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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... Chiefs against Thebes ; dialogue , entitled " Theophrastus , " concerning The Persians ; Ágamemnon ; the Infernal Re- the ... chief place with kings was slippery : His great genius , however , enabled him to sup- That the tongue of a ...
... Chiefs against Thebes ; dialogue , entitled " Theophrastus , " concerning The Persians ; Ágamemnon ; the Infernal Re- the ... chief place with kings was slippery : His great genius , however , enabled him to sup- That the tongue of a ...
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... chief of which is the " Miserere , " are still performed in the pontifical chapel . He died 1640 . ALLEIN , Richard , born in Somersetshire , a puritan of great learning . His writings are mostly on theology . He died 1681 . ALLEIN ...
... chief of which is the " Miserere , " are still performed in the pontifical chapel . He died 1640 . ALLEIN , Richard , born in Somersetshire , a puritan of great learning . His writings are mostly on theology . He died 1681 . ALLEIN ...
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... chief- ly known as the translator of " Plutarch's Lives and Morals . " He was born at Melun , 1514 , and died 1593 . ANAGNOSTA , John , a Byzantine histo- rian . ANASTASIUS I. , the silentiary , who , from obscure birth , became emperor ...
... chief- ly known as the translator of " Plutarch's Lives and Morals . " He was born at Melun , 1514 , and died 1593 . ANAGNOSTA , John , a Byzantine histo- rian . ANASTASIUS I. , the silentiary , who , from obscure birth , became emperor ...
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... chief justice of the common pleas in 1582. He was a very strict lawyer , and governed himself en- tirely by statutes ; for we have his express de- claration , that he neither expected precedents in all cases , nor would he be bound by ...
... chief justice of the common pleas in 1582. He was a very strict lawyer , and governed himself en- tirely by statutes ; for we have his express de- claration , that he neither expected precedents in all cases , nor would he be bound by ...
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... chief works was " The Antiquities of Egypt . " APOCAUCHUS , a Greek of mean origin , be- came the favourite of the emperor Andronicus ; he died 1345 APOLLINARIS , C. Sulpit , professor of grain- mar , at Rome , in the 2d century ...
... chief works was " The Antiquities of Egypt . " APOCAUCHUS , a Greek of mean origin , be- came the favourite of the emperor Andronicus ; he died 1345 APOLLINARIS , C. Sulpit , professor of grain- mar , at Rome , in the 2d century ...
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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.