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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... esteemed very successful by the Lutherans ; " Vindicatio Lutheranæ fidei contra H. Ulricum Hunnium , " 4to ; " Syntagma Disserta- Ath . Ox . vol . II . - Prefaces to his " Dutch Annotations . " tionum Theologicarum , " 1650 and 1652 , 2 ...
... esteemed very successful by the Lutherans ; " Vindicatio Lutheranæ fidei contra H. Ulricum Hunnium , " 4to ; " Syntagma Disserta- Ath . Ox . vol . II . - Prefaces to his " Dutch Annotations . " tionum Theologicarum , " 1650 and 1652 , 2 ...
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... esteemed for his virtue , learning , and zealous support of ecclesiastical discipline . He afterwards retired to the Sorbonne , and employed the rest of his life in de- ciding cases of conscience , and died there April 7 , 1718 . M ...
... esteemed for his virtue , learning , and zealous support of ecclesiastical discipline . He afterwards retired to the Sorbonne , and employed the rest of his life in de- ciding cases of conscience , and died there April 7 , 1718 . M ...
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... esteemed one of the ablest Orientalists . From Altdorf he removed to Helmstadt , where he applied to his theological studies under Calixtus , Horneius , and others , and on his return to Altdorf in 1636 was the first who gave lessons in ...
... esteemed one of the ablest Orientalists . From Altdorf he removed to Helmstadt , where he applied to his theological studies under Calixtus , Horneius , and others , and on his return to Altdorf in 1636 was the first who gave lessons in ...
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... esteemed . In 1734 he married the daughter of an English taylor , of the name of Butler , a step which does not seem to have added to his happiness . In 1738 he published the first volume of his " Fables , ” an original work , which ...
... esteemed . In 1734 he married the daughter of an English taylor , of the name of Butler , a step which does not seem to have added to his happiness . In 1738 he published the first volume of his " Fables , ” an original work , which ...
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... esteemed , not only by some principal ministers of state , but also by the most noted persons among the mercantile and maritime part of the kingdom , as a great encourager of navigation , and the improvement of trade , arts , and ...
... esteemed , not only by some principal ministers of state , but also by the most noted persons among the mercantile and maritime part of the kingdom , as a great encourager of navigation , and the improvement of trade , arts , and ...
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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...