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
... reputation for nine years . From thence , invited by Ech- tius , professor in medicine there , he went to Cologne , where he was admitted member of the college of physi- cians , and received a considerable pension from the go- vernment ...
... reputation for nine years . From thence , invited by Ech- tius , professor in medicine there , he went to Cologne , where he was admitted member of the college of physi- cians , and received a considerable pension from the go- vernment ...
Pagina 8
... reputation . His reception in Ireland was not very auspicious ; landing at Knockfergus on the 16th of Sep- tember , he found the chiefs of the rebels inclined appa- rently to submit ; but having gained time , they broke out again into ...
... reputation . His reception in Ireland was not very auspicious ; landing at Knockfergus on the 16th of Sep- tember , he found the chiefs of the rebels inclined appa- rently to submit ; but having gained time , they broke out again into ...
Pagina 28
... reputation of this work but they perished and came to nothing ; as did likewise the terrible threats given out by sir Symonds D'Ewes , that he would discover errors in every page . " Bishop Gibson has stated the charge against this ...
... reputation of this work but they perished and came to nothing ; as did likewise the terrible threats given out by sir Symonds D'Ewes , that he would discover errors in every page . " Bishop Gibson has stated the charge against this ...
Pagina 30
... reputation ; under whose instructions he made great improvement , particularly by copying some capital paintings of Rubens and Vandyke . In 1713 , he obtained the first prize in the academy , for designing after a living model , and the ...
... reputation ; under whose instructions he made great improvement , particularly by copying some capital paintings of Rubens and Vandyke . In 1713 , he obtained the first prize in the academy , for designing after a living model , and the ...
Pagina 37
... reputation by publishing that work as his own . Diagoras , consider- ing that he who had injured him had not only escaped unpunished for his theft and perjury , but also acquired glory thereby , concluded that there was no providence ...
... reputation by publishing that work as his own . Diagoras , consider- ing that he who had injured him had not only escaped unpunished for his theft and perjury , but also acquired glory thereby , concluded that there was no providence ...
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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.