A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in Every Age and NationT. Bensley, Bolt-court, Fleet-street, 1799 - 436 страница |
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... ingenious man was unfortu . nately slain by a soldier who did not know him . Archimedes is said ARETIN ( PETER ) a native of to have been killed about 208 years Arezzo , who lived in the 16th cen before the birth of Christ . We tury ...
... ingenious man was unfortu . nately slain by a soldier who did not know him . Archimedes is said ARETIN ( PETER ) a native of to have been killed about 208 years Arezzo , who lived in the 16th cen before the birth of Christ . We tury ...
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... ingenious writer . ARNAUD ( ANTHONY ) born at Paris 1550 , where he pursued his studies , and took his degree of Master of Arts in 1573. Some time after he was admitted advocate of the Parliament of Paris , in which capacity he acquired ...
... ingenious writer . ARNAUD ( ANTHONY ) born at Paris 1550 , where he pursued his studies , and took his degree of Master of Arts in 1573. Some time after he was admitted advocate of the Parliament of Paris , in which capacity he acquired ...
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... ingenious poet . He published in 1757 five dramatic pieces , called " The Taxes , " " The Insignificants , " " The Trial of the Time - killers , " " The Moral Quack , " and " The Oculist ; " and died at Balden , Jan. 2 , 1783 . BADCOCK ...
... ingenious poet . He published in 1757 five dramatic pieces , called " The Taxes , " " The Insignificants , " " The Trial of the Time - killers , " " The Moral Quack , " and " The Oculist ; " and died at Balden , Jan. 2 , 1783 . BADCOCK ...
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... ingenious men of that time , were printed before it . We know little more of this curious person , but that he seems to have died about the year 1610 . of the preceding , archdeacon of Winchester , and prebendary of that cathedral , a ...
... ingenious men of that time , were printed before it . We know little more of this curious person , but that he seems to have died about the year 1610 . of the preceding , archdeacon of Winchester , and prebendary of that cathedral , a ...
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... ingenious bishop of Cloyne in Ireland , was born in that kingdom , at Kilerin , near Thomas - as hawking , hunting , & c . and so town , the 12th of March 1684 , and thoroughly was she skilled in them , died Jan. 14 , 1753. The ...
... ingenious bishop of Cloyne in Ireland , was born in that kingdom , at Kilerin , near Thomas - as hawking , hunting , & c . and so town , the 12th of March 1684 , and thoroughly was she skilled in them , died Jan. 14 , 1753. The ...
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