General Biography: Or Lives, Critical And Historical, Of The Most Eminent Persons Of All Ages, Countries, Conditions And Professions, Arranged According To Alphabetical Order, Volume 6Robinson, 1807 - 672 pages |
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... Latin epistle to the celebrated John Bernouilli , mathe- matical professor at Basil , who had also at- tempted unjustly to disparage Newton's mathe matical abilities . It was published at London , in 1720 , 4to . with a thistle , the ...
... Latin epistle to the celebrated John Bernouilli , mathe- matical professor at Basil , who had also at- tempted unjustly to disparage Newton's mathe matical abilities . It was published at London , in 1720 , 4to . with a thistle , the ...
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... Latin and English discourses , printed in Dr. Meric Casaubon's " True and faithful Relation of what passed , for many Years , between Dr. John Dee and some Spirits , " & c .; and , ac- cording to Linden , in his treatise " De Scriptis ...
... Latin and English discourses , printed in Dr. Meric Casaubon's " True and faithful Relation of what passed , for many Years , between Dr. John Dee and some Spirits , " & c .; and , ac- cording to Linden , in his treatise " De Scriptis ...
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... Latin verses , which he dic- tated to a friend , and which good judges pro- nounced " to be no reproach to the author . " In the autumn of the present year he was chosen lecturer of St. Martin's , commonly called Carfax , in Oxford ...
... Latin verses , which he dic- tated to a friend , and which good judges pro- nounced " to be no reproach to the author . " In the autumn of the present year he was chosen lecturer of St. Martin's , commonly called Carfax , in Oxford ...
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... Latin ser- mon at the opening of the convocation , which was immediately printed , as was soon after- wards an English translation of it , with a post- script , in vindication of himself against some reflections cast on him by the Tory ...
... Latin ser- mon at the opening of the convocation , which was immediately printed , as was soon after- wards an English translation of it , with a post- script , in vindication of himself against some reflections cast on him by the Tory ...
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... Latin letters between them , which Le Clerc printed in his " Bibliotheque Choisie , " tom . iv . art . 10 ; ac- knowledging that they were civil , on the part of the bishop , but complaining that they did not contain a satisfactory ...
... Latin letters between them , which Le Clerc printed in his " Bibliotheque Choisie , " tom . iv . art . 10 ; ac- knowledging that they were civil , on the part of the bishop , but complaining that they did not contain a satisfactory ...
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