A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period ...G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798 |
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... defign to run out into a description of the effency , the magifteries , the elixirs , and other important fecrets , which Paracelfus called " Magnalia Dei , " as the quintessence , the azeth , and his laudanum . His furgery seems to ...
... defign to run out into a description of the effency , the magifteries , the elixirs , and other important fecrets , which Paracelfus called " Magnalia Dei , " as the quintessence , the azeth , and his laudanum . His furgery seems to ...
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... defign to breed him to learning ; but his father marrying a fecond time , this ftep - mother prevailed with him to put his fon apprentice to an apothecary at Breflau ; and not content with that , he was taken thence , and at her ...
... defign to breed him to learning ; but his father marrying a fecond time , this ftep - mother prevailed with him to put his fon apprentice to an apothecary at Breflau ; and not content with that , he was taken thence , and at her ...
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... defign being to continue a bishop , and only change communion , as it is not doubted but the king will permit , and our holy father confirm ; though I don't see how he can be farther useful to us in the religion he is in , because he is ...
... defign being to continue a bishop , and only change communion , as it is not doubted but the king will permit , and our holy father confirm ; though I don't see how he can be farther useful to us in the religion he is in , because he is ...
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... and correct . The most po- pular of them has always been his Hermit , which is certainly confpicuous confpicuous for piety of defign , utility of moral , 28 PARNELL . Parnell appears to have taken delight in writing. He ...
... and correct . The most po- pular of them has always been his Hermit , which is certainly confpicuous confpicuous for piety of defign , utility of moral , 28 PARNELL . Parnell appears to have taken delight in writing. He ...
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... defign , utility of moral , and elegance of defcription . PARR ( CATHERINE ) , queen to Henry VIII . celebrated for her learning [ 1 ] , whofe perfections , though a widow , attracted the heart of this monarch , and whofe prudence ...
... defign , utility of moral , and elegance of defcription . PARR ( CATHERINE ) , queen to Henry VIII . celebrated for her learning [ 1 ] , whofe perfections , though a widow , attracted the heart of this monarch , and whofe prudence ...
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Página 255 - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ; who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Página 264 - That exudative and degenerative diseases of the nervous system, due to syphilis, are most liable to show themselves at the end of the third and the beginning of the fourth decade of life.
Página 279 - ... screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family ; some wishing to die from the very fear of dying ; some lifting their hands to the gods ; but, the greater part imagining that the last and eternal night was come, which was to destroy the gods and the world together.
Página 278 - As soon as it was light again, which was not till the third day after this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and without any marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture that he fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead.
Página 341 - This flatters his laziness ; it flatters my judgment, who always thought that (universal as his talents are) this is eminently and peculiarly his, above all the writers I know, living or dead : I do not except Horace.
Página 330 - I'd in pleasure, ease, and plenty live. And as I near approach'd the verge of life, Some kind relation (for I'd have no wife) Should take upon him all my worldly care, Whilst I did for a better state prepare.
Página 239 - On the contrary, (adds he) there is nothing more regular than the odes of Pindar, both as to the exact observation of the measures and numbers of his stanzas and verses, and the perpetual coherence of his thoughts.
Página 447 - It may be proper here to mention, that he repaid the friendship of Chetwood, by a recommendation which enabled that gentleman to follow him to the metropolis. At that period it was usual for young actors to perform inferior characters, and to rise in the theatre as they displayed skill and improvement.
Página 457 - With double force th' enliven'd scene he wakes, Yet quits not Nature's bounds. He knows to keep Each due decorum: now the heart he shakes, And now with well-urged sense th'enlighten'd judgment takes.
Página 260 - In him they supplied the want of birth and fortune, which latter in others too often supply the want of the former. He was a younger brother of a very new family, and his fortune only an annuity of one hundred pounds a year.