A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Whittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... tion , which seems to have been founded on his known great acquirements , universal informa- tion , great accuracy , and modest and amiable character , rather than on his actual productions . He published an improved edition of Spon's ...
... tion , which seems to have been founded on his known great acquirements , universal informa- tion , great accuracy , and modest and amiable character , rather than on his actual productions . He published an improved edition of Spon's ...
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... tion to the vacant abbey of St Gildas . About this time , under a claim of ancient right , the convent of Argenteuil , of which Heloise had become prioress , was united to the abbey of St Denys , a proceeding that left her and her ...
... tion to the vacant abbey of St Gildas . About this time , under a claim of ancient right , the convent of Argenteuil , of which Heloise had become prioress , was united to the abbey of St Denys , a proceeding that left her and her ...
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... tion of Government of the United States of taken by the subject of this article , that in the America , " 1787-8 , 3 vols . 8vo . which he af- space of one year before his death he designed terwards re - published with the title of ...
... tion of Government of the United States of taken by the subject of this article , that in the America , " 1787-8 , 3 vols . 8vo . which he af- space of one year before his death he designed terwards re - published with the title of ...
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... tion of it is duly merited . Neither is the dif- ficulty lessened by a recourse to his works , as in the huge collection of them , in twenty - one volumes folio , Lyons , 1651 , many pieces are inserted , which are now known not to have ...
... tion of it is duly merited . Neither is the dif- ficulty lessened by a recourse to his works , as in the huge collection of them , in twenty - one volumes folio , Lyons , 1651 , many pieces are inserted , which are now known not to have ...
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... tion acquired in it by his predecessor . It has island in the mouth of the Persian gulph . This been said that Andrew Alciati had originally country being tributary to Persia , the sophi intended to have bequeathed the whole of his sent ...
... tion acquired in it by his predecessor . It has island in the mouth of the Persian gulph . This been said that Andrew Alciati had originally country being tributary to Persia , the sophi intended to have bequeathed the whole of his sent ...
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