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... appointed proconsul of Africa , where he gained the affections and esteem of the people by his modest and gentle manners , his splendid liberality , and his refined literary taste ; his old age was spent in the study of Plato ...
... appointed proconsul of Africa , where he gained the affections and esteem of the people by his modest and gentle manners , his splendid liberality , and his refined literary taste ; his old age was spent in the study of Plato ...
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... appointed governor - general of Eastern Siberia , and occupied that important post until , in 1851 , he retired from active life . On the outbreak of the Crimean war , however , he offered his services , which were accepted ; and at the ...
... appointed governor - general of Eastern Siberia , and occupied that important post until , in 1851 , he retired from active life . On the outbreak of the Crimean war , however , he offered his services , which were accepted ; and at the ...
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... appointed Master of the Mint , and resigned his professorship . From the year 1831 , in which his memoir , On the Forma- tion of Alcoates , Definite Compounds of Salts and Alcohol , ' appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Society of ...
... appointed Master of the Mint , and resigned his professorship . From the year 1831 , in which his memoir , On the Forma- tion of Alcoates , Definite Compounds of Salts and Alcohol , ' appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Society of ...
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... appointed com- mander - in - chief of the British troops , and held that post during the remainder of the Seven Years ' War . He particularly distinguished himself at the battles of Warburg in 1760 , of Kirchdenkern in 1761 , and of ...
... appointed com- mander - in - chief of the British troops , and held that post during the remainder of the Seven Years ' War . He particularly distinguished himself at the battles of Warburg in 1760 , of Kirchdenkern in 1761 , and of ...
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... appointed Professor of Modern History . Fasti- dious in his tastes , fond of books and lettered ease , indisposed to mingle in the great world , but delighting to comment upon it in letters to friends , blessed with a reputation ...
... appointed Professor of Modern History . Fasti- dious in his tastes , fond of books and lettered ease , indisposed to mingle in the great world , but delighting to comment upon it in letters to friends , blessed with a reputation ...
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Стр. 111 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Стр. 39 - And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Стр. 362 - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.
Стр. 55 - Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly proportioned to the mass of the attracting particle, and inversely to the square of the distance between them...
Стр. 183 - He was a Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of the Astronomical Society of London: He was the author of various articles in the scientific journals of the day, and in the Encyclopadia liritannica.
Стр. 249 - For more than forty years," was his remark to Sir James, — "for more than forty years I have so ruled my life that when death came I might face it without fear.
Стр. 17 - Hebrews published a Gospel in their own language ; while Peter and Paul were preaching the Gospel at Rome and founding a church there. And after their departure, Mark, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, himself...
Стр. 302 - Fig. 36. growing complexity of shields arose from augmentations granted to distinguish the younger branches of a family, or charges assumed from the maternal coat by the descendants of an heiress.
Стр. 143 - My lord, out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man hath concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
Стр. 56 - GRAY, THOMAS, an English poet, was born in London on the 26th December 1716. His father, Philip Gray, a money-scrivener, was of a disposition so violent, that his wife was obliged to separate from him ; and it was mainly through her exertions that her son was placed at Eton, and afterwards at Cambridge. At Eton, he made the acquaintance of Horace Walpole, the son of the prime minister ; and when his college education was completed, he accompanied his friend on a tour through France and Italy. After...