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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... born May 9 , 1604 , at Butzbach in Wetteraw , and de- scended from a noble and ancient family of Franconia . He became pastor , superintendant , and professor of divinity , at Geissen , where he died , April 1676 , having had 14 ...
... born May 9 , 1604 , at Butzbach in Wetteraw , and de- scended from a noble and ancient family of Franconia . He became pastor , superintendant , and professor of divinity , at Geissen , where he died , April 1676 , having had 14 ...
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... born in 1515 , and died in 1581. He bought the manor of Hindlip , in Worcestershire , and re- built the mansion about 1572. His father , Thomas Ha- bington , was born at Thorpe , in Surrey , 1560 , studied at Oxford , and afterwards ...
... born in 1515 , and died in 1581. He bought the manor of Hindlip , in Worcestershire , and re- built the mansion about 1572. His father , Thomas Ha- bington , was born at Thorpe , in Surrey , 1560 , studied at Oxford , and afterwards ...
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... born at Hindlip , Nov. 5 , 1605 , and was educated in the Jesuits ' college at St. Omer's , and afterwards at Paris , with a view to induce him to take the habit of the order , which he declined . On his return from the continent he ...
... born at Hindlip , Nov. 5 , 1605 , and was educated in the Jesuits ' college at St. Omer's , and afterwards at Paris , with a view to induce him to take the habit of the order , which he declined . On his return from the continent he ...
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... born at Hamburgh in 1717 , and died at Dresden in 1780 , counsellor of legation and director of the academy of arts in Saxony . He wrote a work entitled " Meditations on Painting , " one of the few which the Ger- mans think have not ...
... born at Hamburgh in 1717 , and died at Dresden in 1780 , counsellor of legation and director of the academy of arts in Saxony . He wrote a work entitled " Meditations on Painting , " one of the few which the Ger- mans think have not ...
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... born at Alderley , in Gloucestershire , November 1 , 1609. His father was a barrister of Lincoln's Inn , a man of such tenderness of conscience , as to with- draw from his profession because unwilling to tamper with truth in giving that ...
... born at Alderley , in Gloucestershire , November 1 , 1609. His father was a barrister of Lincoln's Inn , a man of such tenderness of conscience , as to with- draw from his profession because unwilling to tamper with truth in giving that ...
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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...