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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... translations of many excellent works on physic and surgery , particularly Allen's " Syn- opsis Medicinæ practicæ ... translated and published in most of the countries in Europe . How long the author continued to live after the ...
... translations of many excellent works on physic and surgery , particularly Allen's " Syn- opsis Medicinæ practicæ ... translated and published in most of the countries in Europe . How long the author continued to live after the ...
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... translation of his Britannia . " In the year 1607 , " says the bishop , " he put the last hand to his Britannia , which gained him the titles of the Varro , Strabo , and Pau- sanias of Britain , in the writings and letters of other ...
... translation of his Britannia . " In the year 1607 , " says the bishop , " he put the last hand to his Britannia , which gained him the titles of the Varro , Strabo , and Pau- sanias of Britain , in the writings and letters of other ...
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... translation of it from the original Dutch , entitled " The true interest and political maxims of the republic of Holland , " has been printed in London ; to the last edition of which , in 1746 , are prefixed historical memoirs of the ...
... translation of it from the original Dutch , entitled " The true interest and political maxims of the republic of Holland , " has been printed in London ; to the last edition of which , in 1746 , are prefixed historical memoirs of the ...
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... scarce . It was addressed to Bucer , under the title " Historia yera de morte J. Diazii . " Diaz was the author of a " Summary of the Christian Religion , " of which a French translation was published at Lyons , DIA Z .. 39.
... scarce . It was addressed to Bucer , under the title " Historia yera de morte J. Diazii . " Diaz was the author of a " Summary of the Christian Religion , " of which a French translation was published at Lyons , DIA Z .. 39.
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... translation was published at Lyons , 1562 , 8vo . DICEARCHUS , a disciple of Aristotle , was born at Messina in Sicily . He was a philosopher , historian , and mathematician , and composed a great many books on va- rious subjects , and ...
... translation was published at Lyons , 1562 , 8vo . DICEARCHUS , a disciple of Aristotle , was born at Messina in Sicily . He was a philosopher , historian , and mathematician , and composed a great many books on va- rious subjects , and ...
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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.