General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions and professions, chiefly composed by J. Aikin and W. Enfield, Հատոր 41803 |
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... engaged the soldiers to protect him . When Papirius arrived , armed with all the authority of the state , and by tem- per inclined to preserve the military discipline in all its rigour , he commanded his lictors to seize the master of ...
... engaged the soldiers to protect him . When Papirius arrived , armed with all the authority of the state , and by tem- per inclined to preserve the military discipline in all its rigour , he commanded his lictors to seize the master of ...
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... engaged him in his service , and sent him to Rome to manage his concerns at that court , where he continued for six years under the pontificate of Pius V. On his return , he was appointed counsellor to the dukes of Bavaria , who ...
... engaged him in his service , and sent him to Rome to manage his concerns at that court , where he continued for six years under the pontificate of Pius V. On his return , he was appointed counsellor to the dukes of Bavaria , who ...
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... 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 ...
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... engaged in completing a new translation of the Scriptures , accompanied by a short illustra- tion . To Fagius the care of the Old Testament was to be committed . He did not live how ever , any more than his colleague , to make any ...
... engaged in completing a new translation of the Scriptures , accompanied by a short illustra- tion . To Fagius the care of the Old Testament was to be committed . He did not live how ever , any more than his colleague , to make any ...
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... engaged against the earl of Newcastle and the other royalists in those parts , and in conse- quence of inferiority suffered several defeats , though he always behaved with distinguished valour , and speedily repaired his losses , and re ...
... engaged against the earl of Newcastle and the other royalists in those parts , and in conse- quence of inferiority suffered several defeats , though he always behaved with distinguished valour , and speedily repaired his losses , and re ...
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Էջ 307 - The love of study, a passion which derives fresh vigour from enjoyment, supplies each day, each hour, with a perpetual source of independent and rational pleasure; and I am not sensible of any decay of the mental faculties.
Էջ 304 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a schoolboy would have been ashamed.
Էջ 165 - Do you sincerely declare, that you love mankind in general; of what profession or religion soever? Answer. I do. 3. Do you think any person ought to be harmed in his body, name or goods, for mere speculative opinions, or his external way of worship? Answer. No. 4. Do you love truth for truth's sake, and will you endeavour impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others?
Էջ 73 - 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.
Էջ 305 - After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation.
Էջ 144 - 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.
Էջ 307 - There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species.
Էջ 112 - ... the degree of doctor of divinity was conferred upon him by the university of Glasgow.
Էջ 406 - Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, that hath fought for his country, queen, religion, and honour...
Էջ 304 - 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.