General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions and professions, chiefly composed by J. Aikin and W. Enfield, כרך 11799 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 8
... obtained him re- spect with king Ethelred , and the English nobi- lity . Returning to Fleuri , he was , upon the ... obtaining , in 1604 , the second place in the list of eight learned men of Oxford , to whom was entrusted the important ...
... obtained him re- spect with king Ethelred , and the English nobi- lity . Returning to Fleuri , he was , upon the ... obtaining , in 1604 , the second place in the list of eight learned men of Oxford , to whom was entrusted the important ...
עמוד 22
... obtained permission to retire to some so- litary retreat , on condition that he should never again become a member of a convent . The spot which he chose was a vale in the forest of Champagne , near Nogent upon the Seine . In this ...
... obtained permission to retire to some so- litary retreat , on condition that he should never again become a member of a convent . The spot which he chose was a vale in the forest of Champagne , near Nogent upon the Seine . In this ...
עמוד 32
... obtained the surname of Bahader , or Brave , by which he is distinguished . Juban , in the height of his favour , married the sultan's sister , and proved his fidelity by bringing back to his duty his own son who had revolted . But an ...
... obtained the surname of Bahader , or Brave , by which he is distinguished . Juban , in the height of his favour , married the sultan's sister , and proved his fidelity by bringing back to his duty his own son who had revolted . But an ...
עמוד 33
... obtained . At the beginning of the At the beginning of the fifth century he joined Antiochus and others against Chrysostom , and voted for his deposi- tion . When the controversy between Cyril and Nestorius arose , he wrote a letter to ...
... obtained . At the beginning of the At the beginning of the fifth century he joined Antiochus and others against Chrysostom , and voted for his deposi- tion . When the controversy between Cyril and Nestorius arose , he wrote a letter to ...
עמוד 38
... obtained great promises of preferment from popes and cardinals , but they proved only promises . The duke of Parma , however , engaged him , on very liberal terms , to occupy the chair of law in his university . Achillini was a ...
... obtained great promises of preferment from popes and cardinals , but they proved only promises . The duke of Parma , however , engaged him , on very liberal terms , to occupy the chair of law in his university . Achillini was a ...
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עמוד 28 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
עמוד 51 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
עמוד 146 - Cicero, formed his taste, enlarged his understanding, and gave him the noblest ideas of man and government. The exercises of the body succeeded to those of the mind; and Alexander, who was tall, active, and robust, surpassed most of his equals in the gymnastic arts.
עמוד 244 - I think it is lawful for you to take my brother Neale's money; for he offers it.
עמוד 244 - I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality of parliament? ' The Bishop of Durham readily answered, 'God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils.' Whereupon the King turned and said to the Bishop of Winchester, 'Well, my lord, what say you?' 'Sir,' replied the bishop, 'I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.' The King answered, 'No put-offs, my lord; answer me presently.
עמוד 368 - An Argument, proving, that according to the Covenant of Eternal life, revealed in the Scriptures, Man may be translated from hence into that Eternal Life, without passing through death, although the Human Nature of Christ himself could not be thus translated till he had passed through death.
עמוד 177 - The weather proved favourable to their enterprise. Under the cover of a thick fog they escaped the fleet of Allectus, which had been stationed off the Isle of Wight to receive them, landed in safety on some part of the western coast, and convinced the Britons that a superiority of naval strength will not always protect their country from a foreign invasion.
עמוד 244 - I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, well, my lord, what say you ? Sir, replied the bishop, I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
עמוד 18 - His compositions were easy and elegantly simple, for he used to say, ' I do not chuse to be always struggling with difficulties, and playing with all my might. I make my pieces difficult whenever I please, according to my disposition, and that of my audience.
עמוד 151 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.