of mifcellany fermons in MS . a fpecimen of which was published in London in two vols . 8vo . 1748. To these the editor has prefixed fome memoirs of his life ...
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