The General Biographical Dictionary, Том 13J. Nichols, 1814 |
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... means of periodical papers . Ebert was professor of the Carolinean Institute at Brunswick , and in high esteem with the duke , who made him a canon of St. Cyriac , and afterwards con- ferred on him the title of counsellor . He wrote ...
... means of periodical papers . Ebert was professor of the Carolinean Institute at Brunswick , and in high esteem with the duke , who made him a canon of St. Cyriac , and afterwards con- ferred on him the title of counsellor . He wrote ...
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... mean , flat , and insipid ; which are the things about which you appear peculiarly con- cerned . And yet I thought a public animadversion both proper and necessary , and can meet with none of your readers , how different soever in their ...
... mean , flat , and insipid ; which are the things about which you appear peculiarly con- cerned . And yet I thought a public animadversion both proper and necessary , and can meet with none of your readers , how different soever in their ...
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... means of procuring sir Thomas Edmondes to be employed elsewhere ; which would be a great relief to the queen . However , I am not of opinion that you should make this proposal ; for , if it does not succeed , it will only serve to ...
... means of procuring sir Thomas Edmondes to be employed elsewhere ; which would be a great relief to the queen . However , I am not of opinion that you should make this proposal ; for , if it does not succeed , it will only serve to ...
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... mean to discontinue his labours ; his mind was too active , and his love of knowledge too ardent , for him to rest satis- fied with what he had already done . Accordingly , in 1758 , he published his first volume of " Gleanings of ...
... mean to discontinue his labours ; his mind was too active , and his love of knowledge too ardent , for him to rest satis- fied with what he had already done . Accordingly , in 1758 , he published his first volume of " Gleanings of ...
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... means prepared for such an attack , which was felt by him in a very sensible degree ; and he was particularly hurt ... mean no more than that he is become a gentleman of the last edi- tion of the Dunciad . Since gentlemen then are so cap ...
... means prepared for such an attack , which was felt by him in a very sensible degree ; and he was particularly hurt ... mean no more than that he is become a gentleman of the last edi- tion of the Dunciad . Since gentlemen then are so cap ...
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Стр. 121 - I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too ; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm ; to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.
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Стр. 120 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Стр. 125 - Ten days and nights she lay upon the carpet, leaning on cushions which her maids brought her : and her physicians could not persuade her to allow herself to be put to bed, much less to make trial of any remedies which they prescribed to her.
Стр. 128 - Though a woman, she hid all that was womanish about her: and if a few equivocal marks of coquetry appeared on some occasions, they passed like flashes of lightning, vanished as soon as they were discerned, and imprinted no blot on her character. She had private friendships, she had favourites: but she never suffered her friends to forget she was their queen; and when her favourites did, she made them feel that she was so.
Стр. 422 - Is there under the heavens a more glorious and refreshing object, of the kind, than an impregnable hedge, of about four hundred feet in length, nine feet high, and five in diameter, which I can...
Стр. 127 - ... we are also apt to require some more softness of disposition, some greater lenity of temper, some of those amiable weaknesses by which her sex is distinguished.
Стр. 126 - There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies and the adulation of friends than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity. The unusual length of her administration, and the strong features of her character, were able to overcome...
Стр. 421 - NUMISMATA : a Discourse of Medals, ancient and modern: together with some Account of Heads and Effigies of illustrious and famous Persons, in Sculps and Taille-Douce, of whom we have no Medals extant ; and of the Use to be derived from them. To which is added, a Digression concerning Physiognomy.
Стр. 421 - Terra : a Philosophical Discourse of Earth, relating to the Culture and improvement of it for Vegetation, and the propagation of Plants, as it was presented to the Royal Society, by J.