The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 22Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1815 - Biography |
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... soon after was called to Elsineur , and advanced to the dignity of Architesorié , or presi- dent of the board of maritime taxes or customs ; but , neglecting the duty of his office , he was dismissed , and upon that disgrace quitted ...
... soon after was called to Elsineur , and advanced to the dignity of Architesorié , or presi- dent of the board of maritime taxes or customs ; but , neglecting the duty of his office , he was dismissed , and upon that disgrace quitted ...
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... soon after , in 1606 . His " Memoirs " were accidentally found in the castle of Edinburgh , in 1660 , somewhat imperfect , and injured by time and civil confusion . They passed thence into the hands of sir James Melvil of Halhill , the ...
... soon after , in 1606 . His " Memoirs " were accidentally found in the castle of Edinburgh , in 1660 , somewhat imperfect , and injured by time and civil confusion . They passed thence into the hands of sir James Melvil of Halhill , the ...
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... soon as he became tired of the law , returned to him . Considering the law as a drudgery , he adopted the vulgar opinion that it was incompatible with an attention to polite literature . He now declared his design of entering into the ...
... soon as he became tired of the law , returned to him . Considering the law as a drudgery , he adopted the vulgar opinion that it was incompatible with an attention to polite literature . He now declared his design of entering into the ...
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... soon became his rival and his associate , and after his death the defender of his reputation against Ja- cobi , a German writer , who had accused Lessing of atheism . Mendelsohn died Jan. 4 , 1785 , at the age of fifty - seven , highly ...
... soon became his rival and his associate , and after his death the defender of his reputation against Ja- cobi , a German writer , who had accused Lessing of atheism . Mendelsohn died Jan. 4 , 1785 , at the age of fifty - seven , highly ...
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... soon made himself agreeable , and finally necessary to that prince , whose projects he seconded with great address ; and , hav- ing studied several languages , was able to be useful in va- rious situations . Being appointed to the ...
... soon made himself agreeable , and finally necessary to that prince , whose projects he seconded with great address ; and , hav- ing studied several languages , was able to be useful in va- rious situations . Being appointed to the ...
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Page 185 - The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CALL TO ACCOUNT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION TO DEPOSE AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE ORDINARY MAGISTRATE HAVE NEGLECTED OR DENIED TO DO IT.
Page 154 - far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.
Page 331 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Page 273 - ... elected one of the knights of the shire for the county of Huntingdon...
Page 183 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 527 - Each home-felt joy that life inherits here; Yet from the same we learn, in its decline, Those joys, those loves, those interests, to resign; Taught, half by reason, half by mere decay, To welcome death, and calmly pass away.
Page 373 - Then did I further put him in remembrance of the Statute of Praemunire, whereby a good part of the Pope's pastoral cure here was pared away. "To that answered his Highness: 'Whatsoever impediment be to the contrary, we will set forth that authority to the uttermost. For we received from that See our crown imperial' — which till his Grace with his own mouth told it me, I never heard of before.
Page 332 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Page 140 - A free inquiry into the miraculous powers, which are supposed to have subsisted in the Christian Church, from the earliest ages through several successive centuries.
Page 230 - Simplicium Medicamentorum ex novo orbe delatorum, quorum in Medicina usus est, Historia,