The 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 to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1814 |
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... French poet of the seventeenth century , was abbot of Notre Dame de Cerisy , one of the first members of the French academy , and the most dis- tinguished among the beaux esprits of his time . He died in 1655 , and left several poems ...
... French poet of the seventeenth century , was abbot of Notre Dame de Cerisy , one of the first members of the French academy , and the most dis- tinguished among the beaux esprits of his time . He died in 1655 , and left several poems ...
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... French historian , of an ancient family , was born at Bourdeaux about 1535. He went to court at twenty years of age , and in 1556 and 1557 was secretary to Francis de Noailles , bishop of Acqs , in his embassies to England and Venice ...
... French historian , of an ancient family , was born at Bourdeaux about 1535. He went to court at twenty years of age , and in 1556 and 1557 was secretary to Francis de Noailles , bishop of Acqs , in his embassies to England and Venice ...
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... French history in French . Henry III . shewed his satisfaction with this by the advan → tageous and honourable gratifications he made the author . The reasons which induced de Haillan to conclude his work with Charles VIIth's death ...
... French history in French . Henry III . shewed his satisfaction with this by the advan → tageous and honourable gratifications he made the author . The reasons which induced de Haillan to conclude his work with Charles VIIth's death ...
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... French , or English . By such means he became so conspicuous in this new branch of science , that he was chosen to read public lectures on naval matters at Oxford , and was the first who introduced maps , globes , spheres , and other ...
... French , or English . By such means he became so conspicuous in this new branch of science , that he was chosen to read public lectures on naval matters at Oxford , and was the first who introduced maps , globes , spheres , and other ...
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... French adventurers , he procured the publication of it at Paris at his own expence in 1586 ; and in May 1587 , he published an English translation of it , which he dedicated , after the example of the French editor , to sir Walter ...
... French adventurers , he procured the publication of it at Paris at his own expence in 1586 ; and in May 1587 , he published an English translation of it , which he dedicated , after the example of the French editor , to sir Walter ...
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Página 97 - This seems to have given him his first hold of the public attention ; for Waller remarked, "that he broke out like the Irish rebellion, threescore thousand strong, when nobody was aware, or in the least suspected it ;" an observation which could have had no propriety, had his poetical abilities been known before.
Página 117 - Hampden was a man of much greater cunning, and it may be of the most discerning spirit, and of the greatest address and insinuation to bring any thing to pass which he desired, of any man of that time, and who laid the design deepest.
Página 273 - A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the Discovery of Copper Mines, A North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. By Samuel Hearne London, 1795.
Página 27 - Whereupon his grace, for he was a duke, went away not a little dissatisfied, and complained of it to the King, as a rudeness that was not to be endured. But his Majesty...
Página 277 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Página 371 - ... me that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.
Página 30 - Jurisdiction of the House of Lords," with an introductory preface, including a narrative of the same jurisdiction, from the accession of James I. 5. " Analysis of the Law," without date, but seems to have been only a design for, 6. " History of the Common Law of England, in twelve chapters,
Página 85 - Traité des arbres et arbustes qui se cultivent en France en pleine terre...
Página 374 - Court conversation, mixed with a laudable ambition to be something more than he then was, drew him often from Cambridge to attend the king wheresoever the Court was, who then gave him a sinecure which fell into his Majesty's disposal, I think, by the death of the Bishop of...
Página 40 - Hemastaticks," and came out in 1733. In this the subject of the urinary calculus also is treated chemically and medically. With a laudable view of preventing as well as curing, the sufferings and crimes of his fellow-creatures, this good man published anonymously '• a friendly admonition to the drinkers of gin, brandy, and other spirituous liquors...