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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... celebrated Mr. Robert Boyle , that gen- tleman received such satisfaction from it , that he engaged Dr. Barlow , afterwards Bishop of Lincoln , to enquire whether Dr. Sanderson could be induced to draw up a work on cases of conscience ...
... celebrated Mr. Robert Boyle , that gen- tleman received such satisfaction from it , that he engaged Dr. Barlow , afterwards Bishop of Lincoln , to enquire whether Dr. Sanderson could be induced to draw up a work on cases of conscience ...
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... celebrated in his poems under the name of Mergillina . When this prince lost his crown , and was obliged to re- tire to France , Sannazaro , after selling the re- mainder of his hereditary possessions to relieve the necessities of his ...
... celebrated in his poems under the name of Mergillina . When this prince lost his crown , and was obliged to re- tire to France , Sannazaro , after selling the re- mainder of his hereditary possessions to relieve the necessities of his ...
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... celebrated Arnauld ; and though he endeavoured to ap- pease them by a pompous eulogy on their so- ciety , yet as he did not at first retract his praises of Arnauld , their vindictive spirit was not satisfied . The hymns which he ...
... celebrated Arnauld ; and though he endeavoured to ap- pease them by a pompous eulogy on their so- ciety , yet as he did not at first retract his praises of Arnauld , their vindictive spirit was not satisfied . The hymns which he ...
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... celebrated Greek poetess , was a na- tive of Mitylene in the Isle of Lesbos , and flou- rished about B.C. 610. She married a rich inha- bitant of Andros , by whom she had a daughter ; and it appears to have been after she became a widow ...
... celebrated Greek poetess , was a na- tive of Mitylene in the Isle of Lesbos , and flou- rished about B.C. 610. She married a rich inha- bitant of Andros , by whom she had a daughter ; and it appears to have been after she became a widow ...
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... celebrated painter , who , with himself , was employed at Frescati , and who assisted him with his advice . He resided 18 years in the capital of Italy , and returning . through Florence and Lyons , revisited Paris about 1628. He there ...
... celebrated painter , who , with himself , was employed at Frescati , and who assisted him with his advice . He resided 18 years in the capital of Italy , and returning . through Florence and Lyons , revisited Paris about 1628. He there ...
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