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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5. oldal
... soon after nominated a professor in the university of Gottengen , by king George II . The duties of this important office , he discharged with no less honour to himself than advantage to the public , for the space of 17 years ; and it ...
... soon after nominated a professor in the university of Gottengen , by king George II . The duties of this important office , he discharged with no less honour to himself than advantage to the public , for the space of 17 years ; and it ...
8. oldal
... soon as his studies should be completed . But Handel's parents not thinking proper to submit their son to the caprice of the king , declined the offer , upon which it became necessary for him to return to Hull .颐 Soon after his arrival ...
... soon as his studies should be completed . But Handel's parents not thinking proper to submit their son to the caprice of the king , declined the offer , upon which it became necessary for him to return to Hull .颐 Soon after his arrival ...
9. oldal
... Soon after our musi cian Daving visited his mother , who was now ex- tremely aged , and staid some time at the court of the elector Palatine , set out for England , where he ar- rived in 1710 . At that time , operas were a new ...
... Soon after our musi cian Daving visited his mother , who was now ex- tremely aged , and staid some time at the court of the elector Palatine , set out for England , where he ar- rived in 1710 . At that time , operas were a new ...
13. oldal
... soon became one of the most popular men in the kingdom ; and after having , for some time , been the leader of that party in parliament , who opposed the tyrannical usurpations of this despotic prince , he upon the commencement of the ...
... soon became one of the most popular men in the kingdom ; and after having , for some time , been the leader of that party in parliament , who opposed the tyrannical usurpations of this despotic prince , he upon the commencement of the ...
16. oldal
... soon after , entered into business for himself . It was not long , however , before he re- turned to London , and in the year , 1743 , accepted of the offer of a partnership with a merchant at St. Petersburgh , in Russia . He arrived at ...
... soon after , entered into business for himself . It was not long , however , before he re- turned to London , and in the year , 1743 , accepted of the offer of a partnership with a merchant at St. Petersburgh , in Russia . He arrived at ...
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