The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 7J. Nichols, 1813 |
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... complete , to any effectual purpose , the work he had undertaken . Mr. Brindley , hearing of the report , and being sensible that he could not depend upon his master for proper instruc tions , determined to see , with his own eyes , the ...
... complete , to any effectual purpose , the work he had undertaken . Mr. Brindley , hearing of the report , and being sensible that he could not depend upon his master for proper instruc tions , determined to see , with his own eyes , the ...
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... complete it . The proprietors , upon this , being greatly alarmed , thought fit to call in the assistance of Mr. Brindley ; but still left the general management of the construction of the silk - mill to the former engineer , who ...
... complete it . The proprietors , upon this , being greatly alarmed , thought fit to call in the assistance of Mr. Brindley ; but still left the general management of the construction of the silk - mill to the former engineer , who ...
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... complete discovery of the fact , by subsequent anatomists . He published also , " De Principio Effectivo Semini insito . " 2 BRONZINO . See ALLORI . BROOKE ( FRANCES ) , whose maiden name was Moore , was the daughter of a clergyman ...
... complete discovery of the fact , by subsequent anatomists . He published also , " De Principio Effectivo Semini insito . " 2 BRONZINO . See ALLORI . BROOKE ( FRANCES ) , whose maiden name was Moore , was the daughter of a clergyman ...
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... complete vin- dication of the Licensers of the Stage from the malicious and scandalous aspersions of Mr. Brooke , author of Gus- tavus Vasa , " 1739 , 4to . The fame Brooke acquired by this play , which has cer- tainly many beauties ...
... complete vin- dication of the Licensers of the Stage from the malicious and scandalous aspersions of Mr. Brooke , author of Gus- tavus Vasa , " 1739 , 4to . The fame Brooke acquired by this play , which has cer- tainly many beauties ...
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... he was a firm believer . But he went no farther than to leave a fragment of the third book , enough to make us lament that he did not complete the whole . VOL . VII . K Though Mr. Browne was bred to a profession , and BROWN E. 129.
... he was a firm believer . But he went no farther than to leave a fragment of the third book , enough to make us lament that he did not complete the whole . VOL . VII . K Though Mr. Browne was bred to a profession , and BROWN E. 129.
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