General Biography: Or Lives, Critical And Historical, Of The Most Eminent Persons Of All Ages, Countries, Conditions And Professions, Arranged According To Alphabetical Order, Volume 9Robinson, 1814 - 644 pages |
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... Paris , where he filled the rhetorical chair for six years ; and in that period he published a collection of his Latin poems , by which he acquired a great reputation . A decline of health caused him , in 1781 , to be transferred to ...
... Paris , where he filled the rhetorical chair for six years ; and in that period he published a collection of his Latin poems , by which he acquired a great reputation . A decline of health caused him , in 1781 , to be transferred to ...
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... Paris in 1717. His works are chiefly contained in the cabinets of that metropolis . Ten of them have been en- graved . D'Argenville . - A . SANSOVINO , FRANCESCO , a very copious writer , son of the preceding , was born at Rome in 1521 ...
... Paris in 1717. His works are chiefly contained in the cabinets of that metropolis . Ten of them have been en- graved . D'Argenville . - A . SANSOVINO , FRANCESCO , a very copious writer , son of the preceding , was born at Rome in 1521 ...
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... Paris at the request of M. Pelisson ( who , says Baillet , was the organ of the Holy Spirit on this occa- sion ) ... Paris , 1729 , his hymns forming a 4to . volume . The last have been translated into French . CLAUDE SANTEUL , elder ...
... Paris at the request of M. Pelisson ( who , says Baillet , was the organ of the Holy Spirit on this occa- sion ) ... Paris , 1729 , his hymns forming a 4to . volume . The last have been translated into French . CLAUDE SANTEUL , elder ...
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... Paris , where his wit , gallantry , and pleasing manners , rendered him a general favourite . He was particularly at- tached to the Prince of Conti , who appointed him his secretary , and made him the compa- nion of his journies . He ...
... Paris , where his wit , gallantry , and pleasing manners , rendered him a general favourite . He was particularly at- tached to the Prince of Conti , who appointed him his secretary , and made him the compa- nion of his journies . He ...
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... Paris for the study of philosophy . At this time he had made an extraordinary proficiency for his age ; and according to his own asser- tion , he was only 15 when he gave an edition of Florus . As this appeared in 1609 , his birth by ...
... Paris for the study of philosophy . At this time he had made an extraordinary proficiency for his age ; and according to his own asser- tion , he was only 15 when he gave an edition of Florus . As this appeared in 1609 , his birth by ...
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