Chambers's Biographical Dictionary: The Great of All Times and NationsDavid Patrick, Francis Hindes Groome Lippincott, 1898 - 1002 頁 |
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... president of the United States , was born in Braintree , 10 miles from Boston , 31st October 1735 , the son of a fariner , and distinguished himself at Harvard . Admitted to the bar in 1758 , he settled at Boston in 1768 , and soon had ...
... president of the United States , was born in Braintree , 10 miles from Boston , 31st October 1735 , the son of a fariner , and distinguished himself at Harvard . Admitted to the bar in 1758 , he settled at Boston in 1768 , and soon had ...
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... president in 1881 ; and , after Garfield's death , he was installed as president on the 22d September 1881 , and held the office till 4th March 1885. He was neither a great nor a brilliant president , but he was practical , business ...
... president in 1881 ; and , after Garfield's death , he was installed as president on the 22d September 1881 , and held the office till 4th March 1885. He was neither a great nor a brilliant president , but he was practical , business ...
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... President of the Local Government Board ( 1885 ) , BALFOUR Secretary for Scotland ( 1886 ) , Chief - secretary for Ireland ( 1887 ) , and First Lord of the Treasury and leader of the House of Commons ( 1892-93 ) , as again after the ...
... President of the Local Government Board ( 1885 ) , BALFOUR Secretary for Scotland ( 1886 ) , Chief - secretary for Ireland ( 1887 ) , and First Lord of the Treasury and leader of the House of Commons ( 1892-93 ) , as again after the ...
第 83 頁
... president of the council , and in 1622 was made a cardinal , and finally Bishop of Oviedo . Bedos de Celles , DOM FRANÇOIS ( 1706-79 ) , a French Benedictine monk and organ - builder . Bedwell , WILLIAM ( 1562-1632 ) , an English ...
... president of the council , and in 1622 was made a cardinal , and finally Bishop of Oviedo . Bedos de Celles , DOM FRANÇOIS ( 1706-79 ) , a French Benedictine monk and organ - builder . Bedwell , WILLIAM ( 1562-1632 ) , an English ...
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... president of the Linnæan Society ( 1853- 61 ) , and first president of the Ray Society ( 1844 ) . He wrote British Quadrupeds ( 1837 ; 2d ed . 1874 ) , British Reptiles ( 1839 ) , & c . Retiring from practice about 1860 to the Wakes of ...
... president of the Linnæan Society ( 1853- 61 ) , and first president of the Ray Society ( 1844 ) . He wrote British Quadrupeds ( 1837 ; 2d ed . 1874 ) , British Reptiles ( 1839 ) , & c . Retiring from practice about 1860 to the Wakes of ...
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第 229 頁 - He organised anew the colonies in Canada, Martinique, and St Domingo, and founded others at Cayenne and Madagascar. He found France with a few old rotten ships, and in a few years had provided her with one of the strongest fleets in the world, with well-equipped arsenals and a splendid body of seamen. Colbert improved trie civil code, introduced a marine code of laws, and drew up the so-called Code Noir for the colonies.
第 209 頁 - Comptroller of the Customs and Subsidy of Wools, Skins, and Tanned Hides...
第 212 頁 - The Bible, I say, the Bible only is the religion of protestants.
第 122 頁 - Next year, however, he was chief commander at the great victory of Pavia, in which Francis I was taken prisoner. But Charles V distrusted him, though he made him Duke of Milan and Spanish commander in Northern Italy. Along with...
第 311 頁 - ... besought Almighty God of His goodness to give him life and leave to sail once in an English ship in that sea.
第 37 頁 - He first established the truth, that a body plunged in a fluid loses as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of an equal volume of the fluid!
第 17 頁 - He patronised the Pretender, to annoy England, and the French Protestants, to annoy Louis. He sought to unite Peter of Russia and Charles XII. with him, to plunge Austria into a war with the Turks, to stir up an insurrection in Hungary, and...
第 77 頁 - I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last; ay, sir, and though I sit down now, the time will come when you will hear me.
第 127 頁 - As a reward, he was made Permanent President of the Council of State and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with a grant of estates worth £2,000 per annum. His 'stiff republicanism' estranged him from Oliver Cromwell.