The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1814 - Biography |
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... Paris and devote his time to literary pursuits . There by the interest of some friends he was made almoner to the duchess of Berri , daughter of the regent , and also ob- tained the place of king's interpreter for the Sclavonian . and ...
... Paris and devote his time to literary pursuits . There by the interest of some friends he was made almoner to the duchess of Berri , daughter of the regent , and also ob- tained the place of king's interpreter for the Sclavonian . and ...
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... Paris , and to the council , and member of the French academy , was born at Paris in 1596. His abilities and probity re- commended him to some very honourable employments , and he particularly enjoyed the confidence of cardinal Mazarin ...
... Paris , and to the council , and member of the French academy , was born at Paris in 1596. His abilities and probity re- commended him to some very honourable employments , and he particularly enjoyed the confidence of cardinal Mazarin ...
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... Paris , and Rome , and to have been very fami- liar with the writings of Aristotle , Plato , and Pliny ; from which , with his own observations , he compiled his cele- brated work " De Proprietatibus rerum , " a kind of gene- ral ...
... Paris , and Rome , and to have been very fami- liar with the writings of Aristotle , Plato , and Pliny ; from which , with his own observations , he compiled his cele- brated work " De Proprietatibus rerum , " a kind of gene- ral ...
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... Paris , Bologna , Naples , and in 1770 at London . In 1769 he produced " Alceste , " a second opera on the re- formed plan , which received even more applause than the first ; and in 1771 " Paride ed Helena ; " but in 1774 , his arrival ...
... Paris , Bologna , Naples , and in 1770 at London . In 1769 he produced " Alceste , " a second opera on the re- formed plan , which received even more applause than the first ; and in 1771 " Paride ed Helena ; " but in 1774 , his arrival ...
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... Paris ; and these disputes , says Dr. Burney , of musical critics , and rival artists throughout the kingdom , seem to us to have soured and diminished the pleasure arising from music in proportion as the art has advanced to perfection ...
... Paris ; and these disputes , says Dr. Burney , of musical critics , and rival artists throughout the kingdom , seem to us to have soured and diminished the pleasure arising from music in proportion as the art has advanced to perfection ...
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