The History of the Works of the Learned ..., Volume 6J. Robinson, 1739 - Bibliography Containing impartial accounts and accurate abstracts of the most valuable books published in Great Britain and foreign parts ... |
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... last said with a Smile , Tanto trage ! " What odd Fashions ! Upon which , fome of the Portugueze Nobility , who had been to that time 66 filent , cried out , that from the Manner of pro- " nouncing these Words , they knew him to be the ...
... last said with a Smile , Tanto trage ! " What odd Fashions ! Upon which , fome of the Portugueze Nobility , who had been to that time 66 filent , cried out , that from the Manner of pro- " nouncing these Words , they knew him to be the ...
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... last Drop of my " Blood I fball ferve . On the first of April , 1602 , he was carried from the Caftle , mounted upon an Afs , three Trumpets founding before him , and a " Herald proclaiming thefe Words , His moft Ca- tholick Majefty ...
... last Drop of my " Blood I fball ferve . On the first of April , 1602 , he was carried from the Caftle , mounted upon an Afs , three Trumpets founding before him , and a " Herald proclaiming thefe Words , His moft Ca- tholick Majefty ...
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... last " Greek Soveraign of Egypt , exerted her utmost " Force in order to excell her Predeceffors in mag- " nificent Buildings , the Ruins of which ( if they " be truly the Ruins of her Palace which are com- " monly call'd fo ) remain to ...
... last " Greek Soveraign of Egypt , exerted her utmost " Force in order to excell her Predeceffors in mag- " nificent Buildings , the Ruins of which ( if they " be truly the Ruins of her Palace which are com- " monly call'd fo ) remain to ...
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... last appeased by the Interpofition of the Roman Senate . We have next the Hiftory of the Depofi- tion of Antiochus the Second , by Demetrius ; of Holophernes ; of Heraclides ; of Balas , the Impoftor ; of Jonathan ; and of Hipparchus ...
... last appeased by the Interpofition of the Roman Senate . We have next the Hiftory of the Depofi- tion of Antiochus the Second , by Demetrius ; of Holophernes ; of Heraclides ; of Balas , the Impoftor ; of Jonathan ; and of Hipparchus ...
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... last Century . If we look < into the Reason of this , we fhall find it to be chiefly owing to the wrong Measures that were " taken by Philofophers of former Ages in their " Pursuits after natural Knowledge ; for they , difre- " garding ...
... last Century . If we look < into the Reason of this , we fhall find it to be chiefly owing to the wrong Measures that were " taken by Philofophers of former Ages in their " Pursuits after natural Knowledge ; for they , difre- " garding ...
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