Dictionary of National Biography, Volumen4Smith Elder, 1885 |
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... later date , he writes that in his youth he took great pains in travelling in divers countries on foot for lack of other abilities . ' In 1562 Lord John Grey consulted him concerning the validity of the marriage of his niece with Edward ...
... later date , he writes that in his youth he took great pains in travelling in divers countries on foot for lack of other abilities . ' In 1562 Lord John Grey consulted him concerning the validity of the marriage of his niece with Edward ...
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... later he appears to have formed a juster estimate of the character of the queen . With all the cunning that we have , ' he then wrote to Walsingham , ' we cannot bring this lady to make any absolute promise for the performance of her ...
... later he appears to have formed a juster estimate of the character of the queen . With all the cunning that we have , ' he then wrote to Walsingham , ' we cannot bring this lady to make any absolute promise for the performance of her ...
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... later he married Charlotte , daughter of Rich , the manager of Covent Garden Theatre , Davies , who states that Beard excelled greatly in recitation ( Misc . iii . 375 ) , speaks of him as the jolly president of the Beefsteak Club ( iii ...
... later he married Charlotte , daughter of Rich , the manager of Covent Garden Theatre , Davies , who states that Beard excelled greatly in recitation ( Misc . iii . 375 ) , speaks of him as the jolly president of the Beefsteak Club ( iii ...
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... later . In 1537 David Beaton was consecrated bishop of Mirepoix in Foix , and very shortly after Pope Paul III made him cardinal of San Ste- fano on Monte Celio . He succeeded his uncle as archbishop of St. Andrews in 1539 , and was ...
... later . In 1537 David Beaton was consecrated bishop of Mirepoix in Foix , and very shortly after Pope Paul III made him cardinal of San Ste- fano on Monte Celio . He succeeded his uncle as archbishop of St. Andrews in 1539 , and was ...
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... later . During the minority of James V , Beaton is one of the most prominent figures in Scottish his- tory . Albany , the regent , withdrew to France whenever he could ; and though the govern- ment was nominally in the hands of a com ...
... later . During the minority of James V , Beaton is one of the most prominent figures in Scottish his- tory . Albany , the regent , withdrew to France whenever he could ; and though the govern- ment was nominally in the hands of a com ...
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Página 269 - NATURE has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. On the one hand the standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think; every effort we can make to throw off our subjection will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.
Página 307 - ... action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent be material or immaterial I have left to the consideration of my readers."* Faraday does not see the same difficulty in his contiguous particles.
Página 307 - WHEN I wrote my treatise about our system, I had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity ; and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose.
Página 269 - Morals reformed - health preserved - industry invigorated- instruction diffused - public burthens lightened- Economy seated, as it were, upon a rock - the gordian knot of the Poor-Laws not cut, but untied - all by a simple idea in architecture!
Página 156 - Commentaries on the Laws of Scotland, and on the Principles of mercantile Jurisprudence, considered in relation to Bankruptcy, Competitions of Creditors, and Imprisonment for Debt.
Página 337 - Literary History of the Middle Ages ; comprehending an Account of the State of Learning from the Close of the Reign of Augustus to its Revival in the Fifteenth Century.
Página 38 - KARAMANIA; OR, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SOUTH COAST OF ASIA MINOR. And of the Remains of Antiquity : with Maps, Plans, Views, &c.
Página 269 - By utility is meant that property in any object, whereby it tends to produce benefit, advantage, pleasure, good, or happiness (all this in the present case comes to the same thing), or (what comes again to the same thing) to prevent the happening of mischief, pain, evil, or unhappiness to the party whose interest is considered...
Página 307 - You sometimes speak of gravity as essential and inherent to matter. Pray do not ascribe that notion to me, for the cause of gravity is what I do not pretend to know, and therefore would take more time to consider of it.
Página 348 - So much understanding, so much knowledge, so much innocence, and such humility, I did not think had been the portion of any but angels, till I saw this gentleman.