The Biographical Magazine, Volumen1Effingham Wilson ... and Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1819 |
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... completed his ninetieth year , he died at Rome in 1564 ; but the count de Medicis had his remains privately conveyed to Florence , where his funeral obsequies were celebrated with unequalled pomp and magnificence . A grand pageant was ...
... completed his ninetieth year , he died at Rome in 1564 ; but the count de Medicis had his remains privately conveyed to Florence , where his funeral obsequies were celebrated with unequalled pomp and magnificence . A grand pageant was ...
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... , being devoted to the same purpose , Mrs. Burns has been put in possession of a handsome annuity ; and thus one of the best monuments has been raised to his memory . THIS memorable statesman was born in 1713 , and completed. 6.
... , being devoted to the same purpose , Mrs. Burns has been put in possession of a handsome annuity ; and thus one of the best monuments has been raised to his memory . THIS memorable statesman was born in 1713 , and completed. 6.
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THIS memorable statesman was born in 1713 , and completed his education at the college of Christ - church , Oxford . Having been generally esteemed a particular favourite of his present majesty and the princess dowager of Wales ...
THIS memorable statesman was born in 1713 , and completed his education at the college of Christ - church , Oxford . Having been generally esteemed a particular favourite of his present majesty and the princess dowager of Wales ...
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... completed his plan ; the publication of which is said to have been suspended by the duke of Lerma , prime - minister ... completion of his entire works . Accordingly , he printed his Novels , in 1613 ; his Journey to Parnassus , in 1614 ...
... completed his plan ; the publication of which is said to have been suspended by the duke of Lerma , prime - minister ... completion of his entire works . Accordingly , he printed his Novels , in 1613 ; his Journey to Parnassus , in 1614 ...
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... completing the discovery of the southern hemisphere , with Capt . Furneaux . The object of his third , and unfortunately his last voyage , was to determine the practi- cability of a northern passage to the Pacific Ocean , accompanied by ...
... completing the discovery of the southern hemisphere , with Capt . Furneaux . The object of his third , and unfortunately his last voyage , was to determine the practi- cability of a northern passage to the Pacific Ocean , accompanied by ...
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Página 10 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects.
Página 14 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Página 15 - Sire, further to observe, that whoever has already dared, or shall hereafter endeavour by false insinuations and suggestions to alienate your Majesty's affections from your loyal subjects in general, and from the city of London in particular...
Página 9 - Let us, at least, make one effort, and, if we must fall, let us fall like men ! My lords, ill as I am, yet as long as I can crawl down to this house, and have strength to raise myself on my crutches, or lift my hand, I will vote against giving up the dependency of America on the sovereignty of Great Britain, and, if no other lord is of opinion with me, I will singly protest against the measure.
Página 16 - In this performance he shews by a variety of examples, that a curve is the line of beauty, and that round swelling figures are most pleasing to the eye ; and the truth of his opinion has been countenanced by subsequent writers on the subject.
Página 6 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.
Página 11 - As the soldiers were carrying him slowly along, he made them turn him round frequently to view the field of battle, and to listen to the firing, and was well pleased when the sound grew fainter.
Página 6 - No distractions of mind, no foreboding terrors of conscience agitated this attractive scene. His chamber was " privileged beyond the common walks of virtuous life — quite in the verge of heaven" — and he expired like a wave scarcely curling to the evening zephyr of an unclouded summer sky, and gently rippling to the shore.
Página 11 - On his return to England, he was made lieutenantcolonel ; also gentleman of the bed-chamber and master of the robes to the duke of York, whom, in 1679, he accompanied to the Netherlands...