General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, Volume 4G. G. and J. Robinson, 1803 |
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Pagina 11
... native town ; whence he went for farther improvement to Cologne , and after . wards to Heidelberg , where a brother of his had obtained the chair of professor in history and the Greek tongue . In the year 1650 he re- moved to Utrecht ...
... native town ; whence he went for farther improvement to Cologne , and after . wards to Heidelberg , where a brother of his had obtained the chair of professor in history and the Greek tongue . In the year 1650 he re- moved to Utrecht ...
Pagina 18
... native of Scotland . It is said that he was born in one of the villages on the coast of Fife , and that his parents , who , in consequence of some misfortunes , removed to a sea - port town in England , both died of an epidemic disorder ...
... native of Scotland . It is said that he was born in one of the villages on the coast of Fife , and that his parents , who , in consequence of some misfortunes , removed to a sea - port town in England , both died of an epidemic disorder ...
Pagina 35
... native of Arles in Gaul , and studied under the instructions of Dio Chrysostom and Epictetus . Suidas speaks in high terms of the extent of his literary acquirements , and pro- nounces him profoundly skilled in philosophy ; but adds ...
... native of Arles in Gaul , and studied under the instructions of Dio Chrysostom and Epictetus . Suidas speaks in high terms of the extent of his literary acquirements , and pro- nounces him profoundly skilled in philosophy ; but adds ...
Pagina 36
... native city , in which he had a counsellor's place , and was chosen a deputy to the states of Orleans in 1559 , at which he pre- sented to the king the memorial of grievances , of his own drawing up . He was sent by Charles IX . as one ...
... native city , in which he had a counsellor's place , and was chosen a deputy to the states of Orleans in 1559 , at which he pre- sented to the king the memorial of grievances , of his own drawing up . He was sent by Charles IX . as one ...
Pagina 45
... native of Rome , and archdeacon of that church when pope Liberius was banished by the emperor Constantius , in the year 355. Ás the emperor and the arian party were determined to place in the Roman see a person more favourable to the ...
... native of Rome , and archdeacon of that church when pope Liberius was banished by the emperor Constantius , in the year 355. Ás the emperor and the arian party were determined to place in the Roman see a person more favourable to the ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 201 - Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Pagina 191 - Thou seest how young people go together into vanity, and old people into the earth ; thou must forsake all, both young and old, and keep out of all, and be as a stranger unto all.
Pagina 293 - In every art that he attempted, his lively genius enabled him to succeed ; and, as his genius was destitute of judgment, he attempted every art, except the important ones of war and government.
Pagina 104 - 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 393 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life.
Pagina 504 - Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him ; and his example kept others from taking any thing ill, or at least seeming to do so. In a word, a brighter courage, and a gentler disposition, were never married together to make the most cheerful and innocent conversation.
Pagina 192 - O no, it is not the Scripture, but it is the Holy Spirit, by which the holy men of God gave forth the Scriptures, whereby opinions, religions, and judgments are to be tried. That was it which led into all truth, and gave the knowledge thereof.
Pagina 195 - A divine, and a naturalist, and all of God Almighty's making. I have been surprised at his questions and answers in natural things, that whilst he was ignorant of useless and sophistical science, he had in him the foundation of useful and commendable knowledge, and cherished it everywhere. Civil beyond all forms of breeding in his behaviour; very temperate, eating little and sleeping less, though a bulky person.
Pagina 395 - I am at a loss how to describe the success of the work without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impression was exhausted in a few days; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand; and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the pirates of Dublin. My book was on every table, and almost on every toilette...
Pagina 273 - If ever this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire to us the honourable distinction of an English school, the name of Gainsborough will be transmitted to posterity, in the history of the art, among the very first of that rising name.