A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in Every Age and NationT. Bensley, Bolt-court, Fleet-street, 1799 - 436 pagina's |
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... Cæsar . Af - confirmation of Cæsar's afts ; and , ter the defeat of Pompey at Phar- getting Cæsar's register into ... Julius Cæsar . The patriots , how- consul , to deliberate upon the pre- ever , with Cicero at their head , sent ...
... Cæsar . Af - confirmation of Cæsar's afts ; and , ter the defeat of Pompey at Phar- getting Cæsar's register into ... Julius Cæsar . The patriots , how- consul , to deliberate upon the pre- ever , with Cicero at their head , sent ...
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... Julius Cæsar , and ends A. D. 723 . BELLIN ( GENTIL ) a Venetian painter , born 1421 , died 1501 . BELSUNCE , the benevolent bi - moirs . " shop of Marseilles , worthy to be recorded as the friend and benefac- tor of mankind . During ...
... Julius Cæsar , and ends A. D. 723 . BELLIN ( GENTIL ) a Venetian painter , born 1421 , died 1501 . BELSUNCE , the benevolent bi - moirs . " shop of Marseilles , worthy to be recorded as the friend and benefac- tor of mankind . During ...
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... Julius his life in writing the history of Cæsar . He slew himself 42 B. C. his country ; in which he happily united the force and brevity of Sal- the papers marked BRU BUC.
... Julius his life in writing the history of Cæsar . He slew himself 42 B. C. his country ; in which he happily united the force and brevity of Sal- the papers marked BRU BUC.
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... CÆSAR ( CAIUS JULIUS ) an illustrious Roman general and his- torian , born 98 B. C. By his va - preserved from the ravages of tine , lour and eloquence he acquired the highest reputation in the field and in the senate ; beloved and ...
... CÆSAR ( CAIUS JULIUS ) an illustrious Roman general and his- torian , born 98 B. C. By his va - preserved from the ravages of tine , lour and eloquence he acquired the highest reputation in the field and in the senate ; beloved and ...
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... Julius Cæsar and Augustus . Dio- dorus says , in the beginning of his history , that he was no less than 30 years in writing it , in the ca pital of the world , viz . Rome . He but an " Historical Library ; " and had comprized in 40 ...
... Julius Cæsar and Augustus . Dio- dorus says , in the beginning of his history , that he was no less than 30 years in writing it , in the ca pital of the world , viz . Rome . He but an " Historical Library ; " and had comprized in 40 ...
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Pagina 20 - Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to heaven, or have thy sins and go to hell...
Pagina 81 - The Man in the Moon, or a Discourse of a Voyage thither, by Domingo Gonsales, l638,"Svo.
Pagina 53 - Dr. Donne, I have invited you to dinner ; and, though you sit not down with me, yet I will carve to you of a dish that I know you love well ; for, knowing you love London, I do therefore make you Dean of St. Paul's ; and, when I have dined, then do you take your beloved dish home to your study, say grace there to yourself, and much good may it do you.
Pagina 3 - Thou hast tasted of prosperity and adversity; thou knowest what it is to be banished thy native country, to be over-ruled, as well as to rule, and sit upon the throne; and being oppressed, thou hast reason to know how hateful the oppressor is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Pagina 37 - Martin, a lieutenant-colonel, left him about two thousand pounds; a sum which Collins could scarcely think exhaustible, and which he did not live to exhaust. The guineas were then repaid, and the translation neglected. But man is not born for happiness. Collins, who, while he 'studied to live', felt no evil but poverty, no sooner 'lived to study' than his life was assailed by more dreadful calamities, disease and insanity.
Pagina 62 - Living in an age of extraordinary Events and Revolutions, he learnt (as himself asserted) this Truth, which pursuant to his intention is here declared — That all is vanity which is not honest, and that there is no solid wisdom but in real Piety...
Pagina 76 - The proposition that the sun is in the centre of the world, and immoveable from its place, is absurd, philosophically false, and formally heretical ; because it is expressly contrary to the Holy Scriptures. " 2. The proposition that the earth is not the centre of the world, nor immoveable, but that it moves, and also with a diurnal motion, is also absurd, philosophically false, and, theologically considered, equally erroneous in faith.