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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... raise up Samuel . Having practised her incantations , she either under the guise of af- fected terror pretended to see ... raised by his attendants , and recruited with some refreshment , he rejoined his army before break of day . In the ...
... raise up Samuel . Having practised her incantations , she either under the guise of af- fected terror pretended to see ... raised by his attendants , and recruited with some refreshment , he rejoined his army before break of day . In the ...
Page 39
... raised upon a small frame so as to lie hollow ; which board was divided into a a great number of little squares , by lines inter- secting one another perpendicularly , and paral- lel to the sides of the table , and the parallel ones ...
... raised upon a small frame so as to lie hollow ; which board was divided into a a great number of little squares , by lines inter- secting one another perpendicularly , and paral- lel to the sides of the table , and the parallel ones ...
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... raised him to reputation . It was followed by a comedy in prose , entitled " Mœurs du Temps , " in which he painted the ridiculous traits of the manners of his time like one who had observed them in the supe- rior circles , to which ...
... raised him to reputation . It was followed by a comedy in prose , entitled " Mœurs du Temps , " in which he painted the ridiculous traits of the manners of his time like one who had observed them in the supe- rior circles , to which ...
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... raised to enable him to live in re- tirement in Wales . Pope was a considerable contributor to this bounty , of which it was an implied condition that he should no longer aim at distinction of any kind — a presumption that his literary ...
... raised to enable him to live in re- tirement in Wales . Pope was a considerable contributor to this bounty , of which it was an implied condition that he should no longer aim at distinction of any kind — a presumption that his literary ...
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... raised for him , with which he fought against the Swedes at the bloody battle of Gadebusch . Soon after , his mother pro- cured him a marriage with the Countess of Loben , a lady of fortune and beauty , by whom he had one child who died ...
... raised for him , with which he fought against the Swedes at the bloody battle of Gadebusch . Soon after , his mother pro- cured him a marriage with the Countess of Loben , a lady of fortune and beauty , by whom he had one child who died ...
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