The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1816 |
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... professor of eloquence at Udino , to which office he was likewise appointed at Venice , in 1484 . Some time after , when the plague obliged him to retire to Verona , he composed , within the space of fifteen months , his Latin history ...
... professor of eloquence at Udino , to which office he was likewise appointed at Venice , in 1484 . Some time after , when the plague obliged him to retire to Verona , he composed , within the space of fifteen months , his Latin history ...
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... professor of the belles lettres by the appointment of the elector of Brandenburg ; and was afterwards promoted to be rector of the new univer- sity of Konigsberg , which was opened in 1544. His elo- quence and learning brought him to ...
... professor of the belles lettres by the appointment of the elector of Brandenburg ; and was afterwards promoted to be rector of the new univer- sity of Konigsberg , which was opened in 1544. His elo- quence and learning brought him to ...
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... professor of rhetoric at Rome during several years , and secretary to his general , Vitelleschi , seven years . He died December 26 , 1625 , aged 55. His principal works are , " A Conti- nuation of the History of the Jesuits ' Society ...
... professor of rhetoric at Rome during several years , and secretary to his general , Vitelleschi , seven years . He died December 26 , 1625 , aged 55. His principal works are , " A Conti- nuation of the History of the Jesuits ' Society ...
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... professor at Ferrara , took him along with him , and educated him with great care . He acquired a masterly knowledge in the Latin and Greek early , and then applied himself to philosophy and elo- quence ; taking Aristotle and Cicero for ...
... professor at Ferrara , took him along with him , and educated him with great care . He acquired a masterly knowledge in the Latin and Greek early , and then applied himself to philosophy and elo- quence ; taking Aristotle and Cicero for ...
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... professor Monro the fourth . 2. " An account of the late establish- ment of Presbyterian Government by the parliament of Scotland in 1690 , " Lond . 1693. 3. " The fundamental charter of Presbytery , " ibid . 1695. 4. " The principles ...
... professor Monro the fourth . 2. " An account of the late establish- ment of Presbyterian Government by the parliament of Scotland in 1690 , " Lond . 1693. 3. " The fundamental charter of Presbytery , " ibid . 1695. 4. " The principles ...
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Página 405 - The Rubric in the book of Common Prayer, and the Canons of the church of England, so far as they relate to the Parochial Clergy, considered in a course of visitation sermons," 8vo; A volume of his " Sermons on several occasions
Página 48 - An act for the further security of his Majesty's person and the succession of the crown in the Protestant line, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and all other pretenders, and their open and secret abettors...
Página 284 - Sathan are most certainly practised, and that the instruments thereof merits most severely to be punished : against the damnable opinions of two principally in our age, whereof the one called Scot, an Englishman, is not ashamed in public print to deny that there can be such a thing as witchcraft ; and so maintains the old error of the Sadducees in denying of spirits.
Página 442 - What woful stuff this madrigal would be, In some starv'd hackney sonneteer or me ! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! How the style refines Before his sacred name flies...
Página 26 - Rights of the Kingdom : or Customs of our Ancestors, Touching the Duty, Power, Election, or Succession of our Kings and Parliaments, our true Liberty, due Allegiance, three Estates, their Legislative Power, Original, Judicial, and Executive; with the Militia. Freely discussed through the British, Saxon, Norman Laws and Histories.
Página 371 - A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great...
Página 27 - Cromwell and his council having made " an ordinance for the better regulating and limiting the jurisdiction of the High Court of Chancery...
Página 37 - ... taste, literature, and gaiety, with considerable regret. He did not enjoy his retirement long, being cut off by a severe illness, Nov. 17, 1747, in his eightieth year. He was interred at Boulogne, with the following epitaph : " Sous ce tombeau git Le Sage, abattu Par le ciseau de la Parque importune : S'il ne fut pas ami de la Fortune, II fut toujours ami de la Vertu.
Página 331 - TABLE TALK : being the Discourses of John Selden Esq. ; or his Sence of various Matters of Weight and High Consequence relating especially to Religion and State.
Página 411 - Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article in the Greek Text of the New Testament.