OF

DISTINGUISHED PERSONS,

CHIEFLY OF THE

LAST AND TWO PRECEDING
CENTURIES.

ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS.

Indocti discant, et ament meminisse periti.

THE FIFTH EDITION.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. CADELL, AND W. DAVIES,

IN THE STRAND.

1804.

W. Flint, Printer, Old Bailey.

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