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 |
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... England to be transmitted to Germany , which he used to say " was a deacon's work . " When the rebellion broke out in this country , he appears to have favoured the interests of parliament . In 1657 he published in 2 vols . folio , what ...
... England to be transmitted to Germany , which he used to say " was a deacon's work . " When the rebellion broke out in this country , he appears to have favoured the interests of parliament . In 1657 he published in 2 vols . folio , what ...
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... England . The synod accordingly adopted the same plan ; and their anno- tations being considered of great value to biblical students , the Westminster assembly of divines employed Haak in making this English translation , and the ...
... England . The synod accordingly adopted the same plan ; and their anno- tations being considered of great value to biblical students , the Westminster assembly of divines employed Haak in making this English translation , and the ...
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... England , was descended from a good family in Buckinghamshire , and 1 Moreri , from the " Gloria academiæ Altdorfinæ . ” — Le Long Bibl . Sacra.— Saxii Onomast . born in 1516. He was educated at Eton school , HACKS PAN . 11.
... England , was descended from a good family in Buckinghamshire , and 1 Moreri , from the " Gloria academiæ Altdorfinæ . ” — Le Long Bibl . Sacra.— Saxii Onomast . born in 1516. He was educated at Eton school , HACKS PAN . 11.
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... England and the Netherlands upon the ancient terms . He died Jan. 21 , 1571-2 , and was buried in Christ Church , London , where a monument was erected to his memory , but was destroyed in the great fire of London . He was engaged ...
... England and the Netherlands upon the ancient terms . He died Jan. 21 , 1571-2 , and was buried in Christ Church , London , where a monument was erected to his memory , but was destroyed in the great fire of London . He was engaged ...
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... England and Venice . After that , his first appearance in the republic of letters was in the quality of a poet and translator . In 1559 , he published a poem , entitled " The Union of the Princes , by the Mar- riages of Philip King of ...
... England and Venice . After that , his first appearance in the republic of letters was in the quality of a poet and translator . In 1559 , he published a poem , entitled " The Union of the Princes , by the Mar- riages of Philip King of ...
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Seite 373 - De veritate; if it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven; if not, I shall suppress it.
Seite 373 - ... me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book. This, how strange soever it may seem, I protest before the eternal God is true, neither am I any way superstitiously deceived herein, since I did not only clearly hear the noise, but in the serenest sky that ever I saw, being without all cloud, did to my thinking see the place from whence it came.
Seite 276 - A Vindication of those who take the Oath of Allegiance to his present majesty.
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 99 - 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 31 - They are a treasure, that are not fit for every man's view; nor is every man capable of making use of them : only I would have nothing of these books printed, but entirely preserved together, for the use of the industrious learned members of that society.
Seite 119 - And even with them who were able * * to preserve themselves from his infusions, and discerned those opinions to be fixed in him, with which they could not comply, he always left the character of an ingenious and conscientious person.
Seite 200 - erected a little academy for the education of the gentry of this nation, to advance piety, learning, morality, and other exercises of industry, not usual then in common schools.
Seite 501 - The reason Mr. Jones assigns, was, that he made it an invariable rule, " to do justice to every consonant, knowing that the vowels will be sure to speak for themselves. And thus he became the surest and clearest of speakers : his elocution was perfect, and never disappointed his audience.