The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1816 |
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... became censor - royal of the academy of sciences , profes- sor and demonstrator of the surgical schools , secretary of correspondence , surgeon - major of the hospital of invalids , and a member of the institute . His education had been ...
... became censor - royal of the academy of sciences , profes- sor and demonstrator of the surgical schools , secretary of correspondence , surgeon - major of the hospital of invalids , and a member of the institute . His education had been ...
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... became a most accomplished performer . He afterwards resided at Rome eight years ; and at Venice , where he remained four years , he was appointed master of the conservatorio of the Ospidaletto . It was here where he first composed for ...
... became a most accomplished performer . He afterwards resided at Rome eight years ; and at Venice , where he remained four years , he was appointed master of the conservatorio of the Ospidaletto . It was here where he first composed for ...
Pagina 13
... Hearst's widow put him afterwards to Magdalen - college , Oxford , 1 Burney's Hist . of Music . - and in Rees's Cyclopædia . - Dict . Hist . Moreri . - Dict . Hist . where he became demy in 1687 , at the age SAC CHINI . 13.
... Hearst's widow put him afterwards to Magdalen - college , Oxford , 1 Burney's Hist . of Music . - and in Rees's Cyclopædia . - Dict . Hist . Moreri . - Dict . Hist . where he became demy in 1687 , at the age SAC CHINI . 13.
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... became demy in 1687 , at the age of 15. Here he soon distinguished himself by a regular observation ' of the duties of the house , by his compositions , good man- ners , and genteel behaviour ; qualifications which recom- mended him to ...
... became demy in 1687 , at the age of 15. Here he soon distinguished himself by a regular observation ' of the duties of the house , by his compositions , good man- ners , and genteel behaviour ; qualifications which recom- mended him to ...
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... became celebrated both as a Latin and English poet , and carried the same taste and talents to the Temple , where he wrote his tragedy of " Gorboduc , " which was exhibited in the great hall by the students of that so- ciety , as part ...
... became celebrated both as a Latin and English poet , and carried the same taste and talents to the Temple , where he wrote his tragedy of " Gorboduc , " which was exhibited in the great hall by the students of that so- ciety , as part ...
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Pagina 440 - What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starved hackney sonneteer or me ! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! Before his sacred name flies every fault, And each exalted stanza teems with thought.
Pagina 403 - The Rubric in the book of Common Prayer, and the Canons of the church of England, so far as they relate to the Parochial Clergy, considered in a course of visitation sermons," 8vo. A volume of his " Sermons on several occasions
Pagina 48 - An act for the further security of his Majesty's person and the succession of the crown in the Protestant line, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and all other pretenders, and their open and secret abettors...
Pagina 329 - ... reproached, for staying in London, and in the parliament, after they were in rebellion, and in the worst times, which his age obliged him to do; and how wicked soever the actions were which were every day done, he was confident he had not given his consent to them; but would have hindered them if he could with his own safety, to which he was always enough indulgent. If he had some infirmities with other men, they were weighed down with wonderful and prodigious abilities and excellencies in the...
Pagina 283 - Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Pagina 329 - Hyde was wont to say, that he valued himself upon nothing more than upon having had Mr. Selden's acquaintance from the time he was very young; and held it with great delight as long as they were suffered to continue together in London ; and he was very much troubled always when he heard him blamed, censured, and reproached, for staying in London, and in the parliament, after they were in rebellion, and in the worst...
Pagina 27 - Act), by which all dissenting ministers, who would not take an oath, that it was not lawful, upon any pretence whatever, to take arms against the king...
Pagina 445 - Now was excited his delight in rural pleasures, and his ambition of rural elegance : he began from this time to point his prospects, to diversify his surface, to entangle his walks, and to wind his waters...
Pagina 30 - MP late a member of the said house, serving as one of the knights of...
Pagina 488 - Shower's Cases in Parliament Resolved and Adjudged upon Petitions and Writs of Error. Fourth Edition. Containing additional cases not hitherto reported. Revised and Edited by RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law; Editor of " Kelyng's Crown Cases," and "Hall's Essay on the Rights of the Crown in the Seashore.