Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Boywer, Printer, F.S.A. and Many of His Learned Friends; an Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in this Kingdom During the Last Century; and Biographical Anecdotes of a Considerable Number of Eminent Writers and Ingenious Artists; with a Very Copious Index, Том 5author, 1812 |
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... and was buried in Woodston church - yard , with this epitaph : " In memory of the Rev. ROBERT SMYTH , thirty - three years rector of this parish , a work compiled on so excellent a plan , that a sin- EDWARD CAVE . 47.
... and was buried in Woodston church - yard , with this epitaph : " In memory of the Rev. ROBERT SMYTH , thirty - three years rector of this parish , a work compiled on so excellent a plan , that a sin- EDWARD CAVE . 47.
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... parish , who departed this life Nov. 18 , 1747 , aged 80 years . * Of which see before , pp . 23 , 24 . + These words were properly retracted in the second edition . He He was placed by Providence in a humble station ; 56 LITERARY ...
... parish , who departed this life Nov. 18 , 1747 , aged 80 years . * Of which see before , pp . 23 , 24 . + These words were properly retracted in the second edition . He He was placed by Providence in a humble station ; 56 LITERARY ...
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... parish of Lanchester , in the county of Durham , who married Margaret , daughter of Thomas Forster , of Edderston , in the county of Northumberland , esq . Mr. Baker was born at Crook , Sept. 14 , 1656 * . He was educated at the free ...
... parish of Lanchester , in the county of Durham , who married Margaret , daughter of Thomas Forster , of Edderston , in the county of Northumberland , esq . Mr. Baker was born at Crook , Sept. 14 , 1656 * . He was educated at the free ...
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... parish : " Mr. John Oliver , rector of Long - Newton , died in February , 1686 , and was succeeded by Thomas Baker , fellow of St. John's college in Cambridge ; who , refusing to take the oaths to King William and Queen Mary , at ...
... parish : " Mr. John Oliver , rector of Long - Newton , died in February , 1686 , and was succeeded by Thomas Baker , fellow of St. John's college in Cambridge ; who , refusing to take the oaths to King William and Queen Mary , at ...
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... parish in his diocese soon after sun - rising very privately ; to be carried by the six poorest men in the parish , and to have laid over him a plain stone , with an inscription on it of his own composing , which the writer did not yet ...
... parish in his diocese soon after sun - rising very privately ; to be carried by the six poorest men in the parish , and to have laid over him a plain stone , with an inscription on it of his own composing , which the writer did not yet ...
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;: Comprizing ..., Том 5 John Nichols Повний перегляд - 1812 |
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