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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... various other pieces , of which a second edition was given by Barbou in 1754. A collection was also published of his discourses on various occasions , which display his powers as an orator . One of his first publications was a ...
... various other pieces , of which a second edition was given by Barbou in 1754. A collection was also published of his discourses on various occasions , which display his powers as an orator . One of his first publications was a ...
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... various works by Cardinal Richelieu and other persons of distinction . The painter Vouet , who then took the lead at Paris , conceived a great esteem for Sarazin , and gave him one of his nieces in marriage ; and the sculptor in return ...
... various works by Cardinal Richelieu and other persons of distinction . The painter Vouet , who then took the lead at Paris , conceived a great esteem for Sarazin , and gave him one of his nieces in marriage ; and the sculptor in return ...
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... various public engagements , he prosecuted with ardour the study of the mathematics , natural philo- sophy , chemistry , and anatomy , and , besides acquiring a profound knowledge of these sciences as far as they were then understood ...
... various public engagements , he prosecuted with ardour the study of the mathematics , natural philo- sophy , chemistry , and anatomy , and , besides acquiring a profound knowledge of these sciences as far as they were then understood ...
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... various pretexts . Above all , it could not forgive our author's attacks on the Pope's authority ; and some of its fanatical adherents were persuaded , that it would be a highly meritorious action to make away with a man who had been ...
... various pretexts . Above all , it could not forgive our author's attacks on the Pope's authority ; and some of its fanatical adherents were persuaded , that it would be a highly meritorious action to make away with a man who had been ...
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... various pieces of poetry ; and a number of " Couplets bac- chiques , " which are gay and ingenious . Saurin , who was somewhat petulant in his youth , was matured by age into agreeable vivacity , and appears to have been well received ...
... various pieces of poetry ; and a number of " Couplets bac- chiques , " which are gay and ingenious . Saurin , who was somewhat petulant in his youth , was matured by age into agreeable vivacity , and appears to have been well received ...
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