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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... vols . He died 1724 . ALEXANDER ( William , Earl of Stirling , ) a dramatic poet and statesman in the reigns of James and Charles I. was born 1580 . " His po- etry ( says Mr. Grainger , ) for purity and ele- gance is far beyond the ...
... vols . He died 1724 . ALEXANDER ( William , Earl of Stirling , ) a dramatic poet and statesman in the reigns of James and Charles I. was born 1580 . " His po- etry ( says Mr. Grainger , ) for purity and ele- gance is far beyond the ...
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... vols . 8vo . 1797. He died in Hertford- at Baltimore ; he died 1802 . shire , Dec. 12 , 1085 . ALLIX , Peter , a French protestant , of eminent ALOMUYÁDAD , Ismael , an Arabian histo- learning and piety , who lived in England , where ...
... vols . 8vo . 1797. He died in Hertford- at Baltimore ; he died 1802 . shire , Dec. 12 , 1085 . ALLIX , Peter , a French protestant , of eminent ALOMUYÁDAD , Ismael , an Arabian histo- learning and piety , who lived in England , where ...
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... vols . 8vo . " The Bee , " 18 vols . 8vo . " Recreations in Agricul- ture , 6 vols . 8vo . 1802. His style is copious , and sometimes prolix , but always perspicuous and guarded . His manners were gentlemanly and unconstrained , and his ...
... vols . 8vo . " The Bee , " 18 vols . 8vo . " Recreations in Agricul- ture , 6 vols . 8vo . 1802. His style is copious , and sometimes prolix , but always perspicuous and guarded . His manners were gentlemanly and unconstrained , and his ...
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... vol . 4to . and 2 vols . 8vo . He was , in the latter part of his life , one of the magistrates of the police - office , Queen Square , Westminster . ANDREINI , Isabella , an actress of Padua , and a poetess , eminent for her wit ...
... vol . 4to . and 2 vols . 8vo . He was , in the latter part of his life , one of the magistrates of the police - office , Queen Square , Westminster . ANDREINI , Isabella , an actress of Padua , and a poetess , eminent for her wit ...
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... vols . 8vo . , a 1731-2 . volume of " Miscellanies , " and several MSS . , ATTICUS , one of the most singular person - which are in the Ashmolean Museum , Oxford . ages in ancient Rome . He understood the art of He seems , however , to ...
... vols . 8vo . , a 1731-2 . volume of " Miscellanies , " and several MSS . , ATTICUS , one of the most singular person - which are in the Ashmolean Museum , Oxford . ages in ancient Rome . He understood the art of He seems , however , to ...
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