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... esteemed by professional men .-- Haller . Bibl . Anat . et Chir . Manget . Bibl . Script . Med . FABRICIUS ( VINCENT ) a German poet , born in 1613 at Hamburgh . He was celebrated for his eloquence as well as his writings , and ...
... esteemed by professional men .-- Haller . Bibl . Anat . et Chir . Manget . Bibl . Script . Med . FABRICIUS ( VINCENT ) a German poet , born in 1613 at Hamburgh . He was celebrated for his eloquence as well as his writings , and ...
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... esteemed him for his learning and eloquence . Being once reproached with having meanly submitted to the emperor , in a dispute on some literary topic , he exclaimed , with more wit than principle , " Would you have me pretend to be ...
... esteemed him for his learning and eloquence . Being once reproached with having meanly submitted to the emperor , in a dispute on some literary topic , he exclaimed , with more wit than principle , " Would you have me pretend to be ...
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... esteemed as much for the solidity as the the works already mentioned , she wrote " The Princess of Montpensier ; " brilliancy of her parts , died in 1693. Besides Court of France in the years 1688 and 1689 ; " " Memoirs of the Moreri ...
... esteemed as much for the solidity as the the works already mentioned , she wrote " The Princess of Montpensier ; " brilliancy of her parts , died in 1693. Besides Court of France in the years 1688 and 1689 ; " " Memoirs of the Moreri ...
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... esteemed , are " Entretiens sur les Vies et les Ouvrages des plus excellens Peintres , anciens et moderns ; " " Les Principes de " Architecture , de la Sculpture , de la Pein- ture ; avec un Dictionnaire des termes propres de ces Artes ...
... esteemed , are " Entretiens sur les Vies et les Ouvrages des plus excellens Peintres , anciens et moderns ; " " Les Principes de " Architecture , de la Sculpture , de la Pein- ture ; avec un Dictionnaire des termes propres de ces Artes ...
Pagina 22
... esteemed by Mahometans , entitled " Al Tan- bih , or General Information , " in which he treats on the principles , rites , and observances of the Mussulman law . - Another Persian doc- tor of the same name lived in the fourteenth ...
... esteemed by Mahometans , entitled " Al Tan- bih , or General Information , " in which he treats on the principles , rites , and observances of the Mussulman law . - Another Persian doc- tor of the same name lived in the fourteenth ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 18 - He has visited all Europe ;^not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Pagina 36 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Pagina 18 - I had no sooner spoken these words but a loud though yet gentle noise came from the heavens, for it was like nothing on earth, which did so comfort and cheer me that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.
Pagina 22 - When this answer was brought, the king said in a great passion, " Yea, is he yet so lusty ? Well, let the pope send him a hat when he will, Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders then ; for I will leave him never a head to set it on.
Pagina 18 - A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.
Pagina 18 - THAT HE HAD A HEAD TO CONTRIVE, A TONGUE TO PERSUADE, AND A HAND TO EXECUTE ANY MISCHIEF.
Pagina 18 - Veritate; if it be for Thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Pagina 18 - Already the benefit of his labour is felt more or less in every country ; I hope he will anticipate his final reward by seeing all its effects fully realized in his own. He will receive, not by retail, but in gross, the reward of those who visit the prisoner ; and he has so forestalled and monopolized this branch of charity, that there will be, I trust, little room to merit by such acts of benevolence hereafter.
Pagina 22 - If we may estimate the goodness of a man by his disposition to do good, and his constant endeavours and success in doing it, I can hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed.
Pagina 18 - State of the Prisons, with all the supplementary matter. A new subject now engaged his attention, namely, the management of lazarettos, and the means of preventing the communication of the plague and other contagious diseases. In...