A Universal Biographical Dictionary: Containing the Lives of the Most Celebrated Characters of Every Age and Nation ... to which is Added, a Dictionary of the Principal Divinities and Heros of Grecian and Roman Mythology; and Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Characterspublished for subscribers, 1825 - 444 páginas |
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... king of Edessa , famous for the letter which he is said to have sent to our Saviour , and for the answer he received . ABSTEMIOUS , Laurentius , an Italian wri- ABGILLUS , son of the king of the Frisii , ter , born at Macerata , in La ...
... king of Edessa , famous for the letter which he is said to have sent to our Saviour , and for the answer he received . ABSTEMIOUS , Laurentius , an Italian wri- ABGILLUS , son of the king of the Frisii , ter , born at Macerata , in La ...
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... king of the West Saxons , first bishop of Sherborne , and said to be the first Englishman who wrote Latin , died 709 . ADHEMAR , William , a native of Provence , wrote a book on illustrious ladies , died about sy ; and , finding his ...
... king of the West Saxons , first bishop of Sherborne , and said to be the first Englishman who wrote Latin , died 709 . ADHEMAR , William , a native of Provence , wrote a book on illustrious ladies , died about sy ; and , finding his ...
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... king , would posed by some to be the founder of the presby- have been famous as an author When weterians , flourished about 385 . consider the qualifications of this prince , and ESCHINES , a Socratic philosopher , the son the many ...
... king , would posed by some to be the founder of the presby- have been famous as an author When weterians , flourished about 385 . consider the qualifications of this prince , and ESCHINES , a Socratic philosopher , the son the many ...
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... king . Some relate , that , in order to show that the life of man is full of miseries , Æsop used to say , that when Prometheus took the clay to form man , he tempered it with tears , Esop was put to death at Delphos . Plutarch tells us ...
... king . Some relate , that , in order to show that the life of man is full of miseries , Æsop used to say , that when Prometheus took the clay to form man , he tempered it with tears , Esop was put to death at Delphos . Plutarch tells us ...
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... king of all Judea , mentioned in Scrip- ture , died 44 . AINSWORTH , Henry , known for his learn- AGRIPPA , Henry Cornelius , à man of con- siderable learning , and a great magician , ac- cording to report , in the 16th century , was ...
... king of all Judea , mentioned in Scrip- ture , died 44 . AINSWORTH , Henry , known for his learn- AGRIPPA , Henry Cornelius , à man of con- siderable learning , and a great magician , ac- cording to report , in the 16th century , was ...
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