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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... native of the Vicentin territory , where he was born in the year 1692. We are furnished with no other particulars of his life , than that his talents recommended him to the patronage and esteem of his bishop , Cardinal Rezzonico , who ...
... native of the Vicentin territory , where he was born in the year 1692. We are furnished with no other particulars of his life , than that his talents recommended him to the patronage and esteem of his bishop , Cardinal Rezzonico , who ...
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... native country , and passed some time in France . Unable , however , to bear a long absence , he returned ; but in the meantime his Carmosina had died in the bloom of her youth . His poe- tical reputation having made him known to King ...
... native country , and passed some time in France . Unable , however , to bear a long absence , he returned ; but in the meantime his Carmosina had died in the bloom of her youth . His poe- tical reputation having made him known to King ...
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... native place ; whence he was sent to the University of Louvain , where he prosecuted his academical studies with diligence and success , and particularly distinguished him- self by his acquaintance with the Hebrew lan- guage and sacred ...
... native place ; whence he was sent to the University of Louvain , where he prosecuted his academical studies with diligence and success , and particularly distinguished him- self by his acquaintance with the Hebrew lan- guage and sacred ...
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... native place , under whose in- structions he made such a proficiency , that at the age of 18 he was qualified to enter on academical studies with distinguished advan- tage . He attended successively the Protestant seminaries at Die ...
... native place , under whose in- structions he made such a proficiency , that at the age of 18 he was qualified to enter on academical studies with distinguished advan- tage . He attended successively the Protestant seminaries at Die ...
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... native city . Afterwards he became official and grand vicar of the diocese . By several small pieces which he wrote on subjects connected with ecclesiastical history , he acquired the no- tice and esteem of King Lewis XIII . , who ap ...
... native city . Afterwards he became official and grand vicar of the diocese . By several small pieces which he wrote on subjects connected with ecclesiastical history , he acquired the no- tice and esteem of King Lewis XIII . , who ap ...
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