A New and General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 1 of 12: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent ... From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Pre - Softcover

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Excerpt from A New and General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 1 of 12: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Particularly the British and Irish, From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period

The General Dictionary, as it includes Bayle, is (0 far liable to the fame objeétions: it is in deed augmented with other articles, but they alfo are written in Bayle' s manner, and for that leafon the work upon the whole 18 no; much better adapted to general' ufef There, are many redundances, and yet. There are marry defefis and there is befides an objeé'tion of more Weight though of another kind, the work confiflfi mg of no leis than ten volumes in folio, for which the purchafer mu'ft pay more than [9 many pounds.

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