Lives of the Founders of the British Museum: With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870, 2. kötetTrübner and Company, 1884 - 780 oldal |
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... died 26 March , 1702 ) ; continued by Sir Hans died 11 January , 1752 ) ; bequeathed , by the Continuator , to the payment to his executors , by authority of Parliament , of the his Collections - to use the words of his last Will ...
... died 26 March , 1702 ) ; continued by Sir Hans died 11 January , 1752 ) ; bequeathed , by the Continuator , to the payment to his executors , by authority of Parliament , of the his Collections - to use the words of his last Will ...
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... died 6 May , 1631 ) . Given to the the Collector's lifetime by the gifts of John Dee ( 1608 ) , William acquisitions of Sir Thomas COTTON and of Major Arthur Edwards , BRARY . ' ( born in 1594 ; died 6 November , MANUSCRIPTS . and of ...
... died 6 May , 1631 ) . Given to the the Collector's lifetime by the gifts of John Dee ( 1608 ) , William acquisitions of Sir Thomas COTTON and of Major Arthur Edwards , BRARY . ' ( born in 1594 ; died 6 November , MANUSCRIPTS . and of ...
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... ( Died to May , 1782 ) , Purchased by Gustavus Brander and by him dressed to the Museum ( of which he was one of the first Trusives in 1766 . " The Solander Fossils so called from the name of the eminent naturalist who found and described ...
... ( Died to May , 1782 ) , Purchased by Gustavus Brander and by him dressed to the Museum ( of which he was one of the first Trusives in 1766 . " The Solander Fossils so called from the name of the eminent naturalist who found and described ...
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... ( Died 6 April , 1803 ) ; Purchased by Parliament from the Collector in 1772 for £ 8400 . [ See Book II , Chapter 2. ] ( VII ) 1790-1799 . The MUSGRAVE LIBRARY . Collected by Sir William Musgrave , a Trustee ( Died 1799 ) ; Acquired ...
... ( Died 6 April , 1803 ) ; Purchased by Parliament from the Collector in 1772 for £ 8400 . [ See Book II , Chapter 2. ] ( VII ) 1790-1799 . The MUSGRAVE LIBRARY . Collected by Sir William Musgrave , a Trustee ( Died 1799 ) ; Acquired ...
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... ( Died 1805 ) , who incorporated in it from time to time parts of the Libraries and Manuscript Collections of William Cecil , Lord Burghley ( Died 1598 ) ; of Sir Julius Cæsar ( Died 1636 ) ; of White Kennet , Bishop of Peterborough ( Died ...
... ( Died 1805 ) , who incorporated in it from time to time parts of the Libraries and Manuscript Collections of William Cecil , Lord Burghley ( Died 1598 ) ; of Sir Julius Cæsar ( Died 1636 ) ; of White Kennet , Bishop of Peterborough ( Died ...
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acquisition afterwards already amongst antiquities archæology ARUNDEL bequeathed British Museum brought BURNEY Chap Chapter Charles Charles TowNELEY CLASSICAL ARCHEOLO coins Collection Collector Conington Corresp correspondence Cottonian Library Council Court COURTEN CRACHERODE death DELIAN MSS Died Duke Earl early EGERTON Elgin Marbles ELLIS eminent England English famous FOUNDERS GEORGE THE THIRD gift GISTS AND EXPLORERS Greek HAMILTON HARLEY Henry honour hundred James King King's labours LECTOR LEIAN MSS less letters liberality Librarian literary London Lord ELGIN Lord SHELBURNE LOVERS AND PUBLIC Manuscripts marbles ment Montagu House MUSEUM UNDER SIR Naples Natural History OXFORD PANIZZI Parliament parliamentary political Prince Printed Books PUBLIC BENEFAC purchase Queen Royal Society sculpture seqq SHELBURNE SIR H Sir Robert COTTON Sir Thomas COTTON Sir William Sir William HAMILTON SLOANE MUSEUM SLOANE'S SOMERSET Thomas thousand pounds tion TORS Towneley treasures Trustees volumes William COURTEN Воок
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685. oldal - The present capacity of taking effect in possession, if the possession were to become vacant, and not the certainty that the possession will become vacant before the estate limited in remainder determines, universally distinguishes a vested remainder from one that is contingent.
510. oldal - If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad - a bibliomaniac. But you never call any one a horsemaniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books.
406. oldal - Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity...
655. oldal - The estates are not given to any particular children 'by name, but to such children as shall attain the age of twenty-one years ; until they have attained that age, no one completely answers the description which the testator has given of those who are to be devisees under his will, and therefore, there is no person in whom the estates can vest.
750. oldal - A. (a male) for life, and after his death to such of his children as shall attain the age of twenty-one years, or indeed in the сане of a devise or bequest simply to the children of A.
406. oldal - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
141. oldal - MD's letter? one of these oddcome-shortlies. This is a week old, you see, and no farther - yet. Mr Harley desired I would dine with him again today ; but I refused him, for I fell out with him yesterday, and will not see him again till he makes me amends ; and so I go to bed.
688. oldal - proceeds upon the supposition that, though the ulterior devise is in terms not to take effect in possession until the decease of the prior devisee, if tenant for life, yet that, in point of fact, it is to be read as a limitation of a remainder to take effect in every event which removes the prior estate out of the way.
129. oldal - tis a soul like thine : A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.