The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of Departed Merit: Containing Complete and Impartial Accounts of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, But More Particularly of Those who Have Signalized Themselves in America. In Four Volumes. Embellished with a Number of Portraits of the Most Distinguished Characters, Engraved from Original Drawings, 3-4. kötetJohnson & Stryker, at the Literary Printing-Office No. 29 Gold-Street, 1802 |
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3. oldal
... genius for litera- ture of every kind , and according to the accounts which are given us , the progress of his ... genius . He was greatly distinguished for his knowledge in the Greek and Latin languages ; but he was chiefly remarkable ...
... genius for litera- ture of every kind , and according to the accounts which are given us , the progress of his ... genius . He was greatly distinguished for his knowledge in the Greek and Latin languages ; but he was chiefly remarkable ...
7. oldal
... genius , and solid judgment . But he was not more distinguished as a physician and a philosopher than for his sincere piety to God and love to mankind ; and on the whole , he is supposed to have been the most acute , various , and ...
... genius , and solid judgment . But he was not more distinguished as a physician and a philosopher than for his sincere piety to God and love to mankind ; and on the whole , he is supposed to have been the most acute , various , and ...
8. oldal
... genius that he persuaded his father to let him follow the bent of his incli- nations . Upon his return to Hull , Handel was placed under one Tackaw , the organist of the cathedral church and our young musician was even then able to sup ...
... genius that he persuaded his father to let him follow the bent of his incli- nations . Upon his return to Hull , Handel was placed under one Tackaw , the organist of the cathedral church and our young musician was even then able to sup ...
41. oldal
... genius in painting and engraving , was born in London , in 1698 , and , as soon as he had arrived at a proper age , was bound apprentice to a silver - smith . In this profession , it is not unusual , to bind appren- tices to the single ...
... genius in painting and engraving , was born in London , in 1698 , and , as soon as he had arrived at a proper age , was bound apprentice to a silver - smith . In this profession , it is not unusual , to bind appren- tices to the single ...
43. oldal
... genius became conspicuously known , and he derived not only fame , but emolument from his " Midnight Conversation , " " Harlot's and Rake's Progress , " Marriage a la Mode , " & c : Soon after the peace of Aix la Chapelle , he went over ...
... genius became conspicuously known , and he derived not only fame , but emolument from his " Midnight Conversation , " " Harlot's and Rake's Progress , " Marriage a la Mode , " & c : Soon after the peace of Aix la Chapelle , he went over ...
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