A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ... Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation in the World, Particularly the British and Irish ...The Proprietors, 1795 - Biography |
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... studies he followed . His works were all collected and printed in a fair edition by David Gregory , Savilian profeffor of aftronomy at Oxford , 1703 , in folio . EUDOCIA , an eminent lady of antiquity , was the daughter of Leontius , an ...
... studies he followed . His works were all collected and printed in a fair edition by David Gregory , Savilian profeffor of aftronomy at Oxford , 1703 , in folio . EUDOCIA , an eminent lady of antiquity , was the daughter of Leontius , an ...
Page 154
... studies there at the age of fourteen , and then was fent to Paris to improve himself in the fciences , and in the management of affairs but his inclination foon made him devote himself entirely / to the Mufes , and he gained a great ...
... studies there at the age of fourteen , and then was fent to Paris to improve himself in the fciences , and in the management of affairs but his inclination foon made him devote himself entirely / to the Mufes , and he gained a great ...
Page 163
... studies and lectures . He applied himfelf therefore in a moft intenfe manner . All other pleasure was infipid to him . He cared neither for play nor for walking , nor for entertainment , nor even for converfation . He read Cicero ...
... studies and lectures . He applied himfelf therefore in a moft intenfe manner . All other pleasure was infipid to him . He cared neither for play nor for walking , nor for entertainment , nor even for converfation . He read Cicero ...
Page 164
... studies , he contrived mathematical instru- ments , and was at great charges in making them . His wife , who feems to have been a fpirited thrifty woman , did not like thofe ex- pences , by which even a part of her fortune was wafted ...
... studies , he contrived mathematical instru- ments , and was at great charges in making them . His wife , who feems to have been a fpirited thrifty woman , did not like thofe ex- pences , by which even a part of her fortune was wafted ...
Page 233
... studies requifite to an admiffion into that body , he immediately began to pursue them with ardour and perfeverance , and was foon enabled to offer himself for examination . In 1736 he was admitted into the corps , and was employed ...
... studies requifite to an admiffion into that body , he immediately began to pursue them with ardour and perfeverance , and was foon enabled to offer himself for examination . In 1736 he was admitted into the corps , and was employed ...
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Page 26 - Of this the firft fymptoms were an imbecillity to refift any temptation abroad on a Sunday evening, that fhould eafe him of the trouble of fuch exercifes as he had been accuftomed to perform in the family of his mother, and an eager curiofity in the perufal of books not merely of entertainment, but of fuch, as together with a knowledge of the world, furnifhed his mind with fuch palliatives of vice as made him half a convert to it. While While his mind was...
Page 7 - Sept. 1639. Sir Robert Dudley was not only admired by princes, but also by the learned ; among whom he held a very high rank, as well on account of his skill in philosophy, chemistry, and physic, as his perfect acquaintance with all the branches of the mathematics, and the means of applying them for the service and benefit of mankind. He wrote several things. We have mentioned the account of his voyage. His prmcipal work is, " Del arcano del mare,
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Page 197 - Feb. 1674-5. He was entertained in the house of that gentleman, who had other views for serving him, but Flamsteed persisting in his resolution to take orders, he did not dissuade him from it. March following, sir Jonas brought him a warrant to be the king's astronomer, with a salary of 100/.