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], 1817 |
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... thought he could defeat , when , rushing upon them with an irresis- tible impetuosity , they were all either killed , drowned , or taken prisoners . In the heat of the action , the bridge , which was only of wood , broke down , and many ...
... thought he could defeat , when , rushing upon them with an irresis- tible impetuosity , they were all either killed , drowned , or taken prisoners . In the heat of the action , the bridge , which was only of wood , broke down , and many ...
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... thought , ' said he , I never sawe a good copie of English verses : they want smoothnesse ; then I began to essay . ' I have severall times heard him say , that he cannot versify when he will ; but when the fitt comes upon him , he does ...
... thought , ' said he , I never sawe a good copie of English verses : they want smoothnesse ; then I began to essay . ' I have severall times heard him say , that he cannot versify when he will ; but when the fitt comes upon him , he does ...
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... thought unconstitutional , particularly injured . He was not however a bigot to his party , nor adopted all their opinions . When the great question , whether episcopacy ought to be abolished , was debated , he spoke against the ...
... thought unconstitutional , particularly injured . He was not however a bigot to his party , nor adopted all their opinions . When the great question , whether episcopacy ought to be abolished , was debated , he spoke against the ...
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... thought , or seen ; all that he knew of himself , and all that he suspected of others , without concealing any person of what degree or quality soever , or any discourse that he had ever , upon any occasion , entertained with them ...
... thought , or seen ; all that he knew of himself , and all that he suspected of others , without concealing any person of what degree or quality soever , or any discourse that he had ever , upon any occasion , entertained with them ...
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... thought himself at liberty to supply . Charles had yet only the merit of struggling without success , and suffering without despair . A life of escapes and indigence could supply poetry with no splendid images . In the first parliament ...
... thought himself at liberty to supply . Charles had yet only the merit of struggling without success , and suffering without despair . A life of escapes and indigence could supply poetry with no splendid images . In the first parliament ...
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