A Universal Biographical Dictionary: Containing the Lives of the Most Celebrated Characters of Every Age and Nation ... to which is Added, a Dictionary of the Principal Divinities and Heroes of Grecian and Roman Mythology, and a Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living CharactersS. Andrus and Son, 1850 - 444 pagina's |
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... court : the first of three extraordinary ABASSON , an impostor , who , under the ambassadors sent to England in 1620 ; and the character of the grandson of Abas the great , ob- second in 1641 , who were to treat about the mar - tained ...
... court : the first of three extraordinary ABASSON , an impostor , who , under the ambassadors sent to England in 1620 ; and the character of the grandson of Abas the great , ob- second in 1641 , who were to treat about the mar - tained ...
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... court of Henry VIII . , was executed July 30 , 1540 . ABNER , son of Ner , was Saul's uncle , and his faithful general , and was perfidiously slain by Joab , 1048 , B. C. ABOUBEKER , vid . Abubeker . ABUCARA , Theodore , the ...
... court of Henry VIII . , was executed July 30 , 1540 . ABNER , son of Ner , was Saul's uncle , and his faithful general , and was perfidiously slain by Joab , 1048 , B. C. ABOUBEKER , vid . Abubeker . ABUCARA , Theodore , the ...
Pagina 23
... court into his power , and made himself master of the state in general , & c . & c . He was executed the 4th of June , 1453 . ATTILIUS , Gabriel , a Neapolitan poet , a fa- vourite with the court , and bishop of Policas - in 1434 , the ...
... court into his power , and made himself master of the state in general , & c . & c . He was executed the 4th of June , 1453 . ATTILIUS , Gabriel , a Neapolitan poet , a fa- vourite with the court , and bishop of Policas - in 1434 , the ...
Pagina 33
... court that ever was seen . The kings and princes of Asia || came to his court , and acknowledged no other sovereign in the East but him . Queens and princesses , knowing him , doubtless , to be a man of amour and gallantry , strove who ...
... court that ever was seen . The kings and princes of Asia || came to his court , and acknowledged no other sovereign in the East but him . Queens and princesses , knowing him , doubtless , to be a man of amour and gallantry , strove who ...
Pagina 41
... court . He is justly esteemed for his benevolence to Tu- nisian and Algerine captives . ARVIRAGUS , a king of Britain in the age of Domitian . ARUNDEL , Mary , daughter of Sir Thomas Arundel , known by her translations of the wise teach ...
... court . He is justly esteemed for his benevolence to Tu- nisian and Algerine captives . ARVIRAGUS , a king of Britain in the age of Domitian . ARUNDEL , Mary , daughter of Sir Thomas Arundel , known by her translations of the wise teach ...
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Pagina 198 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Pagina 231 - ... tis a soul like thine, 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 164 - I have heard him frequently own with pleasure, that if he had any talent for English prose, it was owing to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson.
Pagina 335 - A Commentary, with Notes, on the four Evangelists and the Acts of the Apostles," with other theological pieces.
Pagina 159 - FAMILY EXPOSITOR; Or, a Paraphrase and Version of the New Testament : with Critical Notes, and a Practical Improvement of each Section.
Pagina 54 - ... 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...
Pagina 311 - She ended weeping, and her lowly plight, Immoveable till peace obtain'd from fault Acknowledged and deplored, in Adam wrought Commiseration ; soon his heart relented Towards her, his life so late and sole delight, Now at his feet submissive in distress...
Pagina 161 - 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 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 185 - Content with science in the vale of peace, Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfy'd, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he dy'd.
Pagina 28 - I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, well, my lord, what say you ? Sir, replied the bishop, I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.