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], 1814 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 42
Seite 7
... common parts and learning recommended him to parti- cular notice ; so that , after taking the proper degrees , he was chosen fellow of his college , and became a tutor of great repute . One month in the long vacation , retiring with his ...
... common parts and learning recommended him to parti- cular notice ; so that , after taking the proper degrees , he was chosen fellow of his college , and became a tutor of great repute . One month in the long vacation , retiring with his ...
Seite 18
... common law . He was always a puritan , and therefore had great interest with the pre- vailing party in the civil war . He published some pieces in his own way ; and , among the rest , " The Liberty of the Subject against the pretended ...
... common law . He was always a puritan , and therefore had great interest with the pre- vailing party in the civil war . He published some pieces in his own way ; and , among the rest , " The Liberty of the Subject against the pretended ...
Seite 19
... common schools . The zeal and knowledge he displayed made him acquainted with and respected by the principal sea - commanders , mer- chants , and mariners of our nation ; and , though it was but a few years after that he went beyond sea ...
... common schools . The zeal and knowledge he displayed made him acquainted with and respected by the principal sea - commanders , mer- chants , and mariners of our nation ; and , though it was but a few years after that he went beyond sea ...
Seite 24
... common - place book . Selden soon found him out , and took such a liking to him , that he not only lived in great friendship with him , but left him at his death one of his executors . Selden also prescribed to him a more enlarged ...
... common - place book . Selden soon found him out , and took such a liking to him , that he not only lived in great friendship with him , but left him at his death one of his executors . Selden also prescribed to him a more enlarged ...
Seite 25
... common bench , as it was called ; for which purpose he was by writ made serjeant at law January 25 , 1653-4 . In that station he acted with great integrity and courage . He had at first serious scruples concerning the authority under ...
... common bench , as it was called ; for which purpose he was by writ made serjeant at law January 25 , 1653-4 . In that station he acted with great integrity and courage . He had at first serious scruples concerning the authority under ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
academy afterwards ancient appears appointed archbishop became bishop born called Cambridge celebrated character Christian church church of England collection Corpus Christi college court daugh daughter death degree died divine duke earl edition educated elegant eminent England English entitled esteemed Eton college father favour folio France French friends Gerard Vossius Greek Hales Handel Henry Herodotus Hesiod Hierocles Hippocrates Hist honour Italy Jesuits John king labours language Latin learned letter lished literary lived London lord lord Hervey manner married master Naples Niceron observations occasion Onomast Oxford Paris parliament persons philosophy physician poems poet Pope preached prebendary prince principal printed professor published queen rectory reign reputation royal society says sent sermon soon Thomas tion took translation treatise verse vols volume William writings written wrote
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 97 - This seems to have given him his first hold of the public attention ; for Waller remarked, "that he broke out like the Irish rebellion, threescore thousand strong, when nobody was aware, or in the least suspected it ;" an observation which could have had no propriety, had his poetical abilities been known before.
Seite 117 - Hampden was a man of much greater cunning, and it may be of the most discerning spirit, and of the greatest address and insinuation to bring any thing to pass which he desired, of any man of that time, and who laid the design deepest.
Seite 273 - A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the Discovery of Copper Mines, A North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. By Samuel Hearne London, 1795.
Seite 27 - Whereupon his grace, for he was a duke, went away not a little dissatisfied, and complained of it to the King, as a rudeness that was not to be endured. But his Majesty...
Seite 277 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Seite 371 - ... me that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.
Seite 30 - Jurisdiction of the House of Lords," with an introductory preface, including a narrative of the same jurisdiction, from the accession of James I. 5. " Analysis of the Law," without date, but seems to have been only a design for, 6. " History of the Common Law of England, in twelve chapters,
Seite 85 - Traité des arbres et arbustes qui se cultivent en France en pleine terre...
Seite 374 - Court conversation, mixed with a laudable ambition to be something more than he then was, drew him often from Cambridge to attend the king wheresoever the Court was, who then gave him a sinecure which fell into his Majesty's disposal, I think, by the death of the Bishop of...
Seite 40 - Hemastaticks," and came out in 1733. In this the subject of the urinary calculus also is treated chemically and medically. With a laudable view of preventing as well as curing, the sufferings and crimes of his fellow-creatures, this good man published anonymously '• a friendly admonition to the drinkers of gin, brandy, and other spirituous liquors...