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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... formed upon the heathen mytho logy , as was the case with all the elegant scholars of the time . The name of Sannazaro stands high both in Italian and Latin poetry . In the first , he is accounted one of the purest and most elegant ...
... formed upon the heathen mytho logy , as was the case with all the elegant scholars of the time . The name of Sannazaro stands high both in Italian and Latin poetry . In the first , he is accounted one of the purest and most elegant ...
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... formed on. Sanctorius published several other works , in which he displayed much ingenuity and originality of thinking . Of these were , " Me- thodus Vitandorum Errorum omnium qui in Arte medica contingunt , " 1622 , fol . , called by ...
... formed on. Sanctorius published several other works , in which he displayed much ingenuity and originality of thinking . Of these were , " Me- thodus Vitandorum Errorum omnium qui in Arte medica contingunt , " 1622 , fol . , called by ...
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... formed on his part the conditions by which the safe retreat of the Romans was secured ; and the termination of this alarming invasion proved the most glorious event of his reign . He was now left at liberty to pursue his schemes of ...
... formed on his part the conditions by which the safe retreat of the Romans was secured ; and the termination of this alarming invasion proved the most glorious event of his reign . He was now left at liberty to pursue his schemes of ...
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... formed into a consistent narrative . Chronologists differ much in the era to which they assign him : that preferred by Blair is B. C. 740. He is said to have been a prince of great wealth and power , in testimony of which it was ...
... formed into a consistent narrative . Chronologists differ much in the era to which they assign him : that preferred by Blair is B. C. 740. He is said to have been a prince of great wealth and power , in testimony of which it was ...
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... formed head , but very large in proportion to the rest of his body . His forehead was wide , with a large vein down the middle of it ; his eye- brows were handsome , and his eyes large , black , and sprightly . His nose was large , but ...
... formed head , but very large in proportion to the rest of his body . His forehead was wide , with a large vein down the middle of it ; his eye- brows were handsome , and his eyes large , black , and sprightly . His nose was large , but ...
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