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], 1815 - Biography |
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... Alexander , and a firm friend of Demosthenes . As a magistrate , he 1 Mitford's History of Greece . - Moreri . - Gen . Dict . - Saxii Onomast.- Plutarch in his life . proceeded with severity against criminals , but kept a regis- LYCURGUS .
... Alexander , and a firm friend of Demosthenes . As a magistrate , he 1 Mitford's History of Greece . - Moreri . - Gen . Dict . - Saxii Onomast.- Plutarch in his life . proceeded with severity against criminals , but kept a regis- LYCURGUS .
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... closer inspec- 1 From his editors . - Saxii Onomast . - Moreri . - Dict . Hist . - Dibdin and Clarke . Blair's Lectures . - 2 Plinii Hist . Nat . lib . III . cap . 8 . tion was found alive , and with some difficulty reared LYSIPPUS . 21.
... closer inspec- 1 From his editors . - Saxii Onomast . - Moreri . - Dict . Hist . - Dibdin and Clarke . Blair's Lectures . - 2 Plinii Hist . Nat . lib . III . cap . 8 . tion was found alive , and with some difficulty reared LYSIPPUS . 21.
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... In 1743 he was entrusted to nego- 1 Gen. Dict . - Niceron , vol . VII . and X. - Life by Ruinart , 1708. - Le Clerc , Bibl . Choisie . - Saxii Onomast . ciate privately at Paris with the Prussian ambassador , and 40 MA BILLON .
... In 1743 he was entrusted to nego- 1 Gen. Dict . - Niceron , vol . VII . and X. - Life by Ruinart , 1708. - Le Clerc , Bibl . Choisie . - Saxii Onomast . ciate privately at Paris with the Prussian ambassador , and 40 MA BILLON .
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... also of Alexandria , had near 5000 monks under his direction . He was per- 1 Pilkington . - Walpole's Anecdotes . 2 Cave , vol . I. - Mosheim . - Saxii Onomast . secuted by the Arians , and banished into an island 44 MABUS E.
... also of Alexandria , had near 5000 monks under his direction . He was per- 1 Pilkington . - Walpole's Anecdotes . 2 Cave , vol . I. - Mosheim . - Saxii Onomast . secuted by the Arians , and banished into an island 44 MABUS E.
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... whom she had be- fore maintained a correspondence . She died at Binfield , " in Berkshire , June 22 , 1791. Her works , besides the his- 1 Cave , vol . I. - Saxii Onomast . tory already referred to , which may be regarded as MACARIUS . 45.
... whom she had be- fore maintained a correspondence . She died at Binfield , " in Berkshire , June 22 , 1791. Her works , besides the his- 1 Cave , vol . I. - Saxii Onomast . tory already referred to , which may be regarded as MACARIUS . 45.
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