General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, Volum 1G.G. and J. Robinson, 1799 |
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... ancient and modern , with a sum- mary of their reigns , more or less particular , according as they have exerted a greater or less personal influence over the occur- rences in them . In these lives , as in all others of men engaged in ...
... ancient and modern , with a sum- mary of their reigns , more or less particular , according as they have exerted a greater or less personal influence over the occur- rences in them . In these lives , as in all others of men engaged in ...
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... ancient metropolis of Wales . Bede Eccl . lib . i . Girald . Cambr . Itin . lib . v . Biographia Britannica . - E . AARON , the Caraite , a learned Jew , flou . rished about the year 1299. He left many works on the Old Testament , among ...
... ancient metropolis of Wales . Bede Eccl . lib . i . Girald . Cambr . Itin . lib . v . Biographia Britannica . - E . AARON , the Caraite , a learned Jew , flou . rished about the year 1299. He left many works on the Old Testament , among ...
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... ancient and modern history so exactly , as to be master of all the principal names and dates : he was so accurate a geographer , that the celebrated Pococke concluded , from his mi- nute description of Egypt , that he must , like ...
... ancient and modern history so exactly , as to be master of all the principal names and dates : he was so accurate a geographer , that the celebrated Pococke concluded , from his mi- nute description of Egypt , that he must , like ...
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... ancient historians . He is one of the earliest writers of the Germans who retain a classical rank , and would probably have excelled in history had he lived longer . - J . ABDALLA - ÉBN - ZOBEIR . When the caliph Moawiyah procured his ...
... ancient historians . He is one of the earliest writers of the Germans who retain a classical rank , and would probably have excelled in history had he lived longer . - J . ABDALLA - ÉBN - ZOBEIR . When the caliph Moawiyah procured his ...
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... ancient Christian fathers , and was first brought to light by Wolfang Lazius , who found the manuscript in a cavern of Carinthia , and published it , in folio , at Basil in 1551. La- zius finds so strong a resemblance between the former ...
... ancient Christian fathers , and was first brought to light by Wolfang Lazius , who found the manuscript in a cavern of Carinthia , and published it , in folio , at Basil in 1551. La- zius finds so strong a resemblance between the former ...
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Side 28 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Side 272 - My lords, cannot I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, well, my lord, what say you ? Sir, replied the bishop, I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Side 51 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Side 272 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently." "Then, Sir," said he, "I think it is lawful for you to take my brother...
Side 187 - O prophet, I am the man : whosoever rises against thee, I will dash out his teeth, tear out his eyes, break his legs, rip up his belly. O prophet, I will be thy vizir over them.
Side 192 - The weather proved favourable to their enterprise. Under the cover of a thick fog they escaped the fleet of Allectus, which had been stationed off the Isle of Wight to receive them, landed in safety on some part of the western coast, and convinced the Britons that a superiority of naval strength will not always protect their country from a foreign invasion.
Side 160 - But, as he deemed the service of mankind the most acceptable worship of the gods, the greatest part of his morning hours was employed in his council, where he discussed public affairs, and determined private causes, with a patience and discretion above his years. The dryness of business was relieved by the charms of literature ; and a portion of time was always set apart for his favourite studies of poetry, history, and philosophy.
Side 160 - Cicero, formed his taste, enlarged his understanding, and gave him the noblest ideas of men and government. The exercises of the body succeeded to those of the mind; and Alexander, who was tall, active, and robust, surpassed most of his equals in the gymnastic arts.
Side 18 - His compositions were easy and elegantly simple ; for he used to say, ' I do not choose to be always struggling with difficulties, and playing with all my might. I make my pieces difficult whenever I please, according to my disposition, and that of my audience.
Side 428 - An Argument, proving, that according to the Covenant of Eternal Life, revealed in the Scriptures, Man may be translated from hence into that Eternal Life, without passing through Death, although the Human Nature of Christ himself could not be thus translated till he had passed through Death ; 1703.