The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 13J. Nichols, 1814 |
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... knowledge . Being a monk in the cathedral of Canterbury , he had the happiness to become the bosom friend and inseparable companion of the two archbishops of that see , St. Anselm , and his suc- cessor Ralph . To the former of these he ...
... knowledge . Being a monk in the cathedral of Canterbury , he had the happiness to become the bosom friend and inseparable companion of the two archbishops of that see , St. Anselm , and his suc- cessor Ralph . To the former of these he ...
Pagina 6
... knowledge of the world , and which throws much light on the manners of the times . It appears to have been in his life - time uncommonly popular , as a sixth edition was pub- lished in 1630. As his name was not to it , Langbaine at ...
... knowledge of the world , and which throws much light on the manners of the times . It appears to have been in his life - time uncommonly popular , as a sixth edition was pub- lished in 1630. As his name was not to it , Langbaine at ...
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... knowledge by means of periodical papers . Ebert was professor of the Carolinean Institute at Brunswick , and in high esteem with the duke , who made him a canon of St. Cyriac , and afterwards con- ferred on him the title of counsellor ...
... knowledge by means of periodical papers . Ebert was professor of the Carolinean Institute at Brunswick , and in high esteem with the duke , who made him a canon of St. Cyriac , and afterwards con- ferred on him the title of counsellor ...
Pagina 30
... knowledge of the art , became an herald painter , and was much employed in emblazoning arms upon carriages . This led him to study heraldry as a science , which imperceptibly led him also to genealogical researches , and his progress in ...
... knowledge of the art , became an herald painter , and was much employed in emblazoning arms upon carriages . This led him to study heraldry as a science , which imperceptibly led him also to genealogical researches , and his progress in ...
Pagina 33
... knowledge , and goodness , far beyond what could have been expected at his years . It gives , says lord Orford , hopes of his proving a good king , as in so green an age he seemed resolved to be acquainted with his subjects and his ...
... knowledge , and goodness , far beyond what could have been expected at his years . It gives , says lord Orford , hopes of his proving a good king , as in so green an age he seemed resolved to be acquainted with his subjects and his ...
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Pagina 121 - I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but 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 387 - The Dissonance of the four generally received Evangelists, and the evidence of their authenticity examined.
Pagina 120 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Pagina 125 - Ten days and nights she lay upon the carpet, leaning on cushions which her maids brought her : and her physicians could not persuade her to allow herself to be put to bed, much less to make trial of any remedies which they prescribed to her.
Pagina 128 - Though a woman, she hid all that was womanish about her: and if a few equivocal marks of coquetry appeared on some occasions, they passed like flashes of lightning, vanished as soon as they were discerned, and imprinted no blot on her character. She had private friendships, she had favourites: but she never suffered her friends to forget she was their queen; and when her favourites did, she made them feel that she was so.
Pagina 422 - Is there under the heavens a more glorious and refreshing object, of the kind, than an impregnable hedge, of about four hundred feet in length, nine feet high, and five in diameter, which I can...
Pagina 127 - ... we are also apt to require some more softness of disposition, some greater lenity of temper, some of those amiable weaknesses by which her sex is distinguished.
Pagina 126 - There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies and the adulation of friends than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity. The unusual length of her administration, and the strong features of her character, were able to overcome...
Pagina 421 - NUMISMATA : a Discourse of Medals, ancient and modern: together with some Account of Heads and Effigies of illustrious and famous Persons, in Sculps and Taille-Douce, of whom we have no Medals extant ; and of the Use to be derived from them. To which is added, a Digression concerning Physiognomy.
Pagina 421 - Terra : a Philosophical Discourse of Earth, relating to the Culture and improvement of it for Vegetation, and the propagation of Plants, as it was presented to the Royal Society, by J.