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, Nide 41803 |
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... natural in a Roman senator . His style , in common with that of all the early La tin historians , is mentioned by Cicero as being rude and unartful . Nothing of him is remain- ing . A work published under his name by the impostor Annius ...
... natural in a Roman senator . His style , in common with that of all the early La tin historians , is mentioned by Cicero as being rude and unartful . Nothing of him is remain- ing . A work published under his name by the impostor Annius ...
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... natural phi- losophy caused him to turn his attention to the construction of barometers and thermometers , in which art he became distinguished . In the latter instrument he introduced , about 1720 , the improvement of using mercury ...
... natural phi- losophy caused him to turn his attention to the construction of barometers and thermometers , in which art he became distinguished . In the latter instrument he introduced , about 1720 , the improvement of using mercury ...
Sivu 20
... natural history , Mr. Falk accepted the office , and soon after he was ap- pointed professor of botany at the apothecaries ' garden of Petersburgh , a place which had been long vacant . When the imperial Academy of Sciences was ...
... natural history , Mr. Falk accepted the office , and soon after he was ap- pointed professor of botany at the apothecaries ' garden of Petersburgh , a place which had been long vacant . When the imperial Academy of Sciences was ...
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... natural Causes , not from the agency of any evil spirits . " The author's hypothesis had formerly been ably Supported by Mr. Joseph Mede , Dr. Sykes , the New Testament . " is to shew , manner . That gentleman's performance is certainly ...
... natural Causes , not from the agency of any evil spirits . " The author's hypothesis had formerly been ably Supported by Mr. Joseph Mede , Dr. Sykes , the New Testament . " is to shew , manner . That gentleman's performance is certainly ...
Sivu 32
... natural daughter of the emperor Charles V. He was born in 1546 ; and after being educated in the court of king Philip II . , he early embraced the profession of arms , and was present in his eighteenth year at the battle of Lepanto . In ...
... natural daughter of the emperor Charles V. He was born in 1546 ; and after being educated in the court of king Philip II . , he early embraced the profession of arms , and was present in his eighteenth year at the battle of Lepanto . In ...
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Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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?
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 112 - ... the degree of doctor of divinity was conferred upon him by the university of Glasgow.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.