Dictionary of National Biography, Volum 16Leslie Stephen Macmillan, 1888 |
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Pàgina 2
... became en- graver to the mint , and engraved several medals commemorative of the peace of Rys- wick and other important events down to the treaty of Utrecht in 1713. He also engraved an allegorical broadside commemorating the latter ...
... became en- graver to the mint , and engraved several medals commemorative of the peace of Rys- wick and other important events down to the treaty of Utrecht in 1713. He also engraved an allegorical broadside commemorating the latter ...
Pàgina 3
... became the leader of the opposition party , to which Governor Colville gave way , and ordered Jeremie home . Before the latter returned again , Draper had been ordered by the home government to be dismissed from his appoint- ments . He ...
... became the leader of the opposition party , to which Governor Colville gave way , and ordered Jeremie home . Before the latter returned again , Draper had been ordered by the home government to be dismissed from his appoint- ments . He ...
Pàgina 7
... became a major - general in 1772. In 1774 Horace Walpole speaks of him as the probable second in command of the reinforcements going to America , and as writing plans of pacification in the newspapers ( Letters , vi . 135 , 155 ) . Be ...
... became a major - general in 1772. In 1774 Horace Walpole speaks of him as the probable second in command of the reinforcements going to America , and as writing plans of pacification in the newspapers ( Letters , vi . 135 , 155 ) . Be ...
Pàgina 14
... became a favourite pupil and intimate friend of Dugald Stewart , and after seven years of study took his M.D. degree in 1778. After practising his profession for two or three years in his native down , and where he first began to take ...
... became a favourite pupil and intimate friend of Dugald Stewart , and after seven years of study took his M.D. degree in 1778. After practising his profession for two or three years in his native down , and where he first began to take ...
Pàgina 15
... became a master of the bench of the Inner Temple in 1581 , and Lent reader in 1584 ; his shield of arms with this date still remains in Inner Temple Hall . United Irishmen . Of this society he was one of the leaders ; he was several ...
... became a master of the bench of the Inner Temple in 1581 , and Lent reader in 1584 ; his shield of arms with this date still remains in Inner Temple Hall . United Irishmen . Of this society he was one of the leaders ; he was several ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 63 - But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
Pàgina 122 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Pàgina 210 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Pàgina 66 - The Hind and the Panther transversed to the story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse,' printed in 1687, in 4to, in answer to Dryden's ' Hind and Panther,
Pàgina 12 - Reasons of Faith ; or, the Order of the Christian Argument Developed and Explained. By the Rev. GS DREW, MA Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Fcp. 8vo.
Pàgina 209 - Dunning and myself,' added he, ' we were generous, for we gave the girl who waited on us a penny a piece ; but Kenyon, who always knew the value of money, sometimes rewarded her with a halfpenny, and sometimes with a promise.
Pàgina 339 - Bounty (that is, the governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy).
Pàgina 22 - Ixiv. 467) to copies of proposals for carrying on certain public works in the city of Edinburgh...
Pàgina 81 - Some account of the Alien Priories, and of such Lands as they are known to have possessed in England and Wales,
Pàgina 194 - Bibliotheca theologica,' NY, 1883 : upon ethics in Fr. Jodl's 'Geschichte der Ethik,' Stuttg., 1882-89: and upon psychology in LN Wilson's 'Bibliography of child-study,' Worcester, Mass., 1898-1901, and especially in 'The index catalogue of the library of the SurgeonGeneral's Office,