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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... french academy of Sciences , was one of the moft illuftrious mathematicians in Europe . He read to the academy in 1726 , when he was not 13 years old , a Memoir upon four new geometrical curves of his own inven- tion ; and fupported the ...
... french academy of Sciences , was one of the moft illuftrious mathematicians in Europe . He read to the academy in 1726 , when he was not 13 years old , a Memoir upon four new geometrical curves of his own inven- tion ; and fupported the ...
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... french , and published by des Maizeaux in the first volume of " Recueil de diverfes pieces fur la philofophie , la re- ligion naturelle , l'hiftoire , les mathematiques , & c . par Meffrs . Leibnitz , Clarke , Newton , & autres auteurs ...
... french , and published by des Maizeaux in the first volume of " Recueil de diverfes pieces fur la philofophie , la re- ligion naturelle , l'hiftoire , les mathematiques , & c . par Meffrs . Leibnitz , Clarke , Newton , & autres auteurs ...
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... french two fermons of bifhop Burnet , preached before king William , on account , he fays , of the friendship which fubfifted between himself and that prelate , he fubjoined to the one a small poem in heroic , and to the other an ...
... french two fermons of bifhop Burnet , preached before king William , on account , he fays , of the friendship which fubfifted between himself and that prelate , he fubjoined to the one a small poem in heroic , and to the other an ...
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... french churches at London , and visited several bishops and men of learning ; but the fmoky air of the town not agreeing with his lungs , he returned to Hol- land , after less than a year's ftay , in company with the celebrated ...
... french churches at London , and visited several bishops and men of learning ; but the fmoky air of the town not agreeing with his lungs , he returned to Hol- land , after less than a year's ftay , in company with the celebrated ...
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... French , under the command of their admiral M. de la Bourdonnais , the offi- cers both civil and military , who had ferved under the east- india company , became prifoners on parole . M. Dupleix , however , who was chief commander of ...
... French , under the command of their admiral M. de la Bourdonnais , the offi- cers both civil and military , who had ferved under the east- india company , became prifoners on parole . M. Dupleix , however , who was chief commander of ...
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Página 205 - Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted aisle; We'll listenLeonora. Hark! Almeria. No, all is hush'd and still as death, — Tis dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity!
Página 137 - ... because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Página 205 - And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Página 318 - ... to lie Spenser's works; this I happened to fall upon, and was infinitely delighted with the stories of the knights and giants and monsters and brave houses which I found everywhere there...
Página 503 - Davenant. It being forbidden him in the rebellious times to act tragedies and comedies, because they contained some matter of scandal to those good people who could more easily dispossess their lawful sovereign than endure a wanton jest, he was forced to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue writ in verse, and performed in recitative music.
Página 477 - His unusual dress and figure, when he was in London, never failed to draw after him a great crowd of boys, and other young people, who constantly attended at his lodgings, and followed him with huzzas, as he went to court, or returned from it. As he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their civilities...
Página 150 - By degrees I gained his confidence ; and one day was admitted to him when he was immured by a bailiff that was prowling in the street. On this occasion recourse was had to the booksellers, who, on the credit of a translation of Aristotle's Poetics...
Página 477 - ... attended at his lodgings, and followed him with huzzas, as he went to court, or returned from it. As he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their civilities, when he left them at the door, to go...
Página 142 - The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...
Página 204 - His scenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or passion : his personages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smartness is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations.