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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Sivu 6
... tion , " which , " says Cicero , " when we read , what philosopher do we not contemn ? " An anecdote is related of this son which shews him to have imbibed the disciplinarian spirit of his father . Soon after he had entered upon the ...
... tion , " which , " says Cicero , " when we read , what philosopher do we not contemn ? " An anecdote is related of this son which shews him to have imbibed the disciplinarian spirit of his father . Soon after he had entered upon the ...
Sivu 13
... tion of the emperor's edict . Facundus , how ever , and the bishops of Africa and Illyrium , persevered in resisting all persuasions or threat- enings to desert their cause , and even separated themselves from the communion of the pope ...
... tion of the emperor's edict . Facundus , how ever , and the bishops of Africa and Illyrium , persevered in resisting all persuasions or threat- enings to desert their cause , and even separated themselves from the communion of the pope ...
Sivu 16
... tion of his " Godfrey , " printed in 1624 , had another editor , which would scarcely have hap- pened had he been still living . The work by which Fairfax is known , is a translation of " Tasso's Godfrey of Bouillon , " which first ap ...
... tion of his " Godfrey , " printed in 1624 , had another editor , which would scarcely have hap- pened had he been still living . The work by which Fairfax is known , is a translation of " Tasso's Godfrey of Bouillon , " which first ap ...
Sivu 22
... tion of the female organs , and particularly of the tubes of the uterus , which have since borne his name . Among his posthumous works are some others upon anatomical topics , but of no great consequence . In the practice of phyfic ...
... tion of the female organs , and particularly of the tubes of the uterus , which have since borne his name . Among his posthumous works are some others upon anatomical topics , but of no great consequence . In the practice of phyfic ...
Sivu 33
... tion obliged to march into France in succour of the league , which Philip II . was determined to support in its resistance to Henry IV . The FARQUHAR , GEORGE , a popular writer duke performed the object of his mission , of comedy , was ...
... tion obliged to march into France in succour of the league , which Philip II . was determined to support in its resistance to Henry IV . The FARQUHAR , GEORGE , a popular writer duke performed the object of his mission , of comedy , was ...
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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.