The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation: Particulary the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 12Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1813 |
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Pagina 3
... hands of twenty - five persons , who had received the infection from it , and been destroyed , before the cause was discovered . He wrote also in defence of the ancient medicine , and against the practice introduced by Paracelsus ...
... hands of twenty - five persons , who had received the infection from it , and been destroyed , before the cause was discovered . He wrote also in defence of the ancient medicine , and against the practice introduced by Paracelsus ...
Pagina 7
... hand , when a child came into the world club- footed , so that it could only touch the ground with its ancles , he completely , he says , cured the defect , and he was so sure of his principles , that he required no part of his ...
... hand , when a child came into the world club- footed , so that it could only touch the ground with its ancles , he completely , he says , cured the defect , and he was so sure of his principles , that he required no part of his ...
Pagina 8
... hands , believing the forces allowed him alto- gether insufficient for its defence ; but the lord deputy obliged him to resume it , and to march against Turlough Oneile , which he accordingly did ; and his enterprize 8 DEVEREUX .
... hands , believing the forces allowed him alto- gether insufficient for its defence ; but the lord deputy obliged him to resume it , and to march against Turlough Oneile , which he accordingly did ; and his enterprize 8 DEVEREUX .
Pagina 13
... , the queen had commonly recourse to his assistance in all dangers and difficulties , and placed him at the head of her fleets and armies , preferably to any other person . His enemies , on the other hand DEVEREUX . 13.
... , the queen had commonly recourse to his assistance in all dangers and difficulties , and placed him at the head of her fleets and armies , preferably to any other person . His enemies , on the other hand DEVEREUX . 13.
Pagina 14
... hand , were con- " triving and exerting all they could against him , by insinu- , ating to the queen , that , considering his popularity , it would not be at all expedient for her service to receive such as he recommended to civil ...
... hand , were con- " triving and exerting all they could against him , by insinu- , ating to the queen , that , considering his popularity , it would not be at all expedient for her service to receive such as he recommended to civil ...
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Pagina 162 - Live, while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Lave, while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to GOD each moment as it flies.
Pagina 412 - I have the Heart and Stomach of a King, and of a King of England too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any Prince of Europe should dare to invade the Borders of my Realm ; to which, rather than any Dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up Arms, I myself will be your General, Judge, and Rewarder of every one of your Virtues in the Field...
Pagina 261 - A declaration of that paradox, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise.
Pagina 472 - Commons for leave to bring in a bill " for the better regulation of the affairs of the East India Company and of their servants in India, and for the due administration of justice in Bengal.
Pagina 363 - I desire to be no longer the Sisyphus of the stage; to roll up a stone with endless labour, which, to follow the proverb, gathers no moss; and which is perpetually falling down again. I never thought myself very fit for an employment, where many of my predecessors have excelled me in all kinds; and some of my contemporaries, even in my own partial judgment, have outdone me in comedy.
Pagina 439 - To be deserted by my fleet, in the face of an enemy, is a disgrace which, I believe, never before happened to a British admiral ; nor could I have supposed it possible. My greatest comfort, under God, is, that I have been supported by the officers, seamen, and marines of this ship ; for which, with a heart overflowing with gratitude, I request you to accept my sincere thanks. I flatter myself, much good may result from your example, by bringing those deluded people to a sense of their duty, which...
Pagina 412 - ... by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.
Pagina 180 - New translation of Isaiah, with notes supplementary to those of Dr. Lowth, late bishop of London, and containing remarks on many parts of his Translation and Notes, by a Layman.
Pagina 94 - Such was Roscommon, not more learn'd than good, With manners generous as his noble blood ; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And every author's merit, but his own.
Pagina 316 - A Medicinable Morall, that is, the two Bookes of Horace his Satyres, Englyshed accordyng to the prescription of saint Hierome. The Wailyngs of the Prophet Hieremiah, done into Englyshe verse. Also Epigrammes.