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, Volume 12Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1813 - Biography |
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... father's works , in 4 vols . 4to . Destouches had not the gaiety of Regnard , nor the strong warm colouring of Moliere ; but he is always polite , tender , and natural , and has been thought worthy of ranking next to these authors . He ...
... father's works , in 4 vols . 4to . Destouches had not the gaiety of Regnard , nor the strong warm colouring of Moliere ; but he is always polite , tender , and natural , and has been thought worthy of ranking next to these authors . He ...
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... father's seat in Here- fordshire . His father dying when he was only in his 10th year , recommended him to the protection of William Cecil lord Burleigh , whom he appointed his guardian . Two years after , he was sent to the university ...
... father's seat in Here- fordshire . His father dying when he was only in his 10th year , recommended him to the protection of William Cecil lord Burleigh , whom he appointed his guardian . Two years after , he was sent to the university ...
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... father's language , bid him " go and be hanged . " He immediately clapped his hand on his sword , and the lord admiral stepping in between , he swore a great oath , declaring that he neither could nor would put up an affront of that ...
... father's language , bid him " go and be hanged . " He immediately clapped his hand on his sword , and the lord admiral stepping in between , he swore a great oath , declaring that he neither could nor would put up an affront of that ...
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... father's unhappy death , was under the care of his grandmother , by whom he was sent to Eton school , where he was first educated . In the month of January 1602 , he was entered a gentleman - commoner of Merton - college , Oxford ...
... father's unhappy death , was under the care of his grandmother , by whom he was sent to Eton school , where he was first educated . In the month of January 1602 , he was entered a gentleman - commoner of Merton - college , Oxford ...
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... father . He was descended from an ancient family in the Low Countries , from whence his ancestors removed hither , and gained a considerable settle- ment in the county of Suffolk . In 1618 , he was entered a fellow - commoner of St ...
... father . He was descended from an ancient family in the Low Countries , from whence his ancestors removed hither , and gained a considerable settle- ment in the county of Suffolk . In 1618 , he was entered a fellow - commoner of St ...
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Page 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.
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Page 261 - A declaration of that paradox, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.