The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation : Particulary the British and Irish, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 22AMS Press, 1815 - Biography |
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... England ; from all which countries numerous pupils attended at Florence , who diffused the learning they had there acquired throughout the rest of Europe . " The services of Lorenzo to the fine arts were not less con- spicuous than ...
... England ; from all which countries numerous pupils attended at Florence , who diffused the learning they had there acquired throughout the rest of Europe . " The services of Lorenzo to the fine arts were not less con- spicuous than ...
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... England in 1686 , where he drew portraits for several years . The earl of Leven encouraged him to go to Scotland , and procured him a subscription of five hundred pounds worth of business . He accepted the offer , and , according to ...
... England in 1686 , where he drew portraits for several years . The earl of Leven encouraged him to go to Scotland , and procured him a subscription of five hundred pounds worth of business . He accepted the offer , and , according to ...
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... England ; then re- turning to Holland , he led a studious and private life at Amsterdam till 1710 or 1711 , when he died at near 100 years of age . Meibomius pretended that the Hebrew copy of the Bible was full of errors , and undertook ...
... England ; then re- turning to Holland , he led a studious and private life at Amsterdam till 1710 or 1711 , when he died at near 100 years of age . Meibomius pretended that the Hebrew copy of the Bible was full of errors , and undertook ...
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... England , had also a desire to see Melancthon , but neither he nor Francis I. ever saw him . His time was now chiefly employed in conferences and disputes about religion . In 1539 , there was an assembly of the protestant princes at ...
... England , had also a desire to see Melancthon , but neither he nor Francis I. ever saw him . His time was now chiefly employed in conferences and disputes about religion . In 1539 , there was an assembly of the protestant princes at ...
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... England ; but an attachment to his country , and a happy marriage in it , fixed him at home . He was born at Abbeville in 1601 , and died at Paris in 1688.2 1 Dupin . Mosheim . - Lardner's Works . 2 Strutt's Dict . - Moreri . - Dict ...
... England ; but an attachment to his country , and a happy marriage in it , fixed him at home . He was born at Abbeville in 1601 , and died at Paris in 1688.2 1 Dupin . Mosheim . - Lardner's Works . 2 Strutt's Dict . - Moreri . - Dict ...
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