A Universal Biographical Dictionary: Containing the Lives of the Most Celebrated Characters of Every Age and Nation ...Grigg & Elliot, 1842 - 444 oldal |
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... distinguished himself chiefly as a teacher in the Greek College , died 1669 . ALLECTUS , prefect of Britain , murdered Carausius 294 , and made himself emperor . ALLEGRAIN , Christopher Gabriel , a French sculptor , who executed some ...
... distinguished himself chiefly as a teacher in the Greek College , died 1669 . ALLECTUS , prefect of Britain , murdered Carausius 294 , and made himself emperor . ALLEGRAIN , Christopher Gabriel , a French sculptor , who executed some ...
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... distinguished for his valour in the wars of France , & c . , died in 1386 . AUDLEY , Edmund , was successively made bishop of Rochester , Hereford , and Salisbury , and died in 1524 . AURIGNY , Gilles d ' , an ingenious French poet of ...
... distinguished for his valour in the wars of France , & c . , died in 1386 . AUDLEY , Edmund , was successively made bishop of Rochester , Hereford , and Salisbury , and died in 1524 . AURIGNY , Gilles d ' , an ingenious French poet of ...
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... distinguished by advancement in literature , died in 1707 . AVERDY , Clement Charles de l ' , minister and comptroller of the finances under Lewis XV . , guillotined in 1794 . AYMON , John , a Piedmontese , embraced the tenets of Calvin ...
... distinguished by advancement in literature , died in 1707 . AVERDY , Clement Charles de l ' , minister and comptroller of the finances under Lewis XV . , guillotined in 1794 . AYMON , John , a Piedmontese , embraced the tenets of Calvin ...
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... distinguished him as an au- thor were , his " Observations on the Statutes , chiefly the more ancient , " & c . of which , two 4to editions were published in one year , ( 1766. ) BARRINGTON , Samuel , son of lord B. , a distinguished ...
... distinguished him as an au- thor were , his " Observations on the Statutes , chiefly the more ancient , " & c . of which , two 4to editions were published in one year , ( 1766. ) BARRINGTON , Samuel , son of lord B. , a distinguished ...
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... distinguished abilities , born November 16 , 1684. To uncommon talents he added many BASSANI , John Baptiste , an admired Italian virtues , integrity , humanity , and generosity : composer in the 17th century , master to Corelli . and ...
... distinguished abilities , born November 16 , 1684. To uncommon talents he added many BASSANI , John Baptiste , an admired Italian virtues , integrity , humanity , and generosity : composer in the 17th century , master to Corelli . and ...
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198. oldal - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
185. oldal - Among the rest was a large collection of original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. Richard III. and Henry VII. by such of the Paston family...
235. oldal - Revisal of Shakspeare's Text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics are particularly considered,
54. oldal - Thou hast tasted of prosperity and adversity; thou knowest what it is to be banished thy native country, to be over-ruled, as well as to rule, and sit upon the throne; and being oppressed, thou hast reason to know how hateful the oppressor is both to God and man...
28. oldal - I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, " God forbid, sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the king turned, and said to the bishop of Winchester, " well, my lord, what say you?" " Sir," replied the bishop, " I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
249. oldal - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
185. oldal - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
185. oldal - This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A Poet, blest beyond the Poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's...
156. oldal - a singular person, whose life was one contradiction. He wrote against popery, and embraced it; he was a zealous opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it...
10. oldal - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness : it neither found them nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son.