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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... given a circumstan- tial account in his travels . Actuated by a zeal for extend- ing his observations , he attempted to pass through the west- ern provinces of Persia , which were in a state of perpetual warfare , and infested by ...
... given a circumstan- tial account in his travels . Actuated by a zeal for extend- ing his observations , he attempted to pass through the west- ern provinces of Persia , which were in a state of perpetual warfare , and infested by ...
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... given a criticism in the preface to " An Essay towards a Paraphrase on the Psalms , " 1709 , 8vo . The Jesuit , Vavassor , wrote a piece on purpose to prove that our author had no true taste for poetry ; and Boileau remarks several ...
... given a criticism in the preface to " An Essay towards a Paraphrase on the Psalms , " 1709 , 8vo . The Jesuit , Vavassor , wrote a piece on purpose to prove that our author had no true taste for poetry ; and Boileau remarks several ...
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... given so clear an account of the league , nor published so many curious pieces respecting the parties engaged in it . He died in February , 1732.3 GODESCHALCUS . See GOTTESCHALCUS . GODFREY of VITERBO , the author of an ancient ...
... given so clear an account of the league , nor published so many curious pieces respecting the parties engaged in it . He died in February , 1732.3 GODESCHALCUS . See GOTTESCHALCUS . GODFREY of VITERBO , the author of an ancient ...
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... given of her by her biogra- pher , as possessing " a firmness of niind , an unconquerable greatness of soul , by which , after a short internal struggle , she was accustomed to rise above difficulties and suffering . " Having overcome ...
... given of her by her biogra- pher , as possessing " a firmness of niind , an unconquerable greatness of soul , by which , after a short internal struggle , she was accustomed to rise above difficulties and suffering . " Having overcome ...
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... given to that extravagance of character which she attempted to bring into real life . Besides the works already noticed , she published " A moral and historical view of the French Revolution , " of which one volume only was published ...
... given to that extravagance of character which she attempted to bring into real life . Besides the works already noticed , she published " A moral and historical view of the French Revolution , " of which one volume only was published ...
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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...
Seite 149 - A New and Full Method of settling the Canonical Authority of the New Testament.
Seite 317 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Seite 81 - No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.
Seite 82 - Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class.
Seite 119 - So that all things considered there have not, since the primitive times of Christianity, been many among the sons of men to whom that glorious character of the Son of God might be better applied, that he went about doing good...
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 127 - SEPULCHRAL monuments in Great Britain applied to illustrate the history of families, manners, habits, and arts, at the different periods from the Norman Conquest to the seventeenth century.
Seite 248 - Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him ; and his example kept others from taking any thing ill, or at least seeming to do so. In a word, a brighter courage, and a gentler disposition, were never married together to make the most cheerful and innocent conversation.
Seite 24 - A short Account of the late Application to Parliament made by the Merchants of London upon the neglect of their Trade : with the Substance of the Evidence thereupon, as summed up by Mr. Glover.