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... lives fome memoirs have not been collected , and handed down to us . The Law- giver , the Philofopher , the Mathematician , the Poct , the War- riour , Phyfician , or Divine , if in any remarkable manner they have fupported their ...
... lives fome memoirs have not been collected , and handed down to us . The Law- giver , the Philofopher , the Mathematician , the Poct , the War- riour , Phyfician , or Divine , if in any remarkable manner they have fupported their ...
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... lives : it extends to all ages and countries ; but , which would naturally be expected , pays particular attention to thofe of our own countrymen , who have rendered themfelves remarkable : it gives us the history but of few Princes ...
... lives : it extends to all ages and countries ; but , which would naturally be expected , pays particular attention to thofe of our own countrymen , who have rendered themfelves remarkable : it gives us the history but of few Princes ...
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... lives " of authors we have had recourfe to their works ; and for the " lives of others , to the best memoirs that are extant con- " cerning them . " The particular authorities on which any facts are fupported , and the writers from whom ...
... lives " of authors we have had recourfe to their works ; and for the " lives of others , to the best memoirs that are extant con- " cerning them . " The particular authorities on which any facts are fupported , and the writers from whom ...
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... lives according to the order of time in which they arofe after each other . This is a natural order , would be pleafing to every reader , and would be attended with many fingular advantages . A General Biographical Dictionary from the ...
... lives according to the order of time in which they arofe after each other . This is a natural order , would be pleafing to every reader , and would be attended with many fingular advantages . A General Biographical Dictionary from the ...
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... lives of eminent perfons , or in compiling materials from the works of others , to select fuch of their actions , as are most characteristical of their genius and difpofition . A trifling , and feemingly in- confiderable action ; an ...
... lives of eminent perfons , or in compiling materials from the works of others , to select fuch of their actions , as are most characteristical of their genius and difpofition . A trifling , and feemingly in- confiderable action ; an ...
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