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..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1813 |
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... Leyden , and prac- tised at Yarmouth . 1 BRISSON ( BARNABY ) , president of the parliament of Paris , and an eminent lawyer , was born at Fontenay in Poictou , about the middle of the sixteenth century . He appeared at first with great ...
... Leyden , and prac- tised at Yarmouth . 1 BRISSON ( BARNABY ) , president of the parliament of Paris , and an eminent lawyer , was born at Fontenay in Poictou , about the middle of the sixteenth century . He appeared at first with great ...
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... Leyden , in 1580 ; as did some other things of inferior note the same year . The synods of the United Provinces were afraid that people would think they approved the extravagant notions advanced in them , if they were wholly silent ...
... Leyden , in 1580 ; as did some other things of inferior note the same year . The synods of the United Provinces were afraid that people would think they approved the extravagant notions advanced in them , if they were wholly silent ...
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... Leyden to speak to Brocard about his visions ; and it has been said , that Brocard , not being able to an- swer the objections raised against his mode of interpreting prophecies , promised to desist . ' BROCKES ( BARTHOLOMEW HENRY ) , a ...
... Leyden to speak to Brocard about his visions ; and it has been said , that Brocard , not being able to an- swer the objections raised against his mode of interpreting prophecies , promised to desist . ' BROCKES ( BARTHOLOMEW HENRY ) , a ...
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... Leyden , 1537 , 8vo . 2. Arithmetica , " ibid . and Paris , 1539. 3. " De Astrolabii compositione , " Cologne , 1533 , 8vo . 4. " Urbis Pictaviensis ( Poitiers ) tumultus , ejusque Restitutio , " an elegiac poem , Pictav . 1562 , 4to ...
... Leyden , 1537 , 8vo . 2. Arithmetica , " ibid . and Paris , 1539. 3. " De Astrolabii compositione , " Cologne , 1533 , 8vo . 4. " Urbis Pictaviensis ( Poitiers ) tumultus , ejusque Restitutio , " an elegiac poem , Pictav . 1562 , 4to ...
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... Leyden , where he died May 27 , 1627. His principal works were : 1. " Centuria et conciliationes earundem controversiarum juris , Cent . II . " 1621. 2. " Methodus Feudorum , " Leyden , 8vo . 3 . " Aphorismi politici , " first collected ...
... Leyden , where he died May 27 , 1627. His principal works were : 1. " Centuria et conciliationes earundem controversiarum juris , Cent . II . " 1621. 2. " Methodus Feudorum , " Leyden , 8vo . 3 . " Aphorismi politici , " first collected ...
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