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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... wrote on the climates than he inhabited , the quantity of subject to several persons of distinction , buf insensible perspiration has been found con- all in vain , as no consequences resulted from siderably less than his statement . In ...
... wrote on the climates than he inhabited , the quantity of subject to several persons of distinction , buf insensible perspiration has been found con- all in vain , as no consequences resulted from siderably less than his statement . In ...
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... wrote on the primacy of the Pope , in 1645 , produced a com- plaint against him from the body of French clergy , but the court wisely referred the dis- pute to the theologians . The exiled King of England Charles II . en- gaged Saumaise ...
... wrote on the primacy of the Pope , in 1645 , produced a com- plaint against him from the body of French clergy , but the court wisely referred the dis- pute to the theologians . The exiled King of England Charles II . en- gaged Saumaise ...
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... wrote 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 ...
... wrote 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 ...
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... wrote the history of his native country , in sixteen books . It begins at Dan the First King of Denmark , who was co - temporary with David , and termi- nates with the year 1186. Whether he was the Saxo , provost of Roskild , whom ...
... wrote the history of his native country , in sixteen books . It begins at Dan the First King of Denmark , who was co - temporary with David , and termi- nates with the year 1186. Whether he was the Saxo , provost of Roskild , whom ...
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... wrote on juris- prudence , and he was the author of a work entitled " Ossoul , " or the fundamentals of Islamism , in which was comprised the whole Moslem law , civil and canonical . He wrote two other books on the law , entitled ...
... wrote on juris- prudence , and he was the author of a work entitled " Ossoul , " or the fundamentals of Islamism , in which was comprised the whole Moslem law , civil and canonical . He wrote two other books on the law , entitled ...
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