The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation: Particulary the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volum 12Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1813 |
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Pàgina 1
... CHARLES ANTHONY ) , a brave French general in the revolutionary war , was born August 17 , 1768 , at Ayat , in the department of Puy - de - Dome . He was educated at the military school of Effiat , and when the revolution broke out ...
... CHARLES ANTHONY ) , a brave French general in the revolutionary war , was born August 17 , 1768 , at Ayat , in the department of Puy - de - Dome . He was educated at the military school of Effiat , and when the revolution broke out ...
Pàgina 10
... Charles Blount , earl of Devonshire ; and Dorothy , who becoming the widow of sir Thomas Perrot , knight , espoused for her second husband Henry Percy earl of Northumberland . One important objection only has been brought forward ...
... Charles Blount , earl of Devonshire ; and Dorothy , who becoming the widow of sir Thomas Perrot , knight , espoused for her second husband Henry Percy earl of Northumberland . One important objection only has been brought forward ...
Pàgina 12
... Charles Blunt , af- terwards lord Montjoy and earl of Devonshire , ended in a duel , in which sir Charles wounded him in the knee . The queen , so far from being displeased with it , is said to have sworn a good round oath , that it was ...
... Charles Blunt , af- terwards lord Montjoy and earl of Devonshire , ended in a duel , in which sir Charles wounded him in the knee . The queen , so far from being displeased with it , is said to have sworn a good round oath , that it was ...
Pàgina 22
... Charles I. he was employed as vice - admiral in an expedition against Spain , which proved unsuccessful . In 1626 , he made another campaign in the Low Countries , and shortly after he formed another un- happy match , by marrying the ...
... Charles I. he was employed as vice - admiral in an expedition against Spain , which proved unsuccessful . In 1626 , he made another campaign in the Low Countries , and shortly after he formed another un- happy match , by marrying the ...
Pàgina 25
... ( CHARLES ) , an eminent French architect , was born at Paris , Nov. 9 , 1729. He was educated by one of his uncles , and from his earliest infancy discovered an unconquerable partiality for the study and practice of ar- chitecture , in ...
... ( CHARLES ) , an eminent French architect , was born at Paris , Nov. 9 , 1729. He was educated by one of his uncles , and from his earliest infancy discovered an unconquerable partiality for the study and practice of ar- chitecture , in ...
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Pàgina 162 - Live, while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Lave, while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to GOD each moment as it flies.
Pàgina 412 - I have the Heart and Stomach of a King, and of a King of England too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any Prince of Europe should dare to invade the Borders of my Realm ; to which, rather than any Dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up Arms, I myself will be your General, Judge, and Rewarder of every one of your Virtues in the Field...
Pàgina 261 - A declaration of that paradox, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise.
Pàgina 472 - Commons for leave to bring in a bill " for the better regulation of the affairs of the East India Company and of their servants in India, and for the due administration of justice in Bengal.
Pàgina 363 - I desire to be no longer the Sisyphus of the stage; to roll up a stone with endless labour, which, to follow the proverb, gathers no moss; and which is perpetually falling down again. I never thought myself very fit for an employment, where many of my predecessors have excelled me in all kinds; and some of my contemporaries, even in my own partial judgment, have outdone me in comedy.
Pàgina 439 - To be deserted by my fleet, in the face of an enemy, is a disgrace which, I believe, never before happened to a British admiral ; nor could I have supposed it possible. My greatest comfort, under God, is, that I have been supported by the officers, seamen, and marines of this ship ; for which, with a heart overflowing with gratitude, I request you to accept my sincere thanks. I flatter myself, much good may result from your example, by bringing those deluded people to a sense of their duty, which...
Pàgina 412 - ... by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.
Pàgina 180 - New translation of Isaiah, with notes supplementary to those of Dr. Lowth, late bishop of London, and containing remarks on many parts of his Translation and Notes, by a Layman.
Pàgina 94 - Such was Roscommon, not more learn'd than good, With manners generous as his noble blood ; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And every author's merit, but his own.
Pàgina 316 - A Medicinable Morall, that is, the two Bookes of Horace his Satyres, Englyshed accordyng to the prescription of saint Hierome. The Wailyngs of the Prophet Hieremiah, done into Englyshe verse. Also Epigrammes.