General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions and professions, chiefly composed by J. Aikin and W. Enfield, Volume 11799 |
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... court of delegates , consisting of bishops and ci- vilians , although it was well known that the king and the court were desirous of the divorce , the archbishop , who foresaw that it would af- ford public countenance to licentious ...
... court of delegates , consisting of bishops and ci- vilians , although it was well known that the king and the court were desirous of the divorce , the archbishop , who foresaw that it would af- ford public countenance to licentious ...
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... court of Lycomedes , king of the isle of Scyros . Here he remained some time , and so ingratiated himself with the king's daughter Deļdamia , that a child was the fruit of their intimacy . In this retreat he was detected by the art of ...
... court of Lycomedes , king of the isle of Scyros . Here he remained some time , and so ingratiated himself with the king's daughter Deļdamia , that a child was the fruit of their intimacy . In this retreat he was detected by the art of ...
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... court of John Ducas , successor to Lascaris . ( ib . c . 29 ) . At Nice , having been already well instructed in gramma- tical learning , he studied mathematics , poetry , rhetoric , and logic . ( ib . c . 32 ) . At the age of twenty ...
... court of John Ducas , successor to Lascaris . ( ib . c . 29 ) . At Nice , having been already well instructed in gramma- tical learning , he studied mathematics , poetry , rhetoric , and logic . ( ib . c . 32 ) . At the age of twenty ...
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... court did not confirm their judgment . A singular incident respecting him took place in 1747. Frederic king of Prussia , who had long wished to draw him to Berlin , sent a person with very liberal offers to give him an invitation . The ...
... court did not confirm their judgment . A singular incident respecting him took place in 1747. Frederic king of Prussia , who had long wished to draw him to Berlin , sent a person with very liberal offers to give him an invitation . The ...
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... court . It was his mis- fortune , too , that he came to the papal see at a time when the city of Rome was afflicted with a pestilence , when the finances were exhausted , and when literature and the arts required judi- cious and liberal ...
... court . It was his mis- fortune , too , that he came to the papal see at a time when the city of Rome was afflicted with a pestilence , when the finances were exhausted , and when literature and the arts required judi- cious and liberal ...
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