The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Volum 30Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1816 |
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Side 42
... soon after was admitted into the council of two hundred in acknowledg ment of some services which he had done the State during the war with the Duke of Savoy . His son , Theodore , was educated , by the advice of Be- za , who was his ...
... soon after was admitted into the council of two hundred in acknowledg ment of some services which he had done the State during the war with the Duke of Savoy . His son , Theodore , was educated , by the advice of Be- za , who was his ...
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... soon distinguished Tronchin from the general mass of his pupils , and in 1731 advised him to settle at Amsterdam , where he introduced him to practice , and in a short time Tronchin was at the head of the physicians of Amsterdam . But ...
... soon distinguished Tronchin from the general mass of his pupils , and in 1731 advised him to settle at Amsterdam , where he introduced him to practice , and in a short time Tronchin was at the head of the physicians of Amsterdam . But ...
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... Soon after- wards , and just before he came of age , he lost his guar- dian sir Isaac . He studied enough of the law to be useful to himself and his friends ; but his fortune not requiring it , and his constitution not being strong , he ...
... Soon after- wards , and just before he came of age , he lost his guar- dian sir Isaac . He studied enough of the law to be useful to himself and his friends ; but his fortune not requiring it , and his constitution not being strong , he ...
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... soon troubled and confined , but was treated very civilly , and in a few months discharged . Upon the five - mile act , he removed to Oundle , and thence to Warmington , in Northamptonshire . After the fire of London ( in which his ...
... soon troubled and confined , but was treated very civilly , and in a few months discharged . Upon the five - mile act , he removed to Oundle , and thence to Warmington , in Northamptonshire . After the fire of London ( in which his ...
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... soon after made principal of Edmund - hall , which he found almost empty , but raised it , as Wood informs us , to a state as flou- rishing as that of any hall in Oxford . After the restoration , he was created D. D. and was made ...
... soon after made principal of Edmund - hall , which he found almost empty , but raised it , as Wood informs us , to a state as flou- rishing as that of any hall in Oxford . After the restoration , he was created D. D. and was made ...
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Side 501 - Walker's Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
Side 13 - But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Side 217 - I mean to speak of him in the language of our art. To speak then of Vanbrugh in the language of a painter, he had originality of invention, he understood light and shadow, and had great skill in composition. To support his principal object, he produced his second and third groups or masses; he perfectly understood in his art what is the most difficult in ours, the conduct of the background, by which the design and invention is set off to the greatest advantage.
Side 462 - A Letter from the facetious Dr. Andrew Tripe, at Bath, to his loving brother, the profound Greshamite, showing, etc.
Side 216 - In regard to two persons only, we wish our raillery, though ever so tender, or resentment, though ever so just, had not been indulged. We speak of Sir John Vanbrugh, who was a man of wit, and of honour ; and of Mr. Addison, whose name deserves all respect from every lover of learning...
Side 235 - Such an improvement of the doctrine of the enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent...
Side 347 - Cours d'Architecture, qui comprend les Ordres de Vignole, avec des Commentaires, les Figures et Descriptions de ses plus beaux...
Side 359 - Let the fault or misfortune be what or whence it will, it may very reasonably be believed, that, if he had been blessed with one faithful friend, who had been qualified with wisdom and integrity...
Side 333 - MASTER-PEICE OF TREACHERY, The Popish Pouder-Plot, Invented by Hellish-Malice Prevented by Heavenly-mercy. Truly related, and from the Latine of the Learned Religious and Reverend Dr. Herring, translated and very much dilated By John Vicars.
Side 58 - Perhaps no philosopher ever stated more justly, more naturally, or more modestly, than Tucker, the ruling maxim of his life. " My thoughts," says he, " have taken a turn from my earliest youth towards searching into the foundations and measures of right and wrong ; my love for retirement has furnished me with continual leisure ; and the exercise of my reason has been my daily employment.