A Biographical, Historical and Chronological Dictionary:: Containing Accurate Accounts of the Lives, Characters, and Actions, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages and All Countries; : Including the Revolutions of States, and the Succession of Sovereign PrincesRichard Phillips, 1807 - 972 páginas |
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... soon left , and retired to Champaigne , where he became lecturer , and with great success . This raised him numerous ene- mies , particularly the professors at Rheims , who charged him with heterodoxy on the subject of the Trinity , and ...
... soon left , and retired to Champaigne , where he became lecturer , and with great success . This raised him numerous ene- mies , particularly the professors at Rheims , who charged him with heterodoxy on the subject of the Trinity , and ...
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... soon after concluded an advantageous peace . He likewise made war on the Venetians , and recovered from them the Morea : but in an attack on Hungary , the Turkish army was defeated by prince Eugene in 1716 , at the battle of ...
... soon after concluded an advantageous peace . He likewise made war on the Venetians , and recovered from them the Morea : but in an attack on Hungary , the Turkish army was defeated by prince Eugene in 1716 , at the battle of ...
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... soon after was raised to the see of St. Andrews , on which he was violently perse- cuted by the presbyterians . In 1582 , he fell dangerously ill , and was cured by tak- ing a medicine from an old woman , who was burnt for it by the ...
... soon after was raised to the see of St. Andrews , on which he was violently perse- cuted by the presbyterians . In 1582 , he fell dangerously ill , and was cured by tak- ing a medicine from an old woman , who was burnt for it by the ...
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... soon after was appointed under - secretary of state . The rage for Italian operas which then prevailed , indu- ced him to write his " Rosamond , " which did not succeed , probably because it was English . When the marquis of Wharton ...
... soon after was appointed under - secretary of state . The rage for Italian operas which then prevailed , indu- ced him to write his " Rosamond , " which did not succeed , probably because it was English . When the marquis of Wharton ...
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... soon after which he narrowly es caped being poisoned with others of his or der , at a feast given by the pope and his son Cæsar Borgia . Engaging in a plot against pope Leo X , to which he was led by the prediction of a fortune - teller ...
... soon after which he narrowly es caped being poisoned with others of his or der , at a feast given by the pope and his son Cæsar Borgia . Engaging in a plot against pope Leo X , to which he was led by the prediction of a fortune - teller ...
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Página 73 - In 1773j a motion, supported by the minister, was made in the house of commons, " that, in the acquisition of his wealth, lord Clive had abused the powers with which, he was intrusted.
Página 61 - ... he should be forced away, but Charles with his retinue formed an encampment, and resisted the attack of the janizaries, till superiority of numbers obliged him to take shelter in his house, which he defended with great spirit, and did not yield till fire was set to the premises. He then sallied out sword in hand, but being entangled by his long spurs he fell, and was taken prisoner. He was treated with...
Página 16 - He became a member of the Long Parliament, wherein he at first opposed the court, but afterwards joined the royal party, and exerted himself in the service of Charles ID 1676. DIGGES, THOMAS, an astronomer and mathematician ; author of " Alas sive Scalre Mathematical," u Perfect Descriptions of the Celestial Orbs,
Página 88 - Hampden, that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief.
Página 81 - Cassar in 323, and elected emperor in 337. The soldiers, to secure the throne to the three sons of Constantine, massacred the uncles and cousins of those princes, with the exception of Julian the Apostate, and his brother Gallus.