A New Biographical Dictionary:: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in Every Age and NationLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; J. Harris, Peacocks and Bampton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Wallis; Wilkie and Robinson; and J. Walker., 1811 - 488 oldal |
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... II . lar ; and , had he not been illustrious born 1405 , at Corsigny in Sienna , as a king , would have been famous ... Charles VIII . He died 1529 , and was buried in the cathe- dral at Paris . ENEAS , a Trojan prince , me- morable for ...
... II . lar ; and , had he not been illustrious born 1405 , at Corsigny in Sienna , as a king , would have been famous ... Charles VIII . He died 1529 , and was buried in the cathe- dral at Paris . ENEAS , a Trojan prince , me- morable for ...
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... ii . quæs . 12. n . 10. The same author tells us a number of other stories , which , however , are too long for our ... Charles VII . king of France , born in the year 1886 . He was author of several works in prose and verse ; but his most ...
... ii . quæs . 12. n . 10. The same author tells us a number of other stories , which , however , are too long for our ... Charles VII . king of France , born in the year 1886 . He was author of several works in prose and verse ; but his most ...
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... Charles II , born 1614 , you are the breath of our nostrils . " died 1686. At the sale of his books Whereupon the king turned , and after his decease , a discovery was said to the bishop of Winchester , made of the earl's famous memo ...
... Charles II , born 1614 , you are the breath of our nostrils . " died 1686. At the sale of his books Whereupon the king turned , and after his decease , a discovery was said to the bishop of Winchester , made of the earl's famous memo ...
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... Charles II . Mr. Ashmole was introduced to his majesty , who received him very graciously , and , on the 18th of June 1660 , bestowed on him the place of Windsor herald ; a few days after , he appointed him to give a description of his ...
... Charles II . Mr. Ashmole was introduced to his majesty , who received him very graciously , and , on the 18th of June 1660 , bestowed on him the place of Windsor herald ; a few days after , he appointed him to give a description of his ...
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... Charles II . and the Spain , and returned to England after manner in which he expresses him an absence of six years . In 1769 , self to his majesty is very remark- he was tried at the Old Bailey for able . Among many other extra ...
... Charles II . and the Spain , and returned to England after manner in which he expresses him an absence of six years . In 1769 , self to his majesty is very remark- he was tried at the Old Bailey for able . Among many other extra ...
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85. oldal - Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to heaven, or have thy sins and go to hell...
22. oldal - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?' The bishop of Durham readily answered, ' God forbid, sir, but you should : you are the breath of our nostrils.
156. oldal - FAMILY EXPOSITOR; Or, a Paraphrase and Version of the New Testament : with Critical Notes, and a Practical Improvement of each Section.
22. oldal - I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.' The king answered, 'No put-offs, my lord; answer me presently.' ' Then, sir,' said he, ' I think it is lawful for you to take my brother Neale's money ; for he offers it.
111. oldal - Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and others, in the Fifteenth Century; the greatest part now first published from the most authentic copies, with an engraved specimen of one of the MSS. To which are added, a Preface, an Introductory Account of the several pieces, and a Glossary.
6. oldal - The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt.
213. oldal - Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it, with what more you may think proper.
41. oldal - BACON (SiR NICHOLAS), lord keeper of the great seal in the reign of queen Elizabeth, descended from an ancient and honourable family in Suffolk.
303. oldal - Puritans," under the title of, " A Vindication of the Government, Doctrine, and Worship of the Church of England, established in the reign of queen Elizabeth :" of which the late bishop Hallifax said, " a better vindication of the reformed church of England, I never read.
32. oldal - He followed his studies with most extraordinary diligence, so that he soon surpassed all in Plato's school. He ate little, and slept less ; and that he might not oversleep himself, Diogenes Laertius tells us, that he laid always with one hand out of bed, having a ball of brass in it, which by its falling into a basin of the same metal, awaked him.