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... latter days , was , his having accident- ally , while aiming at a deer , shot one of Lord Zouch's keepers . He died in 1633 , and was buried at Guildford . He wrote several theological works , among which are six Latin Lectures on ...
... latter days , was , his having accident- ally , while aiming at a deer , shot one of Lord Zouch's keepers . He died in 1633 , and was buried at Guildford . He wrote several theological works , among which are six Latin Lectures on ...
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... latter of us manners and appearance involved him whom he assisted with his interest ; and in several unpleasant adventures . He died Thomson , in return , bewailed the artist's in 1824 , as he was returning from Italy . death in an ...
... latter of us manners and appearance involved him whom he assisted with his interest ; and in several unpleasant adventures . He died Thomson , in return , bewailed the artist's in 1824 , as he was returning from Italy . death in an ...
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... latter in 1720 , compelled his sovereign the devil ; and he performed many curious to dismiss him , as the price of peace . Al- experiments , which in that age of dark- beroni retired to Italy , where he was per - ness were attributed ...
... latter in 1720 , compelled his sovereign the devil ; and he performed many curious to dismiss him , as the price of peace . Al- experiments , which in that age of dark- beroni retired to Italy , where he was per - ness were attributed ...
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... latter of which productions he has displayed much perverse ingenuity , each tale having one of the five vowels wholly excluded from it . ALCAMENES , a statuary , the pupil and rival of Phidias , was a native of Ath- ens . His most ...
... latter of which productions he has displayed much perverse ingenuity , each tale having one of the five vowels wholly excluded from it . ALCAMENES , a statuary , the pupil and rival of Phidias , was a native of Ath- ens . His most ...
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... latter , all those to the east . march he reached Susa , whence he pro- This hateful pontiff died in the year ceeded to Ecbatana , and lastly , to Babylon . 1503 ; and is said to have fallen , by mis In the latter city his career was ...
... latter , all those to the east . march he reached Susa , whence he pro- This hateful pontiff died in the year ceeded to Ecbatana , and lastly , to Babylon . 1503 ; and is said to have fallen , by mis In the latter city his career was ...
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Página 285 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Página 172 - Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create, subvert, or reform; an understanding, a spirit, and an eloquence, to summon mankind to society, or to break the bonds of slavery asunder, and to rule the wildness of free minds with unbounded authority; something that could establish or overwhelm empire, and strike a blow in the world that should resound through the universe.
Página 264 - Ford was of the first order of poets. He sought for sublimity, not by parcels, in metaphors or visible images, but directly where she has her full residence in the heart of man ; in the actions and sufferings of the greatest minds.
Página 279 - Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude and climb into the fold! Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs!
Página 61 - Sherman was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of the United States ; and he was chosen a representative from this State to the first Congress under this constitution.
Página 321 - His fertility was astonishing; for he tells us that he " had either an entire hand, or at least a main finger," in two hundred and twenty plays, of which only twenty-three are extant.
Página 225 - An Epistolary Discourse, proving, from the Scriptures and the first Fathers, that the Soul is a Principle naturally mortal, but immortalized actually by the pleasure of God, to Punishment, or to Reward, by its Union with the Divine Baptismal Spirit. Wherein is proved, that none have the Power of giving this Divine Immortalizing Spirit, since the Apostles, but only the Bishops.
Página 392 - Pennsylvania, and continued in the service till 1795. He afterwards was elected to a seat in Congress. He died in 1799. MORGAN, JOHN, an eminent American physician, was born in Philadelphia, in 1735, and was educated at the college in that citv.
Página 102 - Boonesborough is now situated. Here he sustained several sieges from the Indians, and was once taken prisoner by them while hunting with a number of his men. In 1782 the depredations of the savages increased to an alarming extent, and Boone, with other militia officers, collected...
Página 146 - ... his abode in that city. He was chosen one of the ministers of the gospel, and professor of divinity. A dispute with the city authorities soon compelled him to leave Geneva, and he withdrew to Strasburg; whence he was recalled in 1541. From the time of his recall, he possessed almost absolute power at Geneva ; and he exerted himself vigorously in establishing the presbyterian form of church government.