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, Volumen22Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1815 |
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... appears to have given way , and in April 1492 , he sunk under the debilitating power of a slow fever , and expired in the forty- fourth year of his age . For his general character ,, as well as the history of his age , we must refer to ...
... appears to have given way , and in April 1492 , he sunk under the debilitating power of a slow fever , and expired in the forty- fourth year of his age . For his general character ,, as well as the history of his age , we must refer to ...
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... he held in high estimation , as appears from his declamation De Mathematicis Disciplinis , " On Mathematical Learning , " which will very well repay 66 the trouble of perusal . In philosophy he followed 20 MELANCTHON .
... he held in high estimation , as appears from his declamation De Mathematicis Disciplinis , " On Mathematical Learning , " which will very well repay 66 the trouble of perusal . In philosophy he followed 20 MELANCTHON .
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... appears by a copy of a letter from some eminent casuit , whom he had consulted respecting certain religious scruples . He was afterwards perplexed respecting taking the oaths at the revolution , which happened when he had the prospect ...
... appears by a copy of a letter from some eminent casuit , whom he had consulted respecting certain religious scruples . He was afterwards perplexed respecting taking the oaths at the revolution , which happened when he had the prospect ...
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... appears that they were not only bold declaimers against the vice and immorality of the age they lived in , but that they ventured upon truths and doctrines in religion totally irreconcileable to the po- pular superstition and idolatries ...
... appears that they were not only bold declaimers against the vice and immorality of the age they lived in , but that they ventured upon truths and doctrines in religion totally irreconcileable to the po- pular superstition and idolatries ...
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... appears , that the satires of Menippus were written in prose , with verses occasionally intermixed ; for which reason the satires of Varro , who wrote in the same style , were called Menip- pean ; and the same title , that of " Satyre ...
... appears , that the satires of Menippus were written in prose , with verses occasionally intermixed ; for which reason the satires of Varro , who wrote in the same style , were called Menip- pean ; and the same title , that of " Satyre ...
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Página 185 - The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CALL TO ACCOUNT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION TO DEPOSE AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE ORDINARY MAGISTRATE HAVE NEGLECTED OR DENIED TO DO IT.
Página 154 - far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.
Página 273 - Bernard, the second baronet at the time of his death, in 1669, was one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of Huntingdon. The inscription upon his monument in Brampton Church is given in the Topographer and Genealogist, vol.
Página 183 - Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs...
Página 365 - Chelsea to be merry with him, whither on a time unlocked for he came to dinner, and after dinner in a fair garden of his walked with him by the space of an hour holding his arm about his neck. As soon as his Grace was gone, I rejoicing...
Página 348 - Gentlemen, I can convince you by two reasons that I am not the duke. In the first place, I have only five guineas in my pocket; and in the second, they are heartily at your service.
Página 366 - I wish to God you had been at Rome, Mr. More, when I made you speaker." — " Your grace not offended, so would I too, my lord...
Página 238 - There be, that tell me, that there is a certain cunning fellow in Scotland, called George Monk, who is said to lie in wait there to introduce Charles Stuart : I pray you use your diligence to apprehend him, and send him up to me.
Página 267 - PIERREPONT was the eldest daughter of Evelyn Duke of Kingston, and the Lady Mary Fielding, daughter of William Earl of Denbigh.* She was born at Thoresby, in Nottinghamshire, about the year 1690, and lost her mother in 1694.
Página 241 - Most of them are the product of the leisure hours of a young gentlewoman lately dead, who, in a remote country retirement, without any assistance but that of a good library, and without omitting the daily care due to a large family, not only perfectly acquired the several languages here made use of, but the good morals and principles contained in those books, so as to put them in practice, as well during her life and languishing sickness as at the hour of her death; in short, she died not only like...