A New and 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 of Time to the Present PeriodG. G. and J. Robinson, 1798 |
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Արդյունքներ 34–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... fpirit , what wit , what agreeablenefs in converfation , what fweetnefs of temper , what politenefs of behaviour ! The most judicious Benedictus Manzolus your countryman , and bithop of Reggio , very juftly prefers you , not only to ...
... fpirit , what wit , what agreeablenefs in converfation , what fweetnefs of temper , what politenefs of behaviour ! The most judicious Benedictus Manzolus your countryman , and bithop of Reggio , very juftly prefers you , not only to ...
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... fpirit with ufually diffinguithes men of uncom- mon abilities from the vulgar , ventured , in a public thefis , which he read at the end of the courfe of lectures , to oppofe the opinions of Ariftotle , and to maintain thofe of Des ...
... fpirit with ufually diffinguithes men of uncom- mon abilities from the vulgar , ventured , in a public thefis , which he read at the end of the courfe of lectures , to oppofe the opinions of Ariftotle , and to maintain thofe of Des ...
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... fpirit and numbers . of poet , a delicacy of turns , and juftnefs of thought and expreffion : but , let us juft tranfcribe a fpecimen . There is among them a tranflation from Taffo , intituled , " Runaway Love ; " in which piece , Venus ...
... fpirit and numbers . of poet , a delicacy of turns , and juftnefs of thought and expreffion : but , let us juft tranfcribe a fpecimen . There is among them a tranflation from Taffo , intituled , " Runaway Love ; " in which piece , Venus ...
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... fpirit . But poetry was not la Monnoye's only province : to a perfect fkill in poetry , he joined a very accurate and extensive know- ledge of the languages . He had great fkill in criticism ; and no man applied himfelf with greater ...
... fpirit . But poetry was not la Monnoye's only province : to a perfect fkill in poetry , he joined a very accurate and extensive know- ledge of the languages . He had great fkill in criticism ; and no man applied himfelf with greater ...
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... fpirit . To carry on this fine farce the better , Montanus afsociated to himself Prifcilla and Maximilla , two rich and wealthy ladies , who acted the part " of propheteffes , " and , " by the power of whole gold , " as Jerome tells us ...
... fpirit . To carry on this fine farce the better , Montanus afsociated to himself Prifcilla and Maximilla , two rich and wealthy ladies , who acted the part " of propheteffes , " and , " by the power of whole gold , " as Jerome tells us ...
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