The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1812 |
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... give to mercury over the bark , and vindicating Dr. Bertini , of whom he learned that method , against certain opponents . Benvenuti's other works are , 1. " De Lucensium Therma- rum sale tractatus , " Lucca , 1758 , 8vo . This he also ...
... give to mercury over the bark , and vindicating Dr. Bertini , of whom he learned that method , against certain opponents . Benvenuti's other works are , 1. " De Lucensium Therma- rum sale tractatus , " Lucca , 1758 , 8vo . This he also ...
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... give way ; but , on the arrival of his cannon , he , in his turn , forced the colonel to retire , who at last quitted the field , and retreated towards Stry . The advantage of the victory served only to augment the misery of the count ...
... give way ; but , on the arrival of his cannon , he , in his turn , forced the colonel to retire , who at last quitted the field , and retreated towards Stry . The advantage of the victory served only to augment the misery of the count ...
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... give credit to what she had heard . I then threw myself at her feet , and entreated her to hear me calmly , and judge whether I was to blame She promised she would , and I addressed her in the following terms : or not . " You may ...
... give credit to what she had heard . I then threw myself at her feet , and entreated her to hear me calmly , and judge whether I was to blame She promised she would , and I addressed her in the following terms : or not . " You may ...
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... give up my own life , or run my sword through his body . At this period the petard , by which my associates attempted to make a breach , exploded , and burst the outer gate . The second was open , and I saw Mr. Panow enter at the head ...
... give up my own life , or run my sword through his body . At this period the petard , by which my associates attempted to make a breach , exploded , and burst the outer gate . The second was open , and I saw Mr. Panow enter at the head ...
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... give him advice , and whose testimony went in favour of Bergman , he addressed a me- morial , written with his own hand , in answer to all the ob- jections urged against the candidate , to the consistory of the university and to the ...
... give him advice , and whose testimony went in favour of Bergman , he addressed a me- morial , written with his own hand , in answer to all the ob- jections urged against the candidate , to the consistory of the university and to the ...
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Seite 58 - A Proposal for the Better Supplying of Churches in our Foreign Plantations, and for Converting the Savage Americans to Christianity by a College to be Erected in the Summer Islands, Otherwise Called the Isles of Bermuda . . . London, 1724 •'[ Fothergill, John].
Seite 62 - Siris, a Chain of Philosophical Reflections and Inquiries concerning the Virtues of TAR WATER...
Seite 255 - The effect of certaine Sermons touching the full Redemption of Mankind by the death and bloud of Christ Jesus ; wherein...
Seite 308 - In the preamble of this act (which passed the legislature), a conviction was expressed, that ' if many offenders convicted of crimes for which transportation has been usually inflicted, were ordered to solitary confinement, accompanied by well regulated labour and religious instruction, it might be the means, under Providence, not only of deterring others from the commission of the like crimes, but also of reforming the individuals and inuring them to habits of industry.
Seite 492 - You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Seite 63 - As to his person, he was a handsome man, with a countenance full of meaning and benignity, remarkable for great strength of limbs, and, till his sedentary life impaired it, of a very robust constitution.
Seite 176 - Could how Betterton spoke be as easily known as what he spoke, then might you see the muse of Shakspeare in her triumph, with all her beauties in their best array, rising into real life and charming her beholders.
Seite 178 - Cassius, in your looks ! &c. Not but in some part of this scene, where he reproaches Cassius, his temper is not under this suppression, but opens into that warmth which becomes a man of virtue ; yet this is that hasty spark of anger, which Brutus himself endeavours to excuse.
Seite 55 - Berkeley; and indeed most of the writings of that very ingenious author form the best lessons of scepticism, which are to be found either among the ancient or modern philosophers, Bayle not excepted. He professes, however, in his title-page (and undoubtedly with great truth) to have composed his book against the sceptics as well as against the atheists and freethinkers. But that all his arguments, though otherwise intended, are, in reality, merely sceptical, appears from this, that they admit of...