The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation : Particulary the British and Irish, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 12AMS Press, 1813 - Biography |
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... divine providence , and from that time not only spoke with ridicule of the gods , and of all religious ceremonies , but even attempted to lay open the sacred mysteries , and to dissuade the people from sub- mitting to the rites of ...
... divine providence , and from that time not only spoke with ridicule of the gods , and of all religious ceremonies , but even attempted to lay open the sacred mysteries , and to dissuade the people from sub- mitting to the rites of ...
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... divine of the church of Scotland , the son of John Dickson , a merchant in Glas- gow , was born about 1583 , and educated at the university of his native city . After taking the degree of M. A. he was admitted regent , or professor of ...
... divine of the church of Scotland , the son of John Dickson , a merchant in Glas- gow , was born about 1583 , and educated at the university of his native city . After taking the degree of M. A. he was admitted regent , or professor of ...
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... divine . That when employed in this way , Diderot seems to write obscurely , is indeed true ; but the obscurity is not his . His atheism was so plain , that for the most part , D'Alembert or some other leader , had to retouch his ...
... divine . That when employed in this way , Diderot seems to write obscurely , is indeed true ; but the obscurity is not his . His atheism was so plain , that for the most part , D'Alembert or some other leader , had to retouch his ...
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... . * ' Cave . - Lardner's Works . - Dupin . Moreri . - Milner's Ch . Hist . vol . II . p . 250. - Saxii Onomast . 2 Burney's Hist . of Music , vol . I. - Hawkins's Ditto . DIECMAN ( JOHN ) , a Lutheran divine , was DIDYMUS . 59.
... . * ' Cave . - Lardner's Works . - Dupin . Moreri . - Milner's Ch . Hist . vol . II . p . 250. - Saxii Onomast . 2 Burney's Hist . of Music , vol . I. - Hawkins's Ditto . DIECMAN ( JOHN ) , a Lutheran divine , was DIDYMUS . 59.
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... divine , was born June 30 , 1647 , at Stade in the duchy of Bremen , where his fa- ther was also a clergyman . He studied at Giessen , Jena , and Wirtemberg , at which last university he took his mas- ter's degree . In 1672 he finished ...
... divine , was born June 30 , 1647 , at Stade in the duchy of Bremen , where his fa- ther was also a clergyman . He studied at Giessen , Jena , and Wirtemberg , at which last university he took his mas- ter's degree . In 1672 he finished ...
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