A Universal Biographical Dictionary: Containing the Lives of the Most Celebrated Characters of Every Age and Nation ...Grigg & Elliot, 1842 - 444 Seiten |
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... reign . AARON , Schascof , a rabbi of Thessalonica , celebrated for his writings . AARON , a British saint , put to death with his brother Julius , during Dioclescian's persecution of the Christians . AARON , a presbyter and physician ...
... reign . AARON , Schascof , a rabbi of Thessalonica , celebrated for his writings . AARON , a British saint , put to death with his brother Julius , during Dioclescian's persecution of the Christians . AARON , a presbyter and physician ...
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... reign of 2 years dah after his father , 958 , B. C. and 6 months , he expired in the 63d year of his ABIOSI , John , an Italian physician and as - age . tronomer , in the beginning of the 16th century . ABLANCOURT , vid . Perrot . ABLE ...
... reign of 2 years dah after his father , 958 , B. C. and 6 months , he expired in the 63d year of his ABIOSI , John , an Italian physician and as - age . tronomer , in the beginning of the 16th century . ABLANCOURT , vid . Perrot . ABLE ...
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... reign of Theodosius the younger . ACCA - LAURENTIA , wife of Faustulus , and nurse of Romulus and Remus . ACCA , bishop of Hexham , author of treatises on the sufferings of the saints , died 1740 . ACCARISI , James , a professor of ...
... reign of Theodosius the younger . ACCA - LAURENTIA , wife of Faustulus , and nurse of Romulus and Remus . ACCA , bishop of Hexham , author of treatises on the sufferings of the saints , died 1740 . ACCARISI , James , a professor of ...
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... reign of above 28 years , on the 28th of Octo - mentions his orations as the standard of the ber , A. D. 900. He was buried in the cathedral || pure Attic style . of Winchester . ÆSCHINES , a celebrated orator , cotempo- ÆLIAN ...
... reign of above 28 years , on the 28th of Octo - mentions his orations as the standard of the ber , A. D. 900. He was buried in the cathedral || pure Attic style . of Winchester . ÆSCHINES , a celebrated orator , cotempo- ÆLIAN ...
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... reign , in five books . AGATHOCLES , a Sicilian , rose from the ob- scurity of a potter to the sovereign power of all Sicily , died 289 B. C. ing by Athens soon after Pisistratus had usurped AGATHARCIDAS , a Cnidian , 180 B. C. , au ...
... reign , in five books . AGATHOCLES , a Sicilian , rose from the ob- scurity of a potter to the sovereign power of all Sicily , died 289 B. C. ing by Athens soon after Pisistratus had usurped AGATHARCIDAS , a Cnidian , 180 B. C. , au ...
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Seite 198 - 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 185 - Among the rest was a large collection of original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. Richard III. and Henry VII. by such of the Paston family...
Seite 235 - Revisal of Shakspeare's Text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics are particularly considered,
Seite 54 - 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 28 - I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, " God forbid, sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the king turned, and said to the bishop of Winchester, " well, my lord, what say you?" " Sir," replied the bishop, " I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Seite 249 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Seite 185 - A poet, blest 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 temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Seite 185 - This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A Poet, blest 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 156 - a singular person, whose life was one contradiction. He wrote against popery, and embraced it; he was a zealous opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it...
Seite 10 - 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.