The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Volume 30Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1816 - Biography |
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... given the estate of Blebo to a nephew , but we are unable to trace his descendants until we arrive at the sixteenth century , when we meet with Andrew Traill , the great grandfather of our author , who was a younger brother of the ...
... given the estate of Blebo to a nephew , but we are unable to trace his descendants until we arrive at the sixteenth century , when we meet with Andrew Traill , the great grandfather of our author , who was a younger brother of the ...
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... given in our account of the latter . His first quarrel with Gaza was owing to their having jointly un- dertaken the translation of Aristotle , " On Animals , " each claiming to himself the exclusive merit of having overcome the ...
... given in our account of the latter . His first quarrel with Gaza was owing to their having jointly un- dertaken the translation of Aristotle , " On Animals , " each claiming to himself the exclusive merit of having overcome the ...
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... given him a last- ing predilection for the Roman school ; and his works dis- play many of the powers and peculiarities which distinguish the productions of those great masters whose taste he had adopted . He had much facility of ...
... given him a last- ing predilection for the Roman school ; and his works dis- play many of the powers and peculiarities which distinguish the productions of those great masters whose taste he had adopted . He had much facility of ...
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... given to one of his servants a number of Etruscan vases , as the refuse of a quantity which he had purchased . Accident made Mr. Tresham acquainted with the circumstance ; and the whole lot was bought by him of the new owner for 100l ...
... given to one of his servants a number of Etruscan vases , as the refuse of a quantity which he had purchased . Accident made Mr. Tresham acquainted with the circumstance ; and the whole lot was bought by him of the new owner for 100l ...
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... given : " He had a very serious and devout turn of mind , and performed the duty of every station with the greatest exactness , notwithstanding the weakness of a constitution broken , in the early part of life , by long and frequent ...
... given : " He had a very serious and devout turn of mind , and performed the duty of every station with the greatest exactness , notwithstanding the weakness of a constitution broken , in the early part of life , by long and frequent ...
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