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, 25 tomasAlexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1816 |
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... the secretary of the holy see ; men who are esteemed the greatest luminaries in the law , and doctors of the truth ; to omit mentioning the universities and colleges which are generally against you . Who would PIUS . 25.
... the secretary of the holy see ; men who are esteemed the greatest luminaries in the law , and doctors of the truth ; to omit mentioning the universities and colleges which are generally against you . Who would PIUS . 25.
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... esteemed as al- most the only genuine monument of ecclesiastical anti- quity , relating to the times immediately succeeding the apostles , it being written at most not above forty years after the death of St. Paul . It was preserved by ...
... esteemed as al- most the only genuine monument of ecclesiastical anti- quity , relating to the times immediately succeeding the apostles , it being written at most not above forty years after the death of St. Paul . It was preserved by ...
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... esteemed the Phoenix of the age in which he lived , for poetry and eloquence . The doctor's design in this work was , not only to give a specimen of Ara- bian poetry , but also to make the attainment of the Arabic tongue more easy to ...
... esteemed the Phoenix of the age in which he lived , for poetry and eloquence . The doctor's design in this work was , not only to give a specimen of Ara- bian poetry , but also to make the attainment of the Arabic tongue more easy to ...
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... esteemed well acquainted with philosophy , mathematics , and divinity . He made a considerable stay in Italy , where he acquired the respect 1 Eloy Dict . Hist . de Medecine , in art . Le Pois . - Chaufepie . - Rees's Cyclo- pædia , of ...
... esteemed well acquainted with philosophy , mathematics , and divinity . He made a considerable stay in Italy , where he acquired the respect 1 Eloy Dict . Hist . de Medecine , in art . Le Pois . - Chaufepie . - Rees's Cyclo- pædia , of ...
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... esteemed . The genuine works of Polemberg are extremely scarce ; but figures by him may be found in the works of other artists , particularly those of Steenwyck , and Kierings ; and his disciple John Vander Lis so successfully imitated ...
... esteemed . The genuine works of Polemberg are extremely scarce ; but figures by him may be found in the works of other artists , particularly those of Steenwyck , and Kierings ; and his disciple John Vander Lis so successfully imitated ...
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