The General Biographical Dictionary, 第 15 卷Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1814 |
搜尋書籍內容
第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 100 筆
第 9 頁
... wrote also in the " Magasin encyclopedique , " and the " Journal de l'ecole polytechnique , " and drew up several reports for the national convention , which were published in the Mo- niteur , & c . His last publications were , 13 ...
... wrote also in the " Magasin encyclopedique , " and the " Journal de l'ecole polytechnique , " and drew up several reports for the national convention , which were published in the Mo- niteur , & c . His last publications were , 13 ...
第 11 頁
... wrote to him to come to Perpignan , where he resided . When the minister told this gentleman that he had sent for him without knowing him , to fill a post near himself , and that he was recommended by the officers of his corps , his as ...
... wrote to him to come to Perpignan , where he resided . When the minister told this gentleman that he had sent for him without knowing him , to fill a post near himself , and that he was recommended by the officers of his corps , his as ...
第 19 頁
... wrote " Additiones in Chronica Gene- brandi " a " Psalter for Catholics , " which was answered by Sampson Dean , of Christ - church , Oxford , 1578 ; also epigrams , and other verses . He also translated from Latin into English , " The ...
... wrote " Additiones in Chronica Gene- brandi " a " Psalter for Catholics , " which was answered by Sampson Dean , of Christ - church , Oxford , 1578 ; also epigrams , and other verses . He also translated from Latin into English , " The ...
第 23 頁
... wrote " The duty of Public Worship proved , to which are added directions for a devout behaviour therein , drawn chiefly from the holy scriptures and the liturgy of the church of England ; and an account of the method of the Common ...
... wrote " The duty of Public Worship proved , to which are added directions for a devout behaviour therein , drawn chiefly from the holy scriptures and the liturgy of the church of England ; and an account of the method of the Common ...
第 25 頁
... wrote to Cromwell , soliciting his attention to the suf- ferings of his friends ; and on hearing a rumour that he was about to assume the title of king , Fox solicited an audience , and remonstrated with him very freely upon the measure ...
... wrote to Cromwell , soliciting his attention to the suf- ferings of his friends ; and on hearing a rumour that he was about to assume the title of king , Fox solicited an audience , and remonstrated with him very freely upon the measure ...
其他版本 - 查看全部
常見字詞
academy afterwards ancient Antwerp appears appointed became bishop Bologna born Cambridge cardinal celebrated character church church of England collection considerable court death degree Dict died divine doctrine duke earl edition educated elegant eminent England English entitled esteemed excellent father favour folio France Freind French friends Frumentius Gibbon Greek Greek language Hist honour ibid Italy Jesuits John king king's language Latin learned letters lived London lord lord Holland master Melchior Adam Memoirs ment merit Milan minister Naples Niceron Onomast Oxford painting Paris particular persons philosophy physician pieces poem poet pope preached prince principal printed professor published queen racter religion reputation Rome royal says Scotland sent sermon shewed soon style talents thought tion took translation treatise university of Oxford Venice Voltaire volume Westminster school writings wrote
熱門章節
第 463 頁 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau or covered, walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, 1 Memoirs, p. 166. and all nature was silent.
第 350 頁 - Augustine, at the end of the fourth and the beginning of the fifth century. From that time forward the neuter gained ground in the Western Church till it altogether supplanted the masculine.
第 454 頁 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
第 472 頁 - There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions . of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species.
第 89 頁 - I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey ; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings, and I knew no soul, nor where to look for lodging. I...
第 195 頁 - For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
第 210 頁 - In his fancy pictures, when he had fixed on his object of imitation, whether it was the mean and vulgar form of a wood-cutter, or a child of an interesting character, as he did not attempt to raise the one, so neither did he lose any of the natural grace and elegance, of the other ; such a grace, and such an elegance, as are more frequently found in cottages than in courts. This excellence was his own, the result of his particular observation and taste; for this he was certainly not indebted to the...
第 113 頁 - The history of physick; from the time of Galen, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
第 449 頁 - The various articles of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream; and after a full conviction, on Christmas Day 1754, I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief in the tenets and mysteries which are adopted by the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.
第 312 頁 - We are now in an age wherein impudent assertions must pass for arguments : and I do not question, but the same who has endeavoured here to prove, that he who wrote the Dispensary was no poet, will very suddenly undertake to shew, that he who gained the battle of Blenheim is no general.