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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... thefe Prefents fhall come , Greeting : Whereas WILLIAM OWEN , and WILLIAM JOHN- STON , of Our City of London , Bookfellers , have , by their Petition , humbly reprefented unto Us , That , they have with great Care , Labour and Expence ...
... thefe Prefents fhall come , Greeting : Whereas WILLIAM OWEN , and WILLIAM JOHN- STON , of Our City of London , Bookfellers , have , by their Petition , humbly reprefented unto Us , That , they have with great Care , Labour and Expence ...
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... thefe per- formances , however voluminous and expensive , contain what ought to be found in an Univerfal Biographical Dictionary ; and fuch is the work . which we now offer to the public . This contains fome account of every Tife that ...
... thefe per- formances , however voluminous and expensive , contain what ought to be found in an Univerfal Biographical Dictionary ; and fuch is the work . which we now offer to the public . This contains fome account of every Tife that ...
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... 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 without example ...
... 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 without example ...
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... 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 fuffer the Hol- you nor me ...
... 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 fuffer the Hol- you nor me ...
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... thefe diffi- culties , by having an end put to the cause some other way than by fentence ; but it was to no purpose ; for thofe who drove on this affair had got too great power to be refrained from bringing it to the conclufion they ...
... thefe diffi- culties , by having an end put to the cause some other way than by fentence ; but it was to no purpose ; for thofe who drove on this affair had got too great power to be refrained from bringing it to the conclufion they ...
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