A New Biographical Dictionary:: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in Every Age and NationLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; J. Harris, Peacocks and Bampton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Wallis; Wilkie and Robinson; and J. Walker., 1811 - 488 Seiten |
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... paint er , born at Amsterdam in 1519 . He excelled very particularly in painting a kitchen : but an altar- piece of his , viz , a crucifix , repre- senting an executioner breaking with an iron bar the legs of the thieves , & c . was ...
... paint er , born at Amsterdam in 1519 . He excelled very particularly in painting a kitchen : but an altar- piece of his , viz , a crucifix , repre- senting an executioner breaking with an iron bar the legs of the thieves , & c . was ...
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... painter and engraver of Italy , born 1552 , died 1615 . ALBERTI ( GIOVANNI ) brother of the above , excelled in perspec- tive and historical painting . He was born near Florence 1558 , and died 1601 . ALBERTUS ( MAGNUS ) a learn- ed ...
... painter and engraver of Italy , born 1552 , died 1615 . ALBERTI ( GIOVANNI ) brother of the above , excelled in perspec- tive and historical painting . He was born near Florence 1558 , and died 1601 . ALBERTUS ( MAGNUS ) a learn- ed ...
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... painter , was born at Cork , in Ire - standing his great age ( upwards of land , 1742 ; and having early dis- 80 ) ... Painting to the Royal asked alms to support him on a Academy ; but in 1799 , on an journey to Constantinople , where ...
... painter , was born at Cork , in Ire - standing his great age ( upwards of land , 1742 ; and having early dis- 80 ) ... Painting to the Royal asked alms to support him on a Academy ; but in 1799 , on an journey to Constantinople , where ...
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... painter , born 1510 , in the village | very ignorant librarian , the king of of Bassano , in the republic of Ve Spain asked him what he had re . nice . He had great success in land- marked . To whom Bautru replied , scape and ...
... painter , born 1510 , in the village | very ignorant librarian , the king of of Bassano , in the republic of Ve Spain asked him what he had re . nice . He had great success in land- marked . To whom Bautru replied , scape and ...
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... painting ; and is styled Historical and Critical Dictionary , " that masculine poet , as well as was born Nov. 18 , 1647 , at Carla , a painter , the incomparable Mrs. small town in the county of Foix , Beale . " She died Dec. 28 , 1697 ...
... painting ; and is styled Historical and Critical Dictionary , " that masculine poet , as well as was born Nov. 18 , 1647 , at Carla , a painter , the incomparable Mrs. small town in the county of Foix , Beale . " She died Dec. 28 , 1697 ...
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Seite 85 - Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to heaven, or have thy sins and go to hell...
Seite 22 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?' The bishop of Durham readily answered, ' God forbid, sir, but you should : you are the breath of our nostrils.
Seite 156 - FAMILY EXPOSITOR; Or, a Paraphrase and Version of the New Testament : with Critical Notes, and a Practical Improvement of each Section.
Seite 22 - I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.' The king answered, 'No put-offs, my lord; answer me presently.' ' Then, sir,' said he, ' I think it is lawful for you to take my brother Neale's money ; for he offers it.
Seite 111 - Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and others, in the Fifteenth Century; the greatest part now first published from the most authentic copies, with an engraved specimen of one of the MSS. To which are added, a Preface, an Introductory Account of the several pieces, and a Glossary.
Seite 6 - The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt.
Seite 213 - Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it, with what more you may think proper.
Seite 41 - BACON (SiR NICHOLAS), lord keeper of the great seal in the reign of queen Elizabeth, descended from an ancient and honourable family in Suffolk.
Seite 303 - Puritans," under the title of, " A Vindication of the Government, Doctrine, and Worship of the Church of England, established in the reign of queen Elizabeth :" of which the late bishop Hallifax said, " a better vindication of the reformed church of England, I never read.
Seite 32 - He followed his studies with most extraordinary diligence, so that he soon surpassed all in Plato's school. He ate little, and slept less ; and that he might not oversleep himself, Diogenes Laertius tells us, that he laid always with one hand out of bed, having a ball of brass in it, which by its falling into a basin of the same metal, awaked him.