A Biographical, Historical and Chronological Dictionary:: Containing Accurate Accounts of the Lives, Characters, and Actions, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages and All Countries; : Including the Revolutions of States, and the Succession of Sovereign Princes |
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... English by Stanley.- Fabric . Bibl . Grec . ALCIPHRON , a Grecian philosopher , who lived in the time of Alexander the Great . There was a sophist of the same name , whose epistles give a curious picture of Grecian manners . They were ...
... English by Stanley.- Fabric . Bibl . Grec . ALCIPHRON , a Grecian philosopher , who lived in the time of Alexander the Great . There was a sophist of the same name , whose epistles give a curious picture of Grecian manners . They were ...
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... English , and translated the catechism of the church of England , and all the Bible , into the Turk- ish language ... English navy under the duke of York , and on his return to France taught the English language . He wrote a French and ...
... English , and translated the catechism of the church of England , and all the Bible , into the Turk- ish language ... English navy under the duke of York , and on his return to France taught the English language . He wrote a French and ...
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... English translation of his Mythology was printed in 1741 , in 4 vols . 8vo . - Nouv . Dict . Hist . His BANISTER ( John ) , an English physician of the 16th century , was educated at Ox- ford , where he then graduated in physic . He ...
... English translation of his Mythology was printed in 1741 , in 4 vols . 8vo . - Nouv . Dict . Hist . His BANISTER ( John ) , an English physician of the 16th century , was educated at Ox- ford , where he then graduated in physic . He ...
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... English and Spanish , 4to .; Tolondron Speeches to John Bowle , about his edition of Don Quixote , 8vo . & c . - Europ . Mag . BARGRAVE ( Isaac ) , an English divine . He was educated at Clare - hall , Cambridge , and became chaplain to ...
... English and Spanish , 4to .; Tolondron Speeches to John Bowle , about his edition of Don Quixote , 8vo . & c . - Europ . Mag . BARGRAVE ( Isaac ) , an English divine . He was educated at Clare - hall , Cambridge , and became chaplain to ...
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... English poet . He was born at Blandford , in Dorsetshire , and educated at New college , Oxford , where he took his degree of M.A. He became rec- tor of Hamer , in his native county , but died in Dorchester prison in 1618 , where he was ...
... English poet . He was born at Blandford , in Dorsetshire , and educated at New college , Oxford , where he took his degree of M.A. He became rec- tor of Hamer , in his native county , but died in Dorchester prison in 1618 , where he was ...
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