A new general biographical dictionary, projected and partly arranged by H.J. Rose, Volume 61848 - 1857 pages |
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... sent him to Abbeville , to assist the ecclesiastical students in the Greek language ; and in 1695 he sent him to that of St. Valois de Montreuil sur Mer , to teach humanity and philosophy ; but the sea air and his excessive application ...
... sent him to Abbeville , to assist the ecclesiastical students in the Greek language ; and in 1695 he sent him to that of St. Valois de Montreuil sur Mer , to teach humanity and philosophy ; but the sea air and his excessive application ...
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... sent him to the council of Basle , where he established his right to the purple ; and Eugenius , who , much against his inclination , was at that time com- pelled to declare him a cardinal , became at last aware of his merit , and ...
... sent him to the council of Basle , where he established his right to the purple ; and Eugenius , who , much against his inclination , was at that time com- pelled to declare him a cardinal , became at last aware of his merit , and ...
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... sent for the head of Cara- Mustapha , who was bowstrung December 25 , 1683 , in the 57th year of his age . Cara - Mustapha is called by the Turkish writer Evliya " a most excellent and pru- dent minister ; " and he certainly appears to ...
... sent for the head of Cara- Mustapha , who was bowstrung December 25 , 1683 , in the 57th year of his age . Cara - Mustapha is called by the Turkish writer Evliya " a most excellent and pru- dent minister ; " and he certainly appears to ...
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... sent to reinforce the combined fleets of France and Spain , then employed against the British during the American ... sent as ambassador to London , whence , after a sojourn of seven years , he was sent in the same capacity to Paris ...
... sent to reinforce the combined fleets of France and Spain , then employed against the British during the American ... sent as ambassador to London , whence , after a sojourn of seven years , he was sent in the same capacity to Paris ...
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... sent to apprehend him , in 1432. For eighteen years this minion of the court had exercised an unresisted authority over the queen , the nobility , and the populace ; and his death was hailed with the loudest and most general acclama ...
... sent to apprehend him , in 1432. For eighteen years this minion of the court had exercised an unresisted authority over the queen , the nobility , and the populace ; and his death was hailed with the loudest and most general acclama ...
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Popular passages
Page 409 - The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...
Page 411 - The latter part of his life cannot be remembered but with pity and sadness. He languished some years under that depression of mind which enchains the faculties without destroying them, and leaves reason the knowledge of right without the power of pursuing it. These clouds which he perceived gathering on his intellects, he endeavoured to disperse by travel, and passed into France : but found himself constrained to yield to his malady, and returned.
Page 380 - I could get any evening light but that of the fire, and only my turn even of that. To buy a pen or a sheet of paper, I was compelled to forego some portion of food, though in a state of...
Page 92 - May, 1700, and was buried in Westminster abbey, where a monument was erected to his memory by John, duke of Buckingham.
Page 441 - Naples, he negotiated the armistice which separated that general from Napoleon. In 1818, he was returned for Hull on Whig principles ; but at the next election, in 1820, lost his seat, and some years elapsed before he re-entered parliament.
Page 393 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Page 367 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 36 - L'Orient, that when you have finished your military career in this world, you may be buried in one of your trophies. But that that period may be far distant, is the earnest wish of your sincere friend, Benjamin Hallowell.
Page 207 - He covers his defects with a daring, fiery spirit that animates his translation ; which is something like what one might imagine Homer himself to have writ before he arrived at years of discretion.
Page 286 - The Religion of Protestants a safe Way to Salvation ; or, an Answer to a Book* entitled ' Mercy and Truth ; or. Charity maintained by Catholics,' which pretends to prove the contrary.