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 - Biography |
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... says , been required to let the world know , by advertisement , what kind of defects in the form of the body he was able to cure or relieve , but had not 1 Moreri . thought it expedient to do so ; these he has DEVAU X.
... says , been required to let the world know , by advertisement , what kind of defects in the form of the body he was able to cure or relieve , but had not 1 Moreri . thought it expedient to do so ; these he has DEVAU X.
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... says , considering afterwards his obstinacy in refusing to ask her pardon , she countermanded those or- ders , and directed that he should die . There is an odd story current in the world about a ring , which the che- valier Louis ...
... says , considering afterwards his obstinacy in refusing to ask her pardon , she countermanded those or- ders , and directed that he should die . There is an odd story current in the world about a ring , which the che- valier Louis ...
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... says Mr. Walpole , " the most ex- cellent , and in many respects equal to the performances of the greatest geniuses , is a long letter to the queen from Ireland , stating the situation of that country in a most masterly manner , both as ...
... says Mr. Walpole , " the most ex- cellent , and in many respects equal to the performances of the greatest geniuses , is a long letter to the queen from Ireland , stating the situation of that country in a most masterly manner , both as ...
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... says , that fully sensible of the excesses to which affairs had been carried , and of the worse conse- quences which were still to be apprehended , he had re- solved to conciliate a peace , and to remedy as far as pos- sible all those ...
... says , that fully sensible of the excesses to which affairs had been carried , and of the worse conse- quences which were still to be apprehended , he had re- solved to conciliate a peace , and to remedy as far as pos- sible all those ...
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... says he , " by I know not what spirit of envy , gave out that there was scarce a page , " & c . Nicol- son , in his account of Camden's work , says , that " some early attempts were made by an envious person , one Brook or Brookmouth ...
... says he , " by I know not what spirit of envy , gave out that there was scarce a page , " & c . Nicol- son , in his account of Camden's work , says , that " some early attempts were made by an envious person , one Brook or Brookmouth ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 261 - A declaration of that paradox, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.