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, Volume 27Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1816 |
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... honour long , as he died Aug. 24 , 1648 . public character he rendered the state very important ser- vices , and , as a writer , is ranked among those who have contributed to polish and enrich the Spanish language . The Spanish critics ...
... honour long , as he died Aug. 24 , 1648 . public character he rendered the state very important ser- vices , and , as a writer , is ranked among those who have contributed to polish and enrich the Spanish language . The Spanish critics ...
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... honour . Sabatier died at Paris July 21 , 1811. He retained his faculties to the last , but we are told became ashamed of his bodily weak- ness . " Hide me , " he said to his wife and " " from the world , that you may be the only ...
... honour . Sabatier died at Paris July 21 , 1811. He retained his faculties to the last , but we are told became ashamed of his bodily weak- ness . " Hide me , " he said to his wife and " " from the world , that you may be the only ...
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... honour to correspond with some of the royal perso nages of Europe , and was in particular much esteemed by the kings of Prussia and Sweden ; nor was he less in fa- vour with Choiseul , the French minister , who encouraged his taste for ...
... honour to correspond with some of the royal perso nages of Europe , and was in particular much esteemed by the kings of Prussia and Sweden ; nor was he less in fa- vour with Choiseul , the French minister , who encouraged his taste for ...
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... honour of the republic . The most considerable of his other works is his rhapsody of histories : " Rhapsodia His- toriarum Enneades , " in ten Enneads , each containing nine books , and comprizing a general history from the crea- tion ...
... honour of the republic . The most considerable of his other works is his rhapsody of histories : " Rhapsodia His- toriarum Enneades , " in ten Enneads , each containing nine books , and comprizing a general history from the crea- tion ...
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... honour , they gave him the nickname of An- dreuccio , to denote the diminutive figure he then made , being a boy ; and which he long retained . His application to the works of Polidoro da Caravaggio and Raphael , and the antique marbles ...
... honour , they gave him the nickname of An- dreuccio , to denote the diminutive figure he then made , being a boy ; and which he long retained . His application to the works of Polidoro da Caravaggio and Raphael , and the antique marbles ...
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