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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... PRINTED FOR W. STRAHAN , T. PAYNE AND SON , J. RIVING- TON AND SONS , W. OWEN , B. WHITE , T. AND W. LOWNDES , B. LAW , J. ROBSON , J. JOHNSON , G ROBINSON ; J. NICHOLS , J. MURRAY , W. GOLDSMITH , G. NICOL , J. MACQUEEN , W. CHAPMAN ...
... PRINTED FOR W. STRAHAN , T. PAYNE AND SON , J. RIVING- TON AND SONS , W. OWEN , B. WHITE , T. AND W. LOWNDES , B. LAW , J. ROBSON , J. JOHNSON , G ROBINSON ; J. NICHOLS , J. MURRAY , W. GOLDSMITH , G. NICOL , J. MACQUEEN , W. CHAPMAN ...
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... printed with his own commentary upon part of the Apocalypfe . In 1609 , he was elected master of Baliol college ; which truft he discharged with the utmost care and affiduity , by his frequent lectures to the scholars , by his con ...
... printed with his own commentary upon part of the Apocalypfe . In 1609 , he was elected master of Baliol college ; which truft he discharged with the utmost care and affiduity , by his frequent lectures to the scholars , by his con ...
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... printed in Dublin , and reprinted in Lon- don ; and have been fo well received in the learned world , that there is no occafion to fay any thing more of them . He left behind him feveral volumes of mifcellany fermons in MS . a fpecimen ...
... printed in Dublin , and reprinted in Lon- don ; and have been fo well received in the learned world , that there is no occafion to fay any thing more of them . He left behind him feveral volumes of mifcellany fermons in MS . a fpecimen ...
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... printed [ D ] . He was a man of fo great a genius , that most perfons have equalled him , and fome even preferred him to the celebrated Maimonides . The Jews fet a high value upon what he has written to refute the arguments and ...
... printed [ D ] . He was a man of fo great a genius , that most perfons have equalled him , and fome even preferred him to the celebrated Maimonides . The Jews fet a high value upon what he has written to refute the arguments and ...
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... printed with thofe of Æfop , Phædrus , Gabrias , Avienus , & c . He has thefe ancient mythologists generally in view , but does not always ftrictly follow their manner ; fometimes intermixing his fable with a merry ftory , and now and ...
... printed with thofe of Æfop , Phædrus , Gabrias , Avienus , & c . He has thefe ancient mythologists generally in view , but does not always ftrictly follow their manner ; fometimes intermixing his fable with a merry ftory , and now and ...
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