 | John Aikin - Biography - 1799 - 582 pages
...Moshcitrís Eccles. Hist. cent. vii. Dupin. Sower. — E. AGATHOCLES, king or tyrant of Sicily, was one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. He was the son of Carcinus, a potter, of Rhegium in Italy, who removed to Thcrmse in Sicily, and there... | |
 | Charles Coote - Europe - 1811 - 674 pages
...himself despairingly on the grass, and died in the arms of the afflicted ludy. Prince Potemkin was one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. His character was a compound of opposite qualities. Avarice and ostentatious prodigality, haughtiness... | |
 | John Campbell, John Berkenhout - Admirals - 1812 - 558 pages
...next year, when, if not fourscore, he was, at least much upwards of seventy. He was unquestionably one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived, and who, by his capacity and industry, contributed not a little to the service of mankind in general,... | |
 | John Corry, John Evans - Bristol - 1816 - 490 pages
...illustrious names is that of William Warburton, DD afterwards bishop of Gloucester, and in many respects one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. He was born in Cheshire in 1698, and in the 19th year of his age was articled to an eminent attorney... | |
 | John Corry - 1816 - 488 pages
...illustrious names is that of William Warburton, DD afterwards bishop of Gloucester, and in many respects one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. He was born in Cheshire in 1698, and in the 19th year of his age was articled to an eminent attorney... | |
 | James Stuart - Armagh (Northern Ireland) - 1819 - 692 pages
...In the south of Ireland his claim to the sovereignty of the kingdom was also admitted.t ' Brian was one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. He had however attained his fiftieth year, before he had manifested any decided superiority over the... | |
 | William Russell - Europe - 1822 - 450 pages
...despairingly on the,-. ._ grass, and died in the arms of the afflicted lady. c ' Prince Polemkin was one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. His character was a compound of opposite qualities. Avarice and ostentatious prodigality, haughtiness... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - Chemistry - 1830 - 696 pages
...propriety be said to have attempted to construct a theory of chemistry, was Beccher. John Joachim Beccher, one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived, was born at Spires, in Germany, in the year 1635. His father, as Beccher himself informs us, was avery... | |
 | David Jardine - Great Britain - 1835 - 440 pages
...respecting all of them, and in particular respecting the Earl of Northumberland, who may justly be called one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. The reader will perceive from the references in this little volume, that without the assistance of... | |
 | David Jardine - Great Britain - 1835 - 452 pages
...respecting all of them, and in particular respecting the Earl of Northumberland, who may justly be called one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. The reader will perceive from the references in this little volume, that without the assistance of... | |
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Sheridan did me the honour (as his friend,) to introduce me to the best society, and the first literary men in the kingdom, who all sought his company. They were sure to find him almost every night at my house, where he was the great magnet of attraction. 
