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..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1815 |
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... Rome took every opportunity to add to the remains of ancient art which his family had collected . One of the first public occurrences after he conducted the helm of government , was a revolt of the inhabitants of Volterra , on account ...
... Rome took every opportunity to add to the remains of ancient art which his family had collected . One of the first public occurrences after he conducted the helm of government , was a revolt of the inhabitants of Volterra , on account ...
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... Rome . To the adherents of that church it could not therefore be acceptable , and John Faber , afterwards bishop of Vienne in Dauphiné , with Eckius and Cochlæus , were selected to draw up a refutation , to which Melanc- thon replied ...
... Rome . To the adherents of that church it could not therefore be acceptable , and John Faber , afterwards bishop of Vienne in Dauphiné , with Eckius and Cochlæus , were selected to draw up a refutation , to which Melanc- thon replied ...
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... Rome for Nicolas V. towards 1455. Whatever be the fact , Melozzo painted on the vault of the largest chapel in SS . Apostoli , an Ascen- sion , in which , says Vasari , the figure of Christ is so well foreshortened , that it seems to ...
... Rome for Nicolas V. towards 1455. Whatever be the fact , Melozzo painted on the vault of the largest chapel in SS . Apostoli , an Ascen- sion , in which , says Vasari , the figure of Christ is so well foreshortened , that it seems to ...
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... Rome , and the most famous cities of Italy , and returned through Switzerland to the elector's court ; where , finding a summons from queen Mary , who had taken possession of the crown of Scotland , after the death of her husband ...
... Rome , and the most famous cities of Italy , and returned through Switzerland to the elector's court ; where , finding a summons from queen Mary , who had taken possession of the crown of Scotland , after the death of her husband ...
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... Rome ; and shewed at large , that the pope could not , by divine right , claim any powers or prero- gatives superior to those of other bishops . John XXII . at that time filled the papal chair , and was so provoked at this doctrine of ...
... Rome ; and shewed at large , that the pope could not , by divine right , claim any powers or prero- gatives superior to those of other bishops . John XXII . at that time filled the papal chair , and was so provoked at this doctrine of ...
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Página 150 - 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 8 - The Origin of Printing, in two Essays : 1. The substance of Dr. Middleton's Dissertation on the Origin of Printing in England. 2. Mr. Meerman's account of the invention of the art at Harleim, and its progress to Mentz, with occasional remarks, and an Appendix,
Página 365 - Then did I further put him in remembrance of the Statute of Praemunire, whereby a good part of the Pope's pastoral cure here was pared away. "To that answered his Highness: 'Whatsoever impediment be to the contrary, we will set forth that authority to the uttermost. For we received from that See our crown imperial' — which till his Grace with his own mouth told it me, I never heard of before.
Página 177 - Daughters; but by devout prayer to that Eternal 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...
Página 267 - ... elected one of the knights of the shire for the county of Huntingdon...
Página 188 - The course of his day was best known after he was blind. When he first rose, he heard a chapter in the Hebrew Bible, and then studied till twelve; then took some exercise for an hour; then dined, then played on the organ, and...
Página 524 - No libels, no threats, nothing that has happened, nothing that can happen, will weigh a feather against allowing the defendant, upon this and every other question, not only the whole advantage he is entitled ^o from substantial law and justice, but every benefit from the most critical nicety of form, which any other defendant could claim under the like objection.
Página 357 - 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.
Página 366 - Mistress, since it were against good manners to refuse your new year's gift, I am content to take your gloves, but as for the lining, I utterly refuse it.
Página 72 - THE LIFE OF MERLIN, SIRNAMED AMBROSIUS. His Prophesies, and Predictions Interpreted; and their truth made good by our English Annalls, being a Chronographicall History of all the Kings, and memorable passages of this Kingdome, from Brute to the Reign of our Royall Soveraigne King Charles; a Subject never published in this kind before, and deserves to be knowne and observed by all men.