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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... writer , died 1765 . tears . " ARGOLI , Andrew , professor of mathemat- ics at Padua , died 1657 .. ARETIN , Francis , a man of great reading , and well acquainted with the Greek language . ARGOLI , John , son of the preceding , at 17 ...
... writer , died 1765 . tears . " ARGOLI , Andrew , professor of mathemat- ics at Padua , died 1657 .. ARETIN , Francis , a man of great reading , and well acquainted with the Greek language . ARGOLI , John , son of the preceding , at 17 ...
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... writer . ARNAUD , Henry Charles , son of Simon , dis- tinguished as an ecclesiastic and statesman , died 1756 . ARMSTRONG , John , a Scotch divine and poet , was born at Leith , 1771. At Edinburgh , where he took the degree of M. A. ...
... writer . ARNAUD , Henry Charles , son of Simon , dis- tinguished as an ecclesiastic and statesman , died 1756 . ARMSTRONG , John , a Scotch divine and poet , was born at Leith , 1771. At Edinburgh , where he took the degree of M. A. ...
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... writer , of Bayonne , died 1678 . verus . 1 BARD , a Mahomedan writer . BARD , John , a learned Physician , in the city of New - York , several years , and elected presi- BARBOSA , Peter , a native of Portugal , pro - dent of the ...
... writer , of Bayonne , died 1678 . verus . 1 BARD , a Mahomedan writer . BARD , John , a learned Physician , in the city of New - York , several years , and elected presi- BARBOSA , Peter , a native of Portugal , pro - dent of the ...
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... writer on the natural his- professor of philosophy in the royal college , tory of the mineral kingdom , died 1788 . member of the French academy , & c . , eminent BAUMGARTEN , Alexander Gottlieb , profes- as for his erudition , and his ...
... writer on the natural his- professor of philosophy in the royal college , tory of the mineral kingdom , died 1788 . member of the French academy , & c . , eminent BAUMGARTEN , Alexander Gottlieb , profes- as for his erudition , and his ...
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... writer , died in 1773 . BEAUCHAMPS , Pierre Francois Godard de , an eminent French writer , died at Paris , in 1761 . BEAUCHAMP , Joseph de , a celebrated French astronomer , born at Vezoul , in 1752 , entered , in 1767 , into the order ...
... writer , died in 1773 . BEAUCHAMPS , Pierre Francois Godard de , an eminent French writer , died at Paris , in 1761 . BEAUCHAMP , Joseph de , a celebrated French astronomer , born at Vezoul , in 1752 , entered , in 1767 , into the order ...
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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.