The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge--, Volume 2, Part 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 - Biography |
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Page 449
... court . After his return from Venice in 1671 , Amelot appears to have obtained no further political employment , and to have devoted himself to literature as a means , and , as it proved to him in the end , a very in- sufficient means ...
... court . After his return from Venice in 1671 , Amelot appears to have obtained no further political employment , and to have devoted himself to literature as a means , and , as it proved to him in the end , a very in- sufficient means ...
Page 465
... court , and received redoubled honours . " Another account at- tributes Amherst's temporary disgrace to " his attachment to the great commoner of that day who was then out of place . " The first office conferred on him after his re ...
... court , and received redoubled honours . " Another account at- tributes Amherst's temporary disgrace to " his attachment to the great commoner of that day who was then out of place . " The first office conferred on him after his re ...
Page 469
... court painter to Ferdinand VI .: there are paint- ings by him at the palace of Aranjuez ; at the Oratorio del Salvador , at Madrid ; at the theatre of Buenretiro ; and at the palace of San - Ildefonso . He died at Madrid in 1752. Two ...
... court painter to Ferdinand VI .: there are paint- ings by him at the palace of Aranjuez ; at the Oratorio del Salvador , at Madrid ; at the theatre of Buenretiro ; and at the palace of San - Ildefonso . He died at Madrid in 1752. Two ...
Page 470
... court presented Sanjar with their effusions of condolence on the occasion ; but none of them was deemed worthy of any notice from the king . At last he resolved to send for the aged poet of Bokhára , that he might compose an elegy ...
... court presented Sanjar with their effusions of condolence on the occasion ; but none of them was deemed worthy of any notice from the king . At last he resolved to send for the aged poet of Bokhára , that he might compose an elegy ...
Page 483
... court , after re- tiring from military service , from a con- stitution of Gratian , Valentinian , Theodosius , and Arcadius being directed to Marcel- linus ( Cod . Just . ix . tit . 27. s . 3. ) . The letter of Libanius , if it may be ...
... court , after re- tiring from military service , from a con- stitution of Gratian , Valentinian , Theodosius , and Arcadius being directed to Marcel- linus ( Cod . Just . ix . tit . 27. s . 3. ) . The letter of Libanius , if it may be ...
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