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, Volume 31Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1817 |
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... soon after which he took the degree of bachelor of physic , and removed to the city of Worcester , where he was many years settled in practice . In 1759 , he took the degree of M. D. Besides an ingenious " Treatise on the virtues of ...
... soon after which he took the degree of bachelor of physic , and removed to the city of Worcester , where he was many years settled in practice . In 1759 , he took the degree of M. D. Besides an ingenious " Treatise on the virtues of ...
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... soon after he raised a vast army of 80,000 foot and 7000 horse , which the Scots were no v in no con- dition to resist . Their country , for several years , had been almost a continued scene of war , in which many of its in- habitants ...
... soon after he raised a vast army of 80,000 foot and 7000 horse , which the Scots were no v in no con- dition to resist . Their country , for several years , had been almost a continued scene of war , in which many of its in- habitants ...
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... soon forgotten , but to know the grounds or reasons of what I learn , to inform my judgment as well as furnish my memory , and thereby make a better impression on both . " In 1630 he lost this in- structor , who was engaged to attend ...
... soon forgotten , but to know the grounds or reasons of what I learn , to inform my judgment as well as furnish my memory , and thereby make a better impression on both . " In 1630 he lost this in- structor , who was engaged to attend ...
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... soon after the restoration en- deavoured to represent him as an avowed enemy to the royal family ; and to prove this they reported , that he had during the civil wars decyphered king Charles I.'s letters taken in his cabinet at Naseby ...
... soon after the restoration en- deavoured to represent him as an avowed enemy to the royal family ; and to prove this they reported , that he had during the civil wars decyphered king Charles I.'s letters taken in his cabinet at Naseby ...
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... soon after , in the same year , he published that treatise in 4to , dedicated to the same eminent mathematician . To this he prefixed a treatise on conic sections , which he set in a new light , con- sidering them as absolute planes ...
... soon after , in the same year , he published that treatise in 4to , dedicated to the same eminent mathematician . To this he prefixed a treatise on conic sections , which he set in a new light , con- sidering them as absolute planes ...
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