The 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 to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1814 |
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... able collections and communications . The secretary also gave him a commission to confer with the mayor and mer- chants of Bristol , upon the naval expedition they were un- dertaking to Newfoundland ; and incited him to impart to them ...
... able collections and communications . The secretary also gave him a commission to confer with the mayor and mer- chants of Bristol , upon the naval expedition they were un- dertaking to Newfoundland ; and incited him to impart to them ...
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... able to enter with an unclouded mind on any serious employment that might present itself . Some time before the civil wars broke out , he was called to the bar , and began to make a figure in the world ; but , observing how difficult it ...
... able to enter with an unclouded mind on any serious employment that might present itself . Some time before the civil wars broke out , he was called to the bar , and began to make a figure in the world ; but , observing how difficult it ...
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... able coadjutor , as he was an excellent Greek scholar . His reputation indeed for skill in this language was such as to procure him the place of lecturer in Greek in the college . On the death of sir Thomas Bodley , Jan. 28 , 1613 , he ...
... able coadjutor , as he was an excellent Greek scholar . His reputation indeed for skill in this language was such as to procure him the place of lecturer in Greek in the college . On the death of sir Thomas Bodley , Jan. 28 , 1613 , he ...
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... friends and predecessors ? " ' Because , ' says he , I am neither the founder of it , nor have I been a benefactor to it , nor shall I ever now be able to be so . " " Το . Dr. Walker , who relates this story , informs HALES . 37.
... friends and predecessors ? " ' Because , ' says he , I am neither the founder of it , nor have I been a benefactor to it , nor shall I ever now be able to be so . " " Το . Dr. Walker , who relates this story , informs HALES . 37.
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... able writer , as ap- pears by the testimonies of lord Clarendon , lord Say and Sele , Dr. Pearson , bishop of Chester , Dr. Heylin , An- drew Marvel , Wood , Stillingfleet , and others , quoted by sir David Dalrymple lord Hailes , in ...
... able writer , as ap- pears by the testimonies of lord Clarendon , lord Say and Sele , Dr. Pearson , bishop of Chester , Dr. Heylin , An- drew Marvel , Wood , Stillingfleet , and others , quoted by sir David Dalrymple lord Hailes , in ...
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Página 97 - This seems to have given him his first hold of the public attention ; for Waller remarked, "that he broke out like the Irish rebellion, threescore thousand strong, when nobody was aware, or in the least suspected it ;" an observation which could have had no propriety, had his poetical abilities been known before.
Página 117 - Hampden was a man of much greater cunning, and it may be of the most discerning spirit, and of the greatest address and insinuation to bring any thing to pass which he desired, of any man of that time, and who laid the design deepest.
Página 273 - A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the Discovery of Copper Mines, A North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. By Samuel Hearne London, 1795.
Página 27 - Whereupon his grace, for he was a duke, went away not a little dissatisfied, and complained of it to the King, as a rudeness that was not to be endured. But his Majesty...
Página 277 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Página 371 - ... me that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.
Página 30 - Jurisdiction of the House of Lords," with an introductory preface, including a narrative of the same jurisdiction, from the accession of James I. 5. " Analysis of the Law," without date, but seems to have been only a design for, 6. " History of the Common Law of England, in twelve chapters,
Página 85 - Traité des arbres et arbustes qui se cultivent en France en pleine terre...
Página 374 - Court conversation, mixed with a laudable ambition to be something more than he then was, drew him often from Cambridge to attend the king wheresoever the Court was, who then gave him a sinecure which fell into his Majesty's disposal, I think, by the death of the Bishop of...
Página 40 - Hemastaticks," and came out in 1733. In this the subject of the urinary calculus also is treated chemically and medically. With a laudable view of preventing as well as curing, the sufferings and crimes of his fellow-creatures, this good man published anonymously '• a friendly admonition to the drinkers of gin, brandy, and other spirituous liquors...