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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... army of Danes , having landed in Dor- ADRIAN I. a Roman patrician , raised to the pontificate in 1772 , died 795 . setshire , marched as far as Wareham ; here Elfred inct them with all the forces he could ADRIAN II . , raised to the ...
... army of Danes , having landed in Dor- ADRIAN I. a Roman patrician , raised to the pontificate in 1772 , died 795 . setshire , marched as far as Wareham ; here Elfred inct them with all the forces he could ADRIAN II . , raised to the ...
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... army , and was victorious ; she died about 1200 , in Italy . ALDUS . See MANUTIUS ALEANDER , Jerome , archbishop under Pope Leo X. , and celebrated for his attack on the doctrines of Luther , died at Rome , 1542 . ALEANDER , Jerome ...
... army , and was victorious ; she died about 1200 , in Italy . ALDUS . See MANUTIUS ALEANDER , Jerome , archbishop under Pope Leo X. , and celebrated for his attack on the doctrines of Luther , died at Rome , 1542 . ALEANDER , Jerome ...
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... army of no more than 30,000 foot , and 4,500 horse ; and with these forces , brave and veteran it is true , he overturned the Persian empire . His first battle was at the Granicus , a river of Phrygia , in which the Persians were routed ...
... army of no more than 30,000 foot , and 4,500 horse ; and with these forces , brave and veteran it is true , he overturned the Persian empire . His first battle was at the Granicus , a river of Phrygia , in which the Persians were routed ...
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... army at the conquest of Canada , for we are told , that a swarm of bees cane and 1760 ; born in England 1717 ; captured Louisburg settled upon his mouth as he lay in his cradle . 1758 ; succeeded Abercrombie in the command He died at ...
... army at the conquest of Canada , for we are told , that a swarm of bees cane and 1760 ; born in England 1717 ; captured Louisburg settled upon his mouth as he lay in his cradle . 1758 ; succeeded Abercrombie in the command He died at ...
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... army of ANDREAS , John Valentine , a German Pro - Charles I. , was beheaded by Cromwell in 1650 testant divine , died 1654 . ANDREWS , John , D. D. , professor of moral ANDREAS , John , was born a Mahometan , at philosophy in , and ...
... army of ANDREAS , John Valentine , a German Pro - Charles I. , was beheaded by Cromwell in 1650 testant divine , died 1654 . ANDREWS , John , D. D. , professor of moral ANDREAS , John , was born a Mahometan , at philosophy in , and ...
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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.