The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 18Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1814 - Biography |
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... principal ornaments of the chapel . It should be noticed , that in an early part of his success- ful practice at Bath , finding a general desire prevailing for pictures in crayons , he sent an order to Rosalba , the cele- brated ...
... principal ornaments of the chapel . It should be noticed , that in an early part of his success- ful practice at Bath , finding a general desire prevailing for pictures in crayons , he sent an order to Rosalba , the cele- brated ...
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... principal , taken into the family of the right honourable William Cavendish lord Hardwicke , soon after created earl of Devonshire , as tutor to his son William lord Cavendish . Hobbes ingratiated himself so effectually with this young ...
... principal , taken into the family of the right honourable William Cavendish lord Hardwicke , soon after created earl of Devonshire , as tutor to his son William lord Cavendish . Hobbes ingratiated himself so effectually with this young ...
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... principal director , by the shape and disposition of his clouds , as also by those peculiar tints , by which he ex- pressed the rising and setting of the sun , the morning and evening . His touch is light , free , and firm ; and his ...
... principal director , by the shape and disposition of his clouds , as also by those peculiar tints , by which he ex- pressed the rising and setting of the sun , the morning and evening . His touch is light , free , and firm ; and his ...
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... principal universities of Germany , he became successively professor of eloquence , of moral phi- losophy , of divinity , and finally rector of Tubingen . He died at the same place , April 27 , 1717. His principal works are , 1 ...
... principal universities of Germany , he became successively professor of eloquence , of moral phi- losophy , of divinity , and finally rector of Tubingen . He died at the same place , April 27 , 1717. His principal works are , 1 ...
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... principal preacher to the elector of Saxony at Dresden , where he died March 4 , 1645. He was a stre- nuous Lutheran , and wrote with as much zeal against Calvinists as Papists . His works , which are very numerous both in Latin and ...
... principal preacher to the elector of Saxony at Dresden , where he died March 4 , 1645. He was a stre- nuous Lutheran , and wrote with as much zeal against Calvinists as Papists . His works , which are very numerous both in Latin and ...
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Page 249 - He has visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals or...
Page 249 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 304 - Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots.
Page 421 - Things Divine and Supernatural Conceived by Analogy with Things Natural and Human (1733) he asserts that knowledge of God's essence and attributes can bo only " analogical
Page 457 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend ; but what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Page 173 - He arose, fresh as the morning, to his task ; the silence of the night invited him to pursue it : and he can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every Psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneasiness but the last; for then he grieved that his work was done.
Page 306 - I now reckon upon a speedy dissolution. I have suffered very little pain from my disorder; and what is more strange...
Page 515 - Jewish Antiquities, or a Course of Lectures on the Three first books of Godwin's Moses and Aaron. To which is annexed a Dissertation on the Hebrew Language.
Page 29 - A History of English Councils and Convocations, and of the Clergy's sitting in Parliament, in which is also comprehended the History of Parliaments, with an account of our ancient laws.
Page 220 - The nation as well as the university," says Bishop Burnet, "looked on all these proceedings with just indignation. It was thought an open piece of robbery and burglary when men, authorized by no legal commission, came and forcibly turned men out of their possession and freehold.