 | John Aikin - 1799 - 582 דפים
...Moshcitrís Eccles. Hist. cent. vii. Dupin. Sower. — E. AGATHOCLES, king or tyrant of Sicily, was one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. He was the son of Carcinus, a potter, of Rhegium in Italy, who removed to Thcrmse in Sicily, and there married... | |
 | Charles Coote - 1811 - 674 דפים
...himself despairingly on the grass, and died in the arms of the afflicted ludy. Prince Potemkin was one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. His character was a compound of opposite qualities. Avarice and ostentatious prodigality, haughtiness... | |
 | John Campbell, John Berkenhout - 1812 - 558 דפים
...next year, when, if not fourscore, he was, at least much upwards of seventy. He was unquestionably one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived, and who, by his capacity and industry, contributed not a little to the service of mankind in general,... | |
 | John Corry, John Evans - 1816 - 490 דפים
...produces from 500 to 600 pounds per annum, and that each prebendary might receive from 200 to 350 ; but the revenue of these preferments will always be...have been but little in unison with his genius and hi» inclination; it therefore can excite no surprise that he determined to relinquish it. He took... | |
 | James Stuart - 1819 - 692 דפים
...In the south of Ireland his claim to the sovereignty of the kingdom was also admitted.t ' Brian was one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. He had however attained his fiftieth year, before he had manifested any decided superiority over the other... | |
 | William Russell - 1822 - 450 דפים
...despairingly on the,-. ._ grass, and died in the arms of the afflicted lady. c ' Prince Polemkin was one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. His character was a compound of opposite qualities. Avarice and ostentatious prodigality, haughtiness... | |
 | Michael Kelly, Theodore Edward Hook - 1826 - 392 דפים
...confidence of its highly-gifted proprietor; whom I look' upon, take him for all in all, to have been one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. Mr. Sheridan did me the honour (as his friend,) to introduce me to the best society, and the first... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1830 - 696 דפים
...propriety be said to have attempted to construct a theory of chemistry, was Beccher. John Joachim Beccher, one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived, was born at Spires, in Germany, in the year 1635. His father, as Beccher himself informs us, was avery... | |
 | David Jardine - 1835 - 452 דפים
...respecting all of them, and in particular respecting the Earl of Northumberland, who may justly be called one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. The reader will perceive from the references in this little volume, that without the assistance of... | |
 | David Jardine - 1835 - 440 דפים
...respecting all of them, and in particular respecting the Earl of Northumberland, who may justly be called one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. The reader will perceive from the references in this little volume, that without the assistance of... | |
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Sheridan did me the honour (as his friend,) to introduce me to the best society, and the first literary men in the kingdom, who all sought his company. They were sure to find him almost every night at my house, where he was the great magnet of attraction. 
