A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Whittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... Royal Work , which was translated into Latin by Stephen of An- tioch in 1127. - Friend's Hist . Med . ABBAS I ( SHAH ) the Great . This celebrated Persian sovereign was born about the year 1558 , and ascended the throne on the murder of ...
... Royal Work , which was translated into Latin by Stephen of An- tioch in 1127. - Friend's Hist . Med . ABBAS I ( SHAH ) the Great . This celebrated Persian sovereign was born about the year 1558 , and ascended the throne on the murder of ...
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... royal birth , being little reputation , and lived for the remainder of nephew to Ina king of Wessex , and was author his life abhorred yet unmolested , affecting the of several poetical as well as polemical writings , humour of Sylla ...
... royal birth , being little reputation , and lived for the remainder of nephew to Ina king of Wessex , and was author his life abhorred yet unmolested , affecting the of several poetical as well as polemical writings , humour of Sylla ...
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... Royal , and there occupied himself with study and rural amusements , until his death in 1674 , aged eighty - six . He translated the " Confessions of St Augustin ; " the " Lives of the Saints ; " " Josephus ; " and the " Works of St ...
... Royal , and there occupied himself with study and rural amusements , until his death in 1674 , aged eighty - six . He translated the " Confessions of St Augustin ; " the " Lives of the Saints ; " " Josephus ; " and the " Works of St ...
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... royal amphitheatre near Westminster Bridge , and the author of some ingenious literary pro- ductions . He was born at Newcastle - under- Line in 1742 , and bred a cabinet maker . In 1759 he enlisted in Eliot's Light Horse , and served ...
... royal amphitheatre near Westminster Bridge , and the author of some ingenious literary pro- ductions . He was born at Newcastle - under- Line in 1742 , and bred a cabinet maker . In 1759 he enlisted in Eliot's Light Horse , and served ...
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... royal prerogative , and be- the overturning of a carriage in 1592. He ing unsuccessful , his affairs became deranged , published a volume of Poems , with an Essay and he was arrested and thrown into the Mar - on Epic Poetry ; and ...
... royal prerogative , and be- the overturning of a carriage in 1592. He ing unsuccessful , his affairs became deranged , published a volume of Poems , with an Essay and he was arrested and thrown into the Mar - on Epic Poetry ; and ...
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