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, Band 28Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1816 |
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... France , where he not only improved himself in the learned languages , but acquired such a perfect knowledge of the French tongue , as to be able to write and speak it with the same facility as his He pursued his medical studies for ...
... France , where he not only improved himself in the learned languages , but acquired such a perfect knowledge of the French tongue , as to be able to write and speak it with the same facility as his He pursued his medical studies for ...
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... France . This account has been enlarged in a subsequent edition . He likewise distinguished himself by a practical work on " Consumptions , " which , at the time , became the means of introducing him to considerable practice in ...
... France . This account has been enlarged in a subsequent edition . He likewise distinguished himself by a practical work on " Consumptions , " which , at the time , became the means of introducing him to considerable practice in ...
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... France , induced cardinal Maza- rine to entertain a very high opinion of the author , and by his persuasion , Louis XIV . invited Siri to Paris . On his arrival , he was preferred to a secular abbey , and quitting his ecclesiastical ...
... France , induced cardinal Maza- rine to entertain a very high opinion of the author , and by his persuasion , Louis XIV . invited Siri to Paris . On his arrival , he was preferred to a secular abbey , and quitting his ecclesiastical ...
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... France . He entered into the society in 1576 , and two years after took the vows . His superiors , discovering his uncommon talents , sent him to Paris ; where he taught classical literature two years , and rhetoric three . 16 of his ...
... France . He entered into the society in 1576 , and two years after took the vows . His superiors , discovering his uncommon talents , sent him to Paris ; where he taught classical literature two years , and rhetoric three . 16 of his ...
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... France , resumed his studies . But having engaged in a warm dispute in the college of the Jesuits , the exertion brought on a disorder which car- ried him off in a few days . He died Oct. 7 , 1651 , aged ninety - two . The works of ...
... France , resumed his studies . But having engaged in a warm dispute in the college of the Jesuits , the exertion brought on a disorder which car- ried him off in a few days . He died Oct. 7 , 1651 , aged ninety - two . The works of ...
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Seite 319 - A NEW HISTORY OF THE HOLY BIBLE, from the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity...
Seite 278 - A Parallel in the manner of Plutarch, between a most celebrated man of Florence, and one, scarce ever heard of, in England...
Seite 314 - There prevailed in those days an indecent custom : when the preacher touched any favourite topic in a manner that delighted his audience, their approbation was expressed by a loud hum, continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure. When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hummed so loudly and so long, that he sat down to enjoy it, and rubbed his face with his handkerchief. When Sprat preached, he likewise was honoured with the like animating hum; but he stretched out his hand to the congregation,...
Seite 129 - And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burnt and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing...
Seite 243 - We have old Mr. Southern at a gentleman's house a little way off, who often comes to see us ; he is now seventy-seven years old,* and has almost wholly lost his memory ; but is as agreeable as an old man can be, at least I persuade myself so when I look at him, and think of Isabella and Oroonoko.
Seite 352 - Hero, with a design principally to fix upon his own mind a strong impression of virtue and religion, in opposition to a stronger propensity towards unwarrantable pleasures.
Seite 421 - An Answer to the Paper delivered by Mr. Ashton, at his execution, to sir Francis Child, Sheriff of London, with the Paper itself.
Seite 276 - Odyssey" a criticism was published by Spence, at that time Prelector of poetry at Oxford ; a man whose learning was not very great, and whose mind was not very powerful. His criticism, however, was commonly just; what he thought, he thought rightly ; and his remarks were recommended by his coolness and candour.
Seite 82 - The Universal Visitor,' for poor Smart, while he was mad, not then knowing the terms on which he was engaged to write, and thinking I was doing him good. I hoped his wits would soon return to him. Mine returned to me, and I wrote in 'The Universal Visitor* no longer.
Seite 248 - Never,' says Bolton in his Hypercritica, ' must be forgotten St. Peter's Complaint and those other serious poems said to be father Southwell's ; the English whereof, as it is most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them.