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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6. oldal
... fit for the duties of his important office , he obtained permission from the regency of Hanover to return to his native city of Bern . His fellow - citizens , who might , at first , have fixed him amongst 6 NEW BIOGRAPHICAL.
... fit for the duties of his important office , he obtained permission from the regency of Hanover to return to his native city of Bern . His fellow - citizens , who might , at first , have fixed him amongst 6 NEW BIOGRAPHICAL.
10. oldal
... obtained leave to perform his opera of Re- damisto . The house was so crowded , that many fainted through excessive heat , and two guineas were offered by some for a seat in the gallery , after having in vain attempted to get one ...
... obtained leave to perform his opera of Re- damisto . The house was so crowded , that many fainted through excessive heat , and two guineas were offered by some for a seat in the gallery , after having in vain attempted to get one ...
13. oldal
... obtained a seat in the house of commons , where , in consequence of his steady and uniform opposition , to the arbitrary proceedings of the king , he soon became one of the most popular men in the kingdom ; and after having , for some ...
... obtained a seat in the house of commons , where , in consequence of his steady and uniform opposition , to the arbitrary proceedings of the king , he soon became one of the most popular men in the kingdom ; and after having , for some ...
17. oldal
... obtained , " says he , " my own , and as to any other personal advantage , it con- sisted in exercising my mind , in patience under trials , and encreasing my knowledge of the world . " He now settled at St. Petersburgh , where he re ...
... obtained , " says he , " my own , and as to any other personal advantage , it con- sisted in exercising my mind , in patience under trials , and encreasing my knowledge of the world . " He now settled at St. Petersburgh , where he re ...
39. oldal
... obtained from the king assurance of protection , and had a pension of 444 dollars per annum , settled upon him out of the private purse . Yet this did not render him entirely safe ; for in 1666 , his " Leviathan " and treatise De Cive ...
... obtained from the king assurance of protection , and had a pension of 444 dollars per annum , settled upon him out of the private purse . Yet this did not render him entirely safe ; for in 1666 , his " Leviathan " and treatise De Cive ...
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