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 4
... king George I. to ask for him the archbishopric of Cambray , from the regent duke of Orleans . The king , who was treating with the regent . on affairs of great consequence , and whom it was the in- terest of the latter to oblige ...
... king George I. to ask for him the archbishopric of Cambray , from the regent duke of Orleans . The king , who was treating with the regent . on affairs of great consequence , and whom it was the in- terest of the latter to oblige ...
Pagina 21
... king James visited the university of Oxford , our young earl of Essex was created M. A. on the 30th of August , for the first time , which very probably he had forgotten , or he would not have received the same honour above thirty years ...
... king James visited the university of Oxford , our young earl of Essex was created M. A. on the 30th of August , for the first time , which very probably he had forgotten , or he would not have received the same honour above thirty years ...
Pagina 22
... king in various important services ; but when the king and court left the metropolis , lord Essex pleaded in excuse his obli- gation to attend in his place as a peer of the realm , and was accordingly deprived of all his employments ; a ...
... king in various important services ; but when the king and court left the metropolis , lord Essex pleaded in excuse his obli- gation to attend in his place as a peer of the realm , and was accordingly deprived of all his employments ; a ...
Pagina 38
... king John II . of Por- tugal , on a voyage of discovery on the coast of Africa , and in 1486 he had traced nearly a thousand miles of new country , and after encountering violent tempests , and losing the company of the victualling ...
... king John II . of Por- tugal , on a voyage of discovery on the coast of Africa , and in 1486 he had traced nearly a thousand miles of new country , and after encountering violent tempests , and losing the company of the victualling ...
Pagina 41
... present royal society of Edinburgh received its charter , the name of sir Alexander Dick stood enrolled as one of the first in the list . For many years he discharged the duties of a duced him to the king , who made him one DICK . 41.
... present royal society of Edinburgh received its charter , the name of sir Alexander Dick stood enrolled as one of the first in the list . For many years he discharged the duties of a duced him to the king , who made him one DICK . 41.
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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.