A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ... Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation in the World, Particularly the British and Irish ...The Proprietors, 1795 |
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... pieces of ordnance , with fome ammunition , the bells of the churches , and about the value of a thousand ducats of pearl . It was , however , of confiderable service to the English na- tion , and did great damage to the Spaniards ; in ...
... pieces of ordnance , with fome ammunition , the bells of the churches , and about the value of a thousand ducats of pearl . It was , however , of confiderable service to the English na- tion , and did great damage to the Spaniards ; in ...
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... pieces of cannon , at the distance of two hundred and fifty yards on his right , was poured upon his inen . The extremity of danger increafed the activity , but never difturbed the compofure of his mind . The battle bung in fufpence ...
... pieces of cannon , at the distance of two hundred and fifty yards on his right , was poured upon his inen . The extremity of danger increafed the activity , but never difturbed the compofure of his mind . The battle bung in fufpence ...
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... pieces the only parts which could be commended were her own excellent performances . In 1761 a dramatic piece , called The Island of Slaves , was acted at her benefit , but this has been afcribed to the pen of a friend . In 1768 Mrs ...
... pieces the only parts which could be commended were her own excellent performances . In 1761 a dramatic piece , called The Island of Slaves , was acted at her benefit , but this has been afcribed to the pen of a friend . In 1768 Mrs ...
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... pieces upon this occafion , the latter of which was not published till after her death . Her remarks upon fome writers in the controverfy concerning the foundation of moral duty were begun in 1739 , and finished the year following ...
... pieces upon this occafion , the latter of which was not published till after her death . Her remarks upon fome writers in the controverfy concerning the foundation of moral duty were begun in 1739 , and finished the year following ...
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... piece . It was probably in reward for this fervice , that he was appointed lord chief - justice of the common pleas ; as he was the fame year . The motto he gave upon his rings , when he was called to the de- gree of ferjeant , in order ...
... piece . It was probably in reward for this fervice , that he was appointed lord chief - justice of the common pleas ; as he was the fame year . The motto he gave upon his rings , when he was called to the de- gree of ferjeant , in order ...
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Página 376 - He enjoyed an uncommon share of health, insomuch that in the course of his long life he never was confined more than three days to his bed. He often declared that he had no idea of that most distressing pain called the headach.
Página 166 - I renounce and refuse, as things written with my hand, contrary to the truth which I thought in my heart, and written for fear of death, and to save my life, if it might be...
Página 13 - Clive was complimented by his friends on his behaviour on this occasion, he made the following remark : " The man has given me my life, and I have no right in future to mention his behaviour at the card-table; although I will never pay him, nor ever keep him company.
Página 65 - By degrees I gained his confidence ; and one day was admitted to him when he was immured by a bailiff, that was prowling in the street. On this occasion recourse was had to the booksellers, who, on the credit of a translation of Aristotle's Poetics...
Página 279 - The original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England examined and asserted...
Página 388 - Cheapside, and to be left there till further orders. In the mean time the Abbey was lighted up, the ground opened, the choir attending, and the bishop waiting some hours to no purpose for the corpse.
Página 129 - Corneille, whofe brother he was. He was a member of the French academy, and of the academy of Infcriptions. He difcovered, when he was young, a...
Página 73 - Common-prayer:" as, i. A Scholaftical Hiftory of the primitive and general Ufe of Liturgies in the Chriftian Church ; together with an Anfwer to Mr. David Clarkfon's late Difcourfe concerning Liturgies, 1690; dedicated to king William and queen Mary. 2. A Companion to the Temple; or, A Help to Devotion in the Ufe of the...
Página 143 - 'The Argument made by the Command of the Houfe of Commons, out of the Acts of Parliament and Authority of Law expounding the fame, at a Conference with the Lords, concerning the Liberty of the Perfon of every Freeman." 4. " A Brief Difcourfe concerning the Power of the Peers and Commons of Parliament in point of Judicature.
Página 264 - A Poem expreffing the Antiquity and Excellency of Dancing, in a Dialogue between Penelope and one of her Wooers ;