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 4G. G. and J. Robinson, 1803 |
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الصفحة 14
... engaged to come from Venice in or- der to profit by his instructions . With the view also of exciting a more general attention to the study of the Hebrew language in Ger- many , he set up a Hebrew press at Isne , under the patronage of ...
... engaged to come from Venice in or- der to profit by his instructions . With the view also of exciting a more general attention to the study of the Hebrew language in Ger- many , he set up a Hebrew press at Isne , under the patronage of ...
الصفحة 17
... engaged in the siege of Colchester , which had been occupied by the insurgents under lord Capel and sir Charles Lucas . It seems extra- ordinary that such a place could hold out eleven weeks against a victorious general , who could ...
... engaged in the siege of Colchester , which had been occupied by the insurgents under lord Capel and sir Charles Lucas . It seems extra- ordinary that such a place could hold out eleven weeks against a victorious general , who could ...
الصفحة 18
... engaged in the same cause , came forward to participate in the merit of that event , and it was chiefly through his influence that the Irish brigade forsook Lambert and joined Monk's army . He afterwards took pos- session of the city of ...
... engaged in the same cause , came forward to participate in the merit of that event , and it was chiefly through his influence that the Irish brigade forsook Lambert and joined Monk's army . He afterwards took pos- session of the city of ...
الصفحة 27
... engaged at different theatres , had not , for a considerable time , yet heard each other . At length they happened to sing in the same piece on the same stage . Senesino was to represent a fu- rious unrelenting tyrant , and Farinelli an ...
... engaged at different theatres , had not , for a considerable time , yet heard each other . At length they happened to sing in the same piece on the same stage . Senesino was to represent a fu- rious unrelenting tyrant , and Farinelli an ...
الصفحة 30
... able to avail himself . He had already , besides his study of the authors of Greece and Rome , engaged in a course of reading the black - letter books of his own lan- guage , which he rendered the foundation of a work FAR FAR ( 30 )
... able to avail himself . He had already , besides his study of the authors of Greece and Rome , engaged in a course of reading the black - letter books of his own lan- guage , which he rendered the foundation of a work FAR FAR ( 30 )
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الصفحة 201 - Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
الصفحة 191 - Thou seest how young people go together into vanity, and old people into the earth ; thou must forsake all, both young and old, and keep out of all, and be as a stranger unto all.
الصفحة 293 - In every art that he attempted, his lively genius enabled him to succeed ; and, as his genius was destitute of judgment, he attempted every art, except the important ones of war and government.
الصفحة 104 - Yea, is he yet so lusty ? Well, let the pope send him a hat when he will, Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders then ; for I will leave him never a head to set it on.
الصفحة 393 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life.
الصفحة 504 - Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him ; and his example kept others from taking any thing ill, or at least seeming to do so. In a word, a brighter courage, and a gentler disposition, were never married together to make the most cheerful and innocent conversation.
الصفحة 192 - O no, it is not the Scripture, but it is the Holy Spirit, by which the holy men of God gave forth the Scriptures, whereby opinions, religions, and judgments are to be tried. That was it which led into all truth, and gave the knowledge thereof.
الصفحة 195 - A divine, and a naturalist, and all of God Almighty's making. I have been surprised at his questions and answers in natural things, that whilst he was ignorant of useless and sophistical science, he had in him the foundation of useful and commendable knowledge, and cherished it everywhere. Civil beyond all forms of breeding in his behaviour; very temperate, eating little and sleeping less, though a bulky person.
الصفحة 395 - I am at a loss how to describe the success of the work without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impression was exhausted in a few days; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand; and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the pirates of Dublin. My book was on every table, and almost on every toilette...
الصفحة 273 - If ever this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire to us the honourable distinction of an English school, the name of Gainsborough will be transmitted to posterity, in the history of the art, among the very first of that rising name.