A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Whittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... reputation . He then resigned the sove - lebrity as a poet ; his works were published at reignty to his son , and occupied himself in his retirement in writing " A Genealogical His- tory of the Tartars , " which , being incomplete at ...
... reputation . He then resigned the sove - lebrity as a poet ; his works were published at reignty to his son , and occupied himself in his retirement in writing " A Genealogical His- tory of the Tartars , " which , being incomplete at ...
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... reputation not inferior to that of his brother , and highly respected for the integrity and mildness of his character . - A younger brother , Francis Gaspard , also at- tained eminence as a sculptor , but none of his works are recorded ...
... reputation not inferior to that of his brother , and highly respected for the integrity and mildness of his character . - A younger brother , Francis Gaspard , also at- tained eminence as a sculptor , but none of his works are recorded ...
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... reputation . Mr Adam was educated perceive the impossibility of a cordial recon- at the university of Edinburgh , where he ciliation with Great Britain , he was one of formed distinguished literary connexions , and the principal ...
... reputation . Mr Adam was educated perceive the impossibility of a cordial recon- at the university of Edinburgh , where he ciliation with Great Britain , he was one of formed distinguished literary connexions , and the principal ...
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... reputation for necro- mancy , his attendant demon in the form of a black dog , and similar imputations , will now only provoke a smile . Ridiculous as it may at present appear , it is however obvious that his presumed skill in occult ...
... reputation for necro- mancy , his attendant demon in the form of a black dog , and similar imputations , will now only provoke a smile . Ridiculous as it may at present appear , it is however obvious that his presumed skill in occult ...
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... reputation and practice increased , and he became physician to the Queen . Dr Akenside was deemed haughty and ostenta- tious by his brethren of the faculty ; and the ridicule cast upon him by Smollett , in the novel of Peregrine Pickle ...
... reputation and practice increased , and he became physician to the Queen . Dr Akenside was deemed haughty and ostenta- tious by his brethren of the faculty ; and the ridicule cast upon him by Smollett , in the novel of Peregrine Pickle ...
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