General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, المجلد 1G.G. and J. Robinson, 1799 |
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... Italy , and also in extraordinary embassies to France and England . This last country he visited in the years 1620 and 1641 ; the latter time , to negotiate the marriage of the prince of Orange with a daughter of Charles I. He revisited ...
... Italy , and also in extraordinary embassies to France and England . This last country he visited in the years 1620 and 1641 ; the latter time , to negotiate the marriage of the prince of Orange with a daughter of Charles I. He revisited ...
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... Italy : he also paid great attention to church music , which he improved by the assistance of Maban , an excellent ... Italian univer- sities . His partiality to his alma mater , and his gratitude to his patron , long prevented him from ...
... Italy : he also paid great attention to church music , which he improved by the assistance of Maban , an excellent ... Italian univer- sities . His partiality to his alma mater , and his gratitude to his patron , long prevented him from ...
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... Italy as a royal pen- sionary , and in that seat of the arts he spent ten years , principally studying after the ... Italians towards a foreign artist prevented him from executing . He was admit- ted a member of the academy of St. Luke ...
... Italy as a royal pen- sionary , and in that seat of the arts he spent ten years , principally studying after the ... Italians towards a foreign artist prevented him from executing . He was admit- ted a member of the academy of St. Luke ...
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... Italy in the year 1762 , he was appointed architect to the king , an office which he held till the year 1768 , when he re- signed it on account of his election as repre- sentative of the county of Kinross , in the Bri- tish parliament ...
... Italy in the year 1762 , he was appointed architect to the king , an office which he held till the year 1768 , when he re- signed it on account of his election as repre- sentative of the county of Kinross , in the Bri- tish parliament ...
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... Italy in the latter end of 1699. His Latin po- Oxon . Biogr . Brit . - E. ems , which had been printed and made known abroad , were useful harbingers to him ; and they gained the applause of a judge , certainly not prejudiced in favour ...
... Italy in the latter end of 1699. His Latin po- Oxon . Biogr . Brit . - E. ems , which had been printed and made known abroad , were useful harbingers to him ; and they gained the applause of a judge , certainly not prejudiced in favour ...
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الصفحة 28 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
الصفحة 272 - My lords, cannot I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, well, my lord, what say you ? Sir, replied the bishop, I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
الصفحة 51 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
الصفحة 272 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently." "Then, Sir," said he, "I think it is lawful for you to take my brother...
الصفحة 187 - O prophet, I am the man : whosoever rises against thee, I will dash out his teeth, tear out his eyes, break his legs, rip up his belly. O prophet, I will be thy vizir over them.
الصفحة 192 - The weather proved favourable to their enterprise. Under the cover of a thick fog they escaped the fleet of Allectus, which had been stationed off the Isle of Wight to receive them, landed in safety on some part of the western coast, and convinced the Britons that a superiority of naval strength will not always protect their country from a foreign invasion.
الصفحة 160 - But, as he deemed the service of mankind the most acceptable worship of the gods, the greatest part of his morning hours was employed in his council, where he discussed public affairs, and determined private causes, with a patience and discretion above his years. The dryness of business was relieved by the charms of literature ; and a portion of time was always set apart for his favourite studies of poetry, history, and philosophy.
الصفحة 160 - Cicero, formed his taste, enlarged his understanding, and gave him the noblest ideas of men and government. The exercises of the body succeeded to those of the mind; and Alexander, who was tall, active, and robust, surpassed most of his equals in the gymnastic arts.
الصفحة 18 - His compositions were easy and elegantly simple ; for he used to say, ' I do not choose to be always struggling with difficulties, and playing with all my might. I make my pieces difficult whenever I please, according to my disposition, and that of my audience.
الصفحة 428 - An Argument, proving, that according to the Covenant of Eternal Life, revealed in the Scriptures, Man may be translated from hence into that Eternal Life, without passing through Death, although the Human Nature of Christ himself could not be thus translated till he had passed through Death ; 1703.