A Universal Biographical Dictionary: Containing the Lives of the Most Celebrated Characters of Every Age and Nation ...Grigg & Elliot, 1842 - 444 σελίδες |
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... France , 1556 , leaving many ders , one of the favourites of William III . beautiful poems and other valuable performan - commander of the Dutch forces in the last of ces in the Italian language . queen Anne's wars , defeated 1712 ...
... France , 1556 , leaving many ders , one of the favourites of William III . beautiful poems and other valuable performan - commander of the Dutch forces in the last of ces in the Italian language . queen Anne's wars , defeated 1712 ...
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... France , noto- either because he thought it incurable , or be- rious for his attempt to assassinate Collot d ' cause it increased his attention . He studied Herbois and Robespierre , and rid France of her with great care the nature of ...
... France , noto- either because he thought it incurable , or be- rious for his attempt to assassinate Collot d ' cause it increased his attention . He studied Herbois and Robespierre , and rid France of her with great care the nature of ...
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... France , married the duke of Bourbon , and was regent during the minority of her brother , Charles VIII .; she died at Chantelle , 1522 . ANNE , of Brittany , first married Maximilian of Austria , next Charles VIII . of France , and ...
... France , married the duke of Bourbon , and was regent during the minority of her brother , Charles VIII .; she died at Chantelle , 1522 . ANNE , of Brittany , first married Maximilian of Austria , next Charles VIII . of France , and ...
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... 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 the 16th century . AURILLON , Jean Baptiste ...
... 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 the 16th century . AURILLON , Jean Baptiste ...
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... France , died 1597 . BACTISHUA , George Ebn , a Christian phy- sician of celebrity at the court of Almansor . BADAKSCHI , a Persian poet , under the ca- liph Moctafi . BADASCH , a commentator on the Arabic grammar , died 528 of the ...
... France , died 1597 . BACTISHUA , George Ebn , a Christian phy- sician of celebrity at the court of Almansor . BADAKSCHI , a Persian poet , under the ca- liph Moctafi . BADASCH , a commentator on the Arabic grammar , died 528 of the ...
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Σελίδα 198 - 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.
Σελίδα 185 - 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...
Σελίδα 235 - Revisal of Shakspeare's Text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics are particularly considered,
Σελίδα 54 - 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...
Σελίδα 28 - 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.
Σελίδα 249 - 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.
Σελίδα 185 - 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.
Σελίδα 185 - 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...
Σελίδα 156 - 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...
Σελίδα 10 - 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.