A New and 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 of Time to the Present Period : Wherein Their Remarkable Actions Or Sufferings, Their Virtues, Parts, and Learning are Accurately Displayed : with a Catalogue of Their Literary Productions, Volumen1T. Osborne, J. Whiston and B. White, W. Strahan, T. Payne, W. Owen, and W. Johnston [and 7 others], 1761 |
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... Rome : in this it is fuppofed that Aaron in- tended to represent the fame image which Mofes did fome time after , viz . a Cherubim , and that the Ifraelites fell down and worshipped it contrary to his intention . A doctor of the ...
... Rome : in this it is fuppofed that Aaron in- tended to represent the fame image which Mofes did fome time after , viz . a Cherubim , and that the Ifraelites fell down and worshipped it contrary to his intention . A doctor of the ...
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... Rome , where he improved himself in feveral things ( a ) This epifcopal fee has been long extinct . Camden gives the follow- ing account thereof : " And now the whole Tine being well grown , and ftill encreafing , preffes forward in one ...
... Rome , where he improved himself in feveral things ( a ) This epifcopal fee has been long extinct . Camden gives the follow- ing account thereof : " And now the whole Tine being well grown , and ftill encreafing , preffes forward in one ...
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... Rome , Colen , Mantua , and other places ; another of Letters ; a Hiftory of the propagation of the faith ; and a Latin tranflation of the hiftory of the troubles of the Low Countries , written by cardinal Bentivolio . ACCIAIOLI ...
... Rome , Colen , Mantua , and other places ; another of Letters ; a Hiftory of the propagation of the faith ; and a Latin tranflation of the hiftory of the troubles of the Low Countries , written by cardinal Bentivolio . ACCIAIOLI ...
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... Rome 583 ; but there appears fomewhat of confufion and perplexity in this chronology . He made himself known be- fore the death of Pacuvius , a dramatic piece of his being ex- hibited the fame year that Pacuvius brought one upon the ...
... Rome 583 ; but there appears fomewhat of confufion and perplexity in this chronology . He made himself known be- fore the death of Pacuvius , a dramatic piece of his being ex- hibited the fame year that Pacuvius brought one upon the ...
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... Rome 615 , and had the honour of a triumph for several victories gained in Spain , was his particu- lar friend and patron . This general was fo highly pleased with the verses which Accius wrote in his praife , that he had them infcribed ...
... Rome 615 , and had the honour of a triumph for several victories gained in Spain , was his particu- lar friend and patron . This general was fo highly pleased with the verses which Accius wrote in his praife , that he had them infcribed ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Ælfred affiftance afterwards againſt Alamanni alfo alſo amongſt anſwer archbishop Averroes Bayle becauſe biſhop Bologna born cardinal caufe cauſe Chrift Chriftian church confiderable death defign defired died difpute divinity duke efteemed emperor England Engliſh faid fame father fatire favour fays fecond feems fent fermon feven feveral fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome foon fpeaks France ftate ftudies fubject fuch gave greateſt Greek Hift hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe Ibid intitled king king's laft laſt Latin learning Lecce letters likewife lord mafter majefty moft moſt muſt obferves occafion octavo paffed Paris perfons philofophy pieces poem poet pope prefent prince printed profe profeffor proteftant publiſhed purpoſe quarto raiſed reafon reign religion reprefented Rome ſays ſeveral ſome ſpeak ſtate Stilicho ſtudy ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tranflated Treatife univerfity uſed utmoſt verfes verſes writings wrote
Pasajes populares
Página 469 - Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God : and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
Página 87 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 87 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 83 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Página 22 - em all: Not Caesar's empress would I deign to prove; No, make me mistress to the man I love; If there be yet another name more free, More fond than mistress, make me that to thee!
Página 42 - The object, I could first distinctly view, Was tall straight trees, which on the waters flew; Wings on their sides, instead of leaves, did grow, Which gathered all the breath the winds could blow : And at their roots grew floating palaces, Whose outblowed bellies cut the yielding seas.
Página 294 - Tis neither love nor poesy Can arm, against death's smallest dart, The poet's head or lover's heart; But when their life, in its decline, Touches the' inevitable line, All the world's mortal to them then, And wine is aconite to men; Nay, in death's hand, the grape-stone proves As strong as thunder is in Jove's. VERSES...
Página 51 - ... but this even balance of opinion is not maintained in the pagan epitaph which was placed on his tomb : — ' Hospes, Achillinum tumulo qui quaeris in isto, Falleris, ille suo iunctus Aristoteli Elysium colit, et quas rerum hie discere causas Vix potuit, plenis nunc videt ille oculis : . Tu modo, per campos dum nohilis umbra beatos Errat, die longum perpftuumque vale.'2 Meanwhile, a decree of the Lateran Council; published on 19 Dec.
Página 80 - Britannia's public pofts retire, Nor longer, her ungrateful fons to pleafe, For their advantage facrifice your eafe ; Me into foreign realms my fate conveys, Through nations fruitful of immortal lays, Where the foft feafon and inviting clime Confpire to trouble your repofe with rhime.
Página 248 - I now write to give the King an account of a patent I have stayed at the seal. It is of licence to give in mortmain eight hundred pound land, though it be of tenure in chief, to Allen that was the player, for an hospital.