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], 1814 |
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... inferior in ingenuity to his former , and 1 Moreri . - Niceron , vol . XXIX . - Ginguenè Hist . Litt . d'Italie , vol . VI . p . 66 . -Saxii Onomast . in Gyraldus . full of metaphysical whims on the theory of language , GIRALDI .
... inferior in ingenuity to his former , and 1 Moreri . - Niceron , vol . XXIX . - Ginguenè Hist . Litt . d'Italie , vol . VI . p . 66 . -Saxii Onomast . in Gyraldus . full of metaphysical whims on the theory of language , GIRALDI .
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... quit it until he had given it all the proper tints . He was early noticed by lord Harewood , Mr. Las- celles , and Dr. Monro ; in whose collections are some of ! Dict . Hist . those fine specimens of the arts by the study of GIRAR D.
... quit it until he had given it all the proper tints . He was early noticed by lord Harewood , Mr. Las- celles , and Dr. Monro ; in whose collections are some of ! Dict . Hist . those fine specimens of the arts by the study of GIRAR D.
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... Hist . Sacrée de Sulpice Severe ; " " l'Apologetique de Tertul- lien , " for which he was received into the academy ; " la Cité de Dieu , de St. Augustin , " 1 vol , 4to .; " Epitres Choisies de St. Augustin , " 5 vols . 12mo . He died ...
... Hist . Sacrée de Sulpice Severe ; " " l'Apologetique de Tertul- lien , " for which he was received into the academy ; " la Cité de Dieu , de St. Augustin , " 1 vol , 4to .; " Epitres Choisies de St. Augustin , " 5 vols . 12mo . He died ...
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... - siness of his profession with great repute in those times of public confusion . He was thus employed during the me 1 Rees's Cyclopedia , from Eloy's Dict . Hist . morable siege and surrender of that city to the rebels 20 GLAUBER .
... - siness of his profession with great repute in those times of public confusion . He was thus employed during the me 1 Rees's Cyclopedia , from Eloy's Dict . Hist . morable siege and surrender of that city to the rebels 20 GLAUBER .
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... with a less fortunate result . He commenced his travels in June 1768 , and having tra- Dict . Hist . - Rees's Cyclopædia . 1 Moreri . - Saxii Onomast . versed the provinces of Moscow , Voronetz , New Russia 34 GLYCA S.
... with a less fortunate result . He commenced his travels in June 1768 , and having tra- Dict . Hist . - Rees's Cyclopædia . 1 Moreri . - Saxii Onomast . versed the provinces of Moscow , Voronetz , New Russia 34 GLYCA S.
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Seite 318 - I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips and bobs, and other ways which I will not name for the honour I bear them, so without measure misordered that I think myself in hell till time come that I must go to Mr.
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Seite 81 - No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.
Seite 317 - and tell you a truth which perchance ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me is that he sent me so sharp and severe parents and so gentle a schoolmaster.
Seite 318 - ... as God made the world; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the...
Seite 60 - A Catalogue of the Bishops of England since the first planting of the Christian Religion in this Island ; together with a brief history of their lives and memorable actions, as near as can be gathered from antiquity.
Seite 404 - In those very writings which Grotius is gravely blamed for having quoted. The usages and laws of nations, the events of history, the opinions of philosophers, the sentiments of orators and poets, as well as the observation of common life, are, in truth, the materials out of which the science of morality is formed ; and those who neglect them are justly chargeable with a vain attempt to philosophize without regard to fact and experience, the sole foundation of all true philosophy.
Seite 169 - Langton's having told me, that this poem, when read in manuscript at sir Joshua Reynolds's, had made all the assembled wits burst into a laugh, when, after much blank-verse pomp, the poet began a new paragraph thus : Now, Muse, let's sing of rats.
Seite 309 - Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney.