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, 第 12 巻Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1813 |
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... English soldiers , and the esteem of the native Irish , he gained nothing by all his pains . Worn out at length with these fruitless fatigues , he , the next year , desired leave to conclude upon honourable terms an accommoda- tion with ...
... English soldiers , and the esteem of the native Irish , he gained nothing by all his pains . Worn out at length with these fruitless fatigues , he , the next year , desired leave to conclude upon honourable terms an accommoda- tion with ...
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... English minister , who might be well presumed to know what he said . As the incident is remarkable , and has made much noise , we will report it in the words of that historian : " It will not , I believe , be thought either impertinent ...
... English minister , who might be well presumed to know what he said . As the incident is remarkable , and has made much noise , we will report it in the words of that historian : " It will not , I believe , be thought either impertinent ...
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... English auxiliaries , yet he acquired ex- perience , and distinguished himself among the nobility of the time . On the accession of Charles I. he was employed as vice - admiral in an expedition against Spain , which proved unsuccessful ...
... English auxiliaries , yet he acquired ex- perience , and distinguished himself among the nobility of the time . On the accession of Charles I. he was employed as vice - admiral in an expedition against Spain , which proved unsuccessful ...
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... English , and with much knowledge of human nature ; but scarcely one of them is free from the grossest indelicacies . He wrote also , in 1770 , " A De- fence of the duke of Cumberland , " a wretched catchpenny . De Vergy died Oct. 1 ...
... English , and with much knowledge of human nature ; but scarcely one of them is free from the grossest indelicacies . He wrote also , in 1770 , " A De- fence of the duke of Cumberland , " a wretched catchpenny . De Vergy died Oct. 1 ...
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... English historian and an- tiquary , was the son of Paul D'Ewes , esq . and born in 1602 , at Coxden in Dorsetshire , the seat of Richard Sy- monds , esq . his mother's father . He was descended from an ancient family in the Low ...
... English historian and an- tiquary , was the son of Paul D'Ewes , esq . and born in 1602 , at Coxden in Dorsetshire , the seat of Richard Sy- monds , esq . his mother's father . He was descended from an ancient family in the Low ...
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412 ページ - 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...
261 ページ - A declaration of that paradox, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise.
472 ページ - 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.
363 ページ - 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.
439 ページ - 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...
412 ページ - ... 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.
180 ページ - 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.
94 ページ - 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.
316 ページ - 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.