The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of Departed Merit: Containing Complete and Impartial Accounts of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, But More Particularly of Those who Have Signalized Themselves in America. In Four Volumes. Embellished with a Number of Portraits of the Most Distinguished Characters, Engraved from Original Drawings, Volum 2Johnson & Stryker, at the Literary Printing-Office No. 29 Gold-Street, 1801 |
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... genius . He had , most undoubtedly , an excellent good plain understanding , with sound judgment ; but these alone would have probably raised him but something higher than they found him , which was page to king James II.s queen . There ...
... genius . He had , most undoubtedly , an excellent good plain understanding , with sound judgment ; but these alone would have probably raised him but something higher than they found him , which was page to king James II.s queen . There ...
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... genius and industry ; and was distinguished , whilst at the university , by a close attention to classic and philosophic studies , and by irreproachable morals . In the office of preceptor he was gentle and persuasive , beloved by his ...
... genius and industry ; and was distinguished , whilst at the university , by a close attention to classic and philosophic studies , and by irreproachable morals . In the office of preceptor he was gentle and persuasive , beloved by his ...
Side 34
... genius . It was strong and elevated , otherwise he would often have been stopped in his operations ; but seeing all things as a great man , and rising superior to public rumours , prejudices and even events , he knew how to be a prince ...
... genius . It was strong and elevated , otherwise he would often have been stopped in his operations ; but seeing all things as a great man , and rising superior to public rumours , prejudices and even events , he knew how to be a prince ...
Side 35
... genius to stand in need of them . No one knew better when to seize the proper mo- ment , when he neither was slow nor precipitate . The hour is not come , he would say , when he was solicited to hasten some operation . He wrote to Car ...
... genius to stand in need of them . No one knew better when to seize the proper mo- ment , when he neither was slow nor precipitate . The hour is not come , he would say , when he was solicited to hasten some operation . He wrote to Car ...
Side 36
... genius of Clement , we should view him with some friends conferring upon the subjects of the times , and the means of recon- ciling the interests of religion with those of princes . When the greatest lights had been thrown by these his ...
... genius of Clement , we should view him with some friends conferring upon the subjects of the times , and the means of recon- ciling the interests of religion with those of princes . When the greatest lights had been thrown by these his ...
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The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American ..., Volum 2 James Hardie Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1801 |
The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American ..., Volum 2 James Hardie Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1801 |
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