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... took the religious habit in the order of the Theatins , at Venice , and then went to Bologna to study mathematics and natural philosophy under the celebrated Beccari . It appears that he began his sub- sequent literary career with the ...
... took the religious habit in the order of the Theatins , at Venice , and then went to Bologna to study mathematics and natural philosophy under the celebrated Beccari . It appears that he began his sub- sequent literary career with the ...
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... took place on the 2d of February 1785 , in the 75th year of his age . Mr. Paciaudi was an excellent man : religious , disin- terested , and cordial ; and although not without personal vanity , and often chargeable with severity of ...
... took place on the 2d of February 1785 , in the 75th year of his age . Mr. Paciaudi was an excellent man : religious , disin- terested , and cordial ; and although not without personal vanity , and often chargeable with severity of ...
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... took place induced him to return again to Geneva , and thence to Nismes , where he was appointed principal of the college . His next settlement , which he hoped would have been final , was at Montpellier , where he was made regius ...
... took place induced him to return again to Geneva , and thence to Nismes , where he was appointed principal of the college . His next settlement , which he hoped would have been final , was at Montpellier , where he was made regius ...
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... extinct in his person . 1 PAGE ( WILLIAM ) , an English divine , was born in 1590 , at Harrow on the Hill , Middlesex , and entered of Baliol 1 Perrault Les Hommes Illustres . - Moreri college , Oxford , in 1606. Here he took his 16 PAGAN .
... extinct in his person . 1 PAGE ( WILLIAM ) , an English divine , was born in 1590 , at Harrow on the Hill , Middlesex , and entered of Baliol 1 Perrault Les Hommes Illustres . - Moreri college , Oxford , in 1606. Here he took his 16 PAGAN .
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... took the monk's habit in the convent of the Cordeliers at Arles , and professed himself there in 1641. After he had finished the usual course of studies in philosophy and divinity , he preached some time , and was at length made four ...
... took the monk's habit in the convent of the Cordeliers at Arles , and professed himself there in 1641. After he had finished the usual course of studies in philosophy and divinity , he preached some time , and was at length made four ...
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