The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 27J. Nichols, 1816 - Biography |
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... never taken priest's orders . Some time after he was ap pointed agent from the court of Spain at Rome , and his 1 Moreri . - Simon Crit . Hist . . In conduct in this office acquired him general esteem . 2 SAADI AS - GA ON .
... never taken priest's orders . Some time after he was ap pointed agent from the court of Spain at Rome , and his 1 Moreri . - Simon Crit . Hist . . In conduct in this office acquired him general esteem . 2 SAADI AS - GA ON .
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... court , which were all his time strong , and in every man's note ; the Howards and the Cecils on the one part , my lord of Essex , & c . on the other part : for he held the staff of the treasury fast in his hand , which once in a year ...
... court , which were all his time strong , and in every man's note ; the Howards and the Cecils on the one part , my lord of Essex , & c . on the other part : for he held the staff of the treasury fast in his hand , which once in a year ...
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... court , he practised and encouraged an unaccustomed style of eloquent and graceful oratory , ' SACKVILLE ( CHARLES ) , sixth earl of Dorset and Mid- dlesex , a celebrated wit and poet , was descended in a direct line from Thomas lord ...
... court , he practised and encouraged an unaccustomed style of eloquent and graceful oratory , ' SACKVILLE ( CHARLES ) , sixth earl of Dorset and Mid- dlesex , a celebrated wit and poet , was descended in a direct line from Thomas lord ...
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... court abounding with men of the finest sense and learning . The most eminent masters in their several ways appealed to his determination : Wal- ler thought it an honour to consult him in the softness and harmony of his verse ; and Dr ...
... court abounding with men of the finest sense and learning . The most eminent masters in their several ways appealed to his determination : Wal- ler thought it an honour to consult him in the softness and harmony of his verse ; and Dr ...
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... court , which , after some hesitation , from his aversion to public life , he accepted , and was chaplain at the battle of Courtray , and had the charge of a mission to the pro- testant princes of Germany ; but unable at length to bear ...
... court , which , after some hesitation , from his aversion to public life , he accepted , and was chaplain at the battle of Courtray , and had the charge of a mission to the pro- testant princes of Germany ; but unable at length to bear ...
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Page 286 - Sathan are most certainly practised, and that the instruments thereof merits most severely to be punished : against the damnable opinions of two principally in our age, whereof the one called Scot, an Englishman, is not ashamed in public print to deny that there can be such a thing as witchcraft ; and so maintains the old error of the Sadducees in denying of spirits.
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Page 38 - Sage left the metropolis of taste, literature, and gaiety, with considerable regret. He did not enjoy his retirement long, being cut off by a severe illness, Nov. 17, 1747, in his eightieth year. He was interred at Boulogne, with the following epitaph : Sous ce tombeau git Le Sage, abattu Par le ciseau de la Parque importune : S'il ne fut pas ami de la Fortune, II fut toojours ami de la Vertu.