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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Sivu 7
... received two stabs , and fell dead at the feet of his executioner . This act , even in Persia , occasioned a dangerous tumult of the people ; and the mother of the murdered prince ran to the Shah's apartment , and with bitter reproaches ...
... received two stabs , and fell dead at the feet of his executioner . This act , even in Persia , occasioned a dangerous tumult of the people ; and the mother of the murdered prince ran to the Shah's apartment , and with bitter reproaches ...
Sivu 8
... received with as much joy as if she had been restored to her former splendor . It appears from some tender Arabic verses of hers which have been preserved , that she first disclosed to Giaffar the passion by which she was consumed . D ...
... received with as much joy as if she had been restored to her former splendor . It appears from some tender Arabic verses of hers which have been preserved , that she first disclosed to Giaffar the passion by which she was consumed . D ...
Sivu 14
... received . A house was built for him , the foundations of which are said to have consisted of salt . These suddenly giving way on the affusion of water , he , with many friends , was crushed to death under the ruins . This happened ...
... received . A house was built for him , the foundations of which are said to have consisted of salt . These suddenly giving way on the affusion of water , he , with many friends , was crushed to death under the ruins . This happened ...
Sivu 24
... received an invitation from the congregation in Londonderry , he should remain at Antrim ; at another , after much debate upon two invitations which he received about the same time from societies in Belfast and Dublin , it was resolved ...
... received an invitation from the congregation in Londonderry , he should remain at Antrim ; at another , after much debate upon two invitations which he received about the same time from societies in Belfast and Dublin , it was resolved ...
Sivu 36
... received as strictly true , that I have never read or seen any author , from which my own lucubrations have received the smallest assistance or improvement ; nay , that I have even laboured , as far as possible , whenever any writer has ...
... received as strictly true , that I have never read or seen any author , from which my own lucubrations have received the smallest assistance or improvement ; nay , that I have even laboured , as far as possible , whenever any writer has ...
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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.