The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Том 28Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1816 |
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... learned and ingenious gentlemen , the principles were nevertheless left obscure and defective , and all that had been done by any of them in " infinite series " very inconsiderable . The book was not published till 1737 , 4to ; the ...
... learned and ingenious gentlemen , the principles were nevertheless left obscure and defective , and all that had been done by any of them in " infinite series " very inconsiderable . The book was not published till 1737 , 4to ; the ...
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... learned French Jesuit , was the son of a magistrate , and born at Riom , Oct. 12 , 1559 . At ten years of age he was sent to the college of Billon , in Lower Auvergne , the first seminary which the Jo . Pits had in France . He entered ...
... learned French Jesuit , was the son of a magistrate , and born at Riom , Oct. 12 , 1559 . At ten years of age he was sent to the college of Billon , in Lower Auvergne , the first seminary which the Jo . Pits had in France . He entered ...
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... learned , but of all mankind . He has left behind him a reputation which will last for many ages . " SIXTUS IV . originally called FRANCIS ALBISOLA DELLA ROVERA , is said by some writers to have been the son of a fisherman at Celles , a ...
... learned , but of all mankind . He has left behind him a reputation which will last for many ages . " SIXTUS IV . originally called FRANCIS ALBISOLA DELLA ROVERA , is said by some writers to have been the son of a fisherman at Celles , a ...
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... learned men and artists at that time , appears to have entertained high regard for our author . In a collection of poems mag- nificently engrossed on vellum for the use of this nobleman , is an elegy on the death of the earl's father ...
... learned men and artists at that time , appears to have entertained high regard for our author . In a collection of poems mag- nificently engrossed on vellum for the use of this nobleman , is an elegy on the death of the earl's father ...
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... utterly incredible that the " Nigramansii , " de- scribed by Warton , as printed by Wynkin de Worde in 1504 , ever existed . ' 1 English Poets , 1810 , 21 vols . 8vo . SKELTON ( PHILIP ) , a worthy and learned clergyman 48 SKELTON .
... utterly incredible that the " Nigramansii , " de- scribed by Warton , as printed by Wynkin de Worde in 1504 , ever existed . ' 1 English Poets , 1810 , 21 vols . 8vo . SKELTON ( PHILIP ) , a worthy and learned clergyman 48 SKELTON .
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