A New Biographical Dictionary, of 3000 Cotemporary Public Characters, British and Foreign, of All Ranks and Professions, Volume 2G. B. Whittaker, 1825 |
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... distinguished character is a native of Zante , and was born about the year 1772. He began his studies at Padua , where he was soon remarkable for his splendid talents . In history and eloquence he made rapid pro- gress . His earliest ...
... distinguished character is a native of Zante , and was born about the year 1772. He began his studies at Padua , where he was soon remarkable for his splendid talents . In history and eloquence he made rapid pro- gress . His earliest ...
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... distinguished himself , particularly at the battle of Fleurus ; and , at the age of twenty three , he was raised to be a colonel of hussars . The principles of Fournier were republican , but in 1798 he manifested his nobleness of spirit ...
... distinguished himself , particularly at the battle of Fleurus ; and , at the age of twenty three , he was raised to be a colonel of hussars . The principles of Fournier were republican , but in 1798 he manifested his nobleness of spirit ...
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... distinguished himself in the army of the North , under the eyes of Dumourier , Dampierre , Custine , Jourdan , and Pichegru ; but , preserving the sentiments of a citizen in the midst of the camp , he patriotically and loudly expressed ...
... distinguished himself in the army of the North , under the eyes of Dumourier , Dampierre , Custine , Jourdan , and Pichegru ; but , preserving the sentiments of a citizen in the midst of the camp , he patriotically and loudly expressed ...
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... distinguished himself , and was severely wounded . By Louis XVIII . General Foy was appointed in- spector - general of infantry in the fourteenth division , was made a knight of St. Louis , and grand officer of the legion of honour ...
... distinguished himself , and was severely wounded . By Louis XVIII . General Foy was appointed in- spector - general of infantry in the fourteenth division , was made a knight of St. Louis , and grand officer of the legion of honour ...
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... distinguished himself in the more abstrusesciences , particularly in mathematics , his knowledge of which is said to be profound . Nor , while attaining theseverer sciences , did he fail to make a rapid progress in the studies con ...
... distinguished himself in the more abstrusesciences , particularly in mathematics , his knowledge of which is said to be profound . Nor , while attaining theseverer sciences , did he fail to make a rapid progress in the studies con ...
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Page 404 - He was the author of— Five Discourses, containing certain arguments for and against the reception of Christianity by the ancient Jews and Greeks.
Page 359 - The Gentle Shepherd ;" and though immoderately fond of them, yet (what you will think remarkable in one who hath since dabbled so much in...
Page 360 - Whether my manner of writing it out was new, I know not, but it was not without singularity. Having very little spare time from my flock, which was unruly enough, I folded and stitched a few sheets of paper, which I carried in my pocket.
Page 359 - I could not help regretting deeply that they were not in prose, that every body might have understood them ; or, I thought, if they had been in the same kind of metre with the psalms, I could have borne with them. The truth is, I made exceedingly slow progress in reading them. The little reading that I had learned, I had nearly lost, and the Scottish dialect quite confounded me...
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Page 359 - Scottish dialect quite confounded me; so that, before I got to the end of a line, I had commonly lost the rhyme of the preceding one ; and if I came to a triplet, a thing of which I had no conception, I commonly read to the foot of the page without perceiving that I had lost the rhyme altogether. I thought the author had been straitened for rhymes, and had just made a part of it do as well as he could without them.
Page 427 - Edinburgh, he engaged actively in the literary societies of that city, and was one of the most conspicuous members of the Speculative Society. At the bar, the success of Mr. Jeffrey was, however, long doubtful, and it was not for many years that he acquired extensive practice. Yet his abilities as an advocate are of the first order. In acuteness, promptness and clearness ; in the art of illustrating, stating and arranging ; in extent of legal knowledge ; in sparkling wit, keen satire, and strong...