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 11799 |
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... pieces are inserted in the second volume of Delicia Poëtarum Danorum . ' He died in the year 1664. Bartholini Biblioth . Septentr . Erud . Moreri . - E . AAGARD , NICHOLAS , brother of Chris- tian Aagard , was professor in the ...
... pieces are inserted in the second volume of Delicia Poëtarum Danorum . ' He died in the year 1664. Bartholini Biblioth . Septentr . Erud . Moreri . - E . AAGARD , NICHOLAS , brother of Chris- tian Aagard , was professor in the ...
Sivu 18
... pieces difficult whenever I please , according to my disposition , and that of my au- dience . ' Yet in nothing was he so superior to himself , and to other musicians , as in writing and playing an adagio ; in which the most pleas- ing ...
... pieces difficult whenever I please , according to my disposition , and that of my au- dience . ' Yet in nothing was he so superior to himself , and to other musicians , as in writing and playing an adagio ; in which the most pleas- ing ...
Sivu 35
... pieces . He died at the age of 58 , in 1520 , or , according to some , in 1537. Bayle . - E . ACCIUS , or ATTIUS , LUCIUS , a Latin tragic poet , the son of a freedman , was born , according to Jerom , in the year of Rome 584 , B. C. ...
... pieces . He died at the age of 58 , in 1520 , or , according to some , in 1537. Bayle . - E . ACCIUS , or ATTIUS , LUCIUS , a Latin tragic poet , the son of a freedman , was born , according to Jerom , in the year of Rome 584 , B. C. ...
Sivu 37
... pieces of earlier date than the fall of the western Ro- man empire , and is chiefly valuable as a book of reference in matters of ecclesiastical history . This author also published some ascetic pieces of little value . This industrious ...
... pieces of earlier date than the fall of the western Ro- man empire , and is chiefly valuable as a book of reference in matters of ecclesiastical history . This author also published some ascetic pieces of little value . This industrious ...
Sivu 41
... pieces , he wrote , in Spanish , " The natural and moral History of the Indies , " publifhed in 8vo . 1591 , and ... piece which he wrote on the Sadducean principle , that there is no resurrection of the dead ; in which , as a Jew , he ...
... pieces , he wrote , in Spanish , " The natural and moral History of the Indies , " publifhed in 8vo . 1591 , and ... piece which he wrote on the Sadducean principle , that there is no resurrection of the dead ; in which , as a Jew , he ...
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General Biography; Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent ... John Aikin,William Enfield Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2015 |
General Biography; Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent ... John Aikin,William Enfield Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2015 |
General Biography; Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent ... John Aikin,William Enfield Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2015 |
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Sivu 28 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Sivu 51 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Sivu 146 - Cicero, formed his taste, enlarged his understanding, and gave him the noblest ideas of man and government. The exercises of the body succeeded to those of the mind; and Alexander, who was tall, active, and robust, surpassed most of his equals in the gymnastic arts.
Sivu 244 - I think it is lawful for you to take my brother Neale's money; for he offers it.
Sivu 244 - I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality of parliament? ' The Bishop of Durham readily answered, 'God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils.' Whereupon the King turned and said to the Bishop of Winchester, 'Well, my lord, what say you?' 'Sir,' replied the bishop, 'I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.' The King answered, 'No put-offs, my lord; answer me presently.
Sivu 368 - An Argument, proving, that according to the Covenant of Eternal life, revealed in the Scriptures, Man may be translated from hence into that Eternal Life, without passing through death, although the Human Nature of Christ himself could not be thus translated till he had passed through death.
Sivu 177 - The weather proved favourable to their enterprise. Under the cover of a thick fog they escaped the fleet of Allectus, which had been stationed off the Isle of Wight to receive them, landed in safety on some part of the western coast, and convinced the Britons that a superiority of naval strength will not always protect their country from a foreign invasion.
Sivu 244 - I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, well, my lord, what say you ? Sir, replied the bishop, I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Sivu 18 - His compositions were easy and elegantly simple, for he used to say, ' I do not chuse to be always struggling with difficulties, and playing with all my might. I make my pieces difficult whenever I please, according to my disposition, and that of my audience.
Sivu 151 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.