A New General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 7B. Fellowes, 1853 - Biography |
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... France , suc- ceeded his father , Clotaire II . in 628 . He made war against Saxony , Brittany , and Gascony , but stained by cruelty the laurels which he obtained . He published the laws of the Franks , made Paris his permanent ...
... France , suc- ceeded his father , Clotaire II . in 628 . He made war against Saxony , Brittany , and Gascony , but stained by cruelty the laurels which he obtained . He published the laws of the Franks , made Paris his permanent ...
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... France , in which he vehemently denounced the principles of the French Revolution . This work speedily went through several editions , and excited the admiration of Mr. Pitt , at whose suggestion it was reprinted for general ...
... France , in which he vehemently denounced the principles of the French Revolution . This work speedily went through several editions , and excited the admiration of Mr. Pitt , at whose suggestion it was reprinted for general ...
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... France depuis l'Etablissement de la Monarchie Françoise : this is the author's most considerable and celebrated work ; it has passed through several editions , of which the most complete , with several additions , was published by P ...
... France depuis l'Etablissement de la Monarchie Françoise : this is the author's most considerable and celebrated work ; it has passed through several editions , of which the most complete , with several additions , was published by P ...
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... France , born at Paris , in 1694. He became cele- brated as an organist at the early age of twelve years . When Handel went to France , he was so astonished on hearing the performance of Daquin , that , al- though extremely pressed to ...
... France , born at Paris , in 1694. He became cele- brated as an organist at the early age of twelve years . When Handel went to France , he was so astonished on hearing the performance of Daquin , that , al- though extremely pressed to ...
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... France , in 1706 , whence he was sent to Rome . In 1716 he was re- called to Madrid , and reinstated in his office of confessor to Philip V. Some years afterwards , when Philip had formed , but not divulged , his resolution to abdi ...
... France , in 1706 , whence he was sent to Rome . In 1716 he was re- called to Madrid , and reinstated in his office of confessor to Philip V. Some years afterwards , when Philip had formed , but not divulged , his resolution to abdi ...
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Page 229 - After some common discourses had passed between us he called for a manuscript of his ; which being brought he delivered to me, bidding me take it home with me and read it at my leisure ; and when I had so done, return it to him with my judgment thereupon. '' When I came home and had set myself to read it I found it was that excellent poem which he entitled
Page 223 - She answered with a faint voice, that as she had held a regal sceptre, she desired no other than a royal successor. Cecil requesting her to explain herself more particularly, she subjoined, that she would have a king to succeed her; and who should that be but her nearest kinsman, the king of Scots?
Page 149 - They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into 30 its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay
Page 229 - After I had, with the best attention, read it through, I made him another visit, and returned him his book, with due acknowledgment of the favour he had done me in communicating it to me. He asked me how I liked it, and what I thought of it ; which I modestly but freely told him ; and after some further discourse about it, I pleasantly said to him, " Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found?
Page 99 - An Epistolary Discourse, proving, from the Scriptures and the first Fathers, that the Soul is a Principle naturally mortal, but immortalized actually by the pleasure of God, to Punishment, or to Reward, by its Union with the Divine Baptismal Spirit. Wherein is proved, that none have the Power of giving this Divine Immortalizing Spirit, since the Apostles, but only the Bishops.
Page 229 - This is owing to you, for you put it into my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of.
Page 379 - Yea, is he yet so lusty ? Well, let the pope send him a hat when he will, Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders then ; for I will leave him never a head to set it on.
Page 175 - The Evidence of Reason, in proof of the Immortality of the Soul, independent on the more abstruse Inquiry into the Nature of Matter and Spirit. Collected from the MSS.
Page 432 - Every where natural, he carried into public something of that simple and negligent exterior, which belonged to him in private. When he began to speak, a common observer might have thought him awkward ; and even a consummate judge could only have been struck with the exquisite justness of his ideas, and the transparent simplicity of his language.
Page 223 - 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.