A Universal Biographical Dictionary, Containing the Lives of the Most Celebratd Characters of Every Age and Nation: ... to which is Added, a Dictionary of the Principal Divinities and Heroes of Grecian and Roman Mythology; and a Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living CharactersAndrus & Judd, 1833 - 444 Seiten |
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... succeeded his father in 1642 , in his 13th , year ; he patronised the Christians , and was dis- tinguished for his benevolence and liberality ; he died Sept. 25 , 1666 . ABASSA , an officer who revolted against Mustapha I. emperor of ...
... succeeded his father in 1642 , in his 13th , year ; he patronised the Christians , and was dis- tinguished for his benevolence and liberality ; he died Sept. 25 , 1666 . ABASSA , an officer who revolted against Mustapha I. emperor of ...
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... succeeded his brother Solyman III . on the throne of Constantinople ; he was un- fortunate in his wars against the Venetians and Austrians , and died 1695 . ACHMET III ,. son of Mahomet IV . , was crowned by a faction who deposed his ...
... succeeded his brother Solyman III . on the throne of Constantinople ; he was un- fortunate in his wars against the Venetians and Austrians , and died 1695 . ACHMET III ,. son of Mahomet IV . , was crowned by a faction who deposed his ...
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... succeeded by Ario - College , Oxford , the friend of Dr. Johnson , dis- vald ; he died 629 , in a private station . ADAM , the father of the human race , lived 930 years after his expulsion from paradise . ADAM , Lambert Sigisbert , an ...
... succeeded by Ario - College , Oxford , the friend of Dr. Johnson , dis- vald ; he died 629 , in a private station . ADAM , the father of the human race , lived 930 years after his expulsion from paradise . ADAM , Lambert Sigisbert , an ...
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... succeeded to the crown on year of his age . the death of his brother Æthelred , in the year ADRIAN , a Greek author , in the 5th century , 871 ; but had scarcely time to attend the funeral wrote an introduction to the Scriptures . of ...
... succeeded to the crown on year of his age . the death of his brother Æthelred , in the year ADRIAN , a Greek author , in the 5th century , 871 ; but had scarcely time to attend the funeral wrote an introduction to the Scriptures . of ...
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... succeeded to the papal chair on the death of Innocent XI .; died 1691 . ALEXANDER , ab Alexandro , a man of great talents as a lawyer , at Naples ; he died 1600 . ALEXANDER , Neckam , an Englishman of great learning who gave public ...
... succeeded to the papal chair on the death of Innocent XI .; died 1691 . ALEXANDER , ab Alexandro , a man of great talents as a lawyer , at Naples ; he died 1600 . ALEXANDER , Neckam , an Englishman of great learning who gave public ...
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Seite 4 - an Act, supplementary to an act) entitled an Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Seite 196 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Seite 52 - Thou hast tasted of prosperity and adversity; thou knowest what it is to be banished thy native country, to be over-ruled, as well as to rule, and sit upon the throne; and being oppressed, thou hast reason to know how hateful the oppressor is both to God and man...
Seite 98 - In this mist of obscurity passed the life of Butler, a man whose name can only perish with his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor.
Seite 233 - Revisal of Shakspeare's Text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics are particularly considered,
Seite 183 - THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, * Here lies an honest man :' A poet, bless'd beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From nature's...
Seite 61 - A SERIOUS remonstrance in behalf of the Christian religion, against the horrid blasphemies and impieties which are still used in the English play-houses, to the great dishonour of Almighty God, and in contempt of the statutes of this realm.
Seite 322 - Drawings of some Ruins and Colossal Statues at Thebes, in Egypt, with an account of the same, in a Letter to the Royal Society.
Seite 152 - He immediately clapped his hand on his sword , and the lord admiral stepping in between, he swore a great oath, declaring that he neither could nor would put up with an affront of that nature ; that he would not have taken it at the hands of Henry VIII , and in a great passion immediately withdrew from court.
Seite 12 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness : it neither found them nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son.