The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge--, Band 4,Ausgabe 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844 |
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... Italy , on the Trebbia , an affluent of the Po . The monastery was founded by St. Columban , or Columbanus , on whose death ( A.D. 614 ) Attala was chosen abbot . He was a Burgundian of noble family , and embraced the monastic life at ...
... Italy , on the Trebbia , an affluent of the Po . The monastery was founded by St. Columban , or Columbanus , on whose death ( A.D. 614 ) Attala was chosen abbot . He was a Burgundian of noble family , and embraced the monastic life at ...
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... Italy . Perhaps by thus recalling the memory of their departed greatness , Attalus thought to revive the na- tional spirit of Rome : he was also misled by some pretended prophecies ; but whether these were of pagan or Christian origin ...
... Italy . Perhaps by thus recalling the memory of their departed greatness , Attalus thought to revive the na- tional spirit of Rome : he was also misled by some pretended prophecies ; but whether these were of pagan or Christian origin ...
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... Italy , Atticus jocularly expressed his surprise that Sulla should expect him to act with him against a party , in whose ranks ( had he not left Italy to avoid such a step ) he must have fought against Sulla . They parted on the most ...
... Italy , Atticus jocularly expressed his surprise that Sulla should expect him to act with him against a party , in whose ranks ( had he not left Italy to avoid such a step ) he must have fought against Sulla . They parted on the most ...
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... Italy . Although her intrigues were discovered , and she was kept in custody , Attila availed himself of the opportunity to form a design against the Western empire . He was fortified in his resolution by an in- vitation from Genseric ...
... Italy . Although her intrigues were discovered , and she was kept in custody , Attila availed himself of the opportunity to form a design against the Western empire . He was fortified in his resolution by an in- vitation from Genseric ...
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... Italy ; and he led his centre to- extended northwards as far as the environs wards the chief object of the campaign - the of Mainz and Trier , they were employed by conquest of Orléans and an easy passage into their king to defend the ...
... Italy ; and he led his centre to- extended northwards as far as the environs wards the chief object of the campaign - the of Mainz and Trier , they were employed by conquest of Orléans and an easy passage into their king to defend the ...
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Seite 42 - At the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century...
Seite 344 - I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr. Elmer, who teacheth me, so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements to learning, that I think all the time nothing, whiles I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because, whatsoever I do else, but learning, is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me.
Seite 344 - Bishop of London, published an answer to Knox, under the title of An Harbour for Faithful and true Subjects, against the late Blown Blast, concerning the government of Women* And certainly he was a thought more acute, a thought less precipitate and simple, than his adversary.
Seite 217 - Wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and the sentiment is denied to me.
Seite 194 - At the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, society was in a state of excitement.
Seite 379 - SHOULD old acquaintance be forgot, And never thought upon. The flames of love extinguished, And freely past and gone ? Is thy kind heart now grown so cold In that loving breast of thine, That thou canst never once reflect On old...
Seite 369 - A Catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved in the British Museum, hitherto undescribed, consisting of five thousand volumes ; including the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., the Rev. Thomas Birch, DD, and about five hundred volumes bequeathed, presented, or purchased at various times.
Seite 20 - ... of Longinus, an action which would have been approved by Demosthenes. He has a peculiar force in his way, and has many of his audience, who could not be intelligent hearers of his discourse, were there not explanation as well as grace in his action. This art of his is used with the most exact and honest skill. He never attempts your passions until he has convinced your reason.
Seite 246 - Milan library ; but the writing, he observes, is that of the end of the sixteenth, or beginning of the seventeenth century; and from the paper having on it
Seite 365 - The Count of Gabalis : or, the Extravagant Mysteries of the Cabalists, exposed in Five Pleasant Discourses on the Secret Sciences.