A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Whittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... afterwards rose to high rank and honours in his native country , pub- lished a memoir of his father's campaigns , which was printed at Lisbon in 1576. - Mod . Univ . Hist . ALCEUS , the Lesbian , a lyric poet of an- quity , born at ...
... afterwards rose to high rank and honours in his native country , pub- lished a memoir of his father's campaigns , which was printed at Lisbon in 1576. - Mod . Univ . Hist . ALCEUS , the Lesbian , a lyric poet of an- quity , born at ...
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... afterwards libra- rian of the Vatican at Rome , and a professor in the Greek college there . He was born in the island of Scio in the latter end of the sixteenth ALISON ( RICHARD ) one of the ten com- posers who , by command of ...
... afterwards libra- rian of the Vatican at Rome , and a professor in the Greek college there . He was born in the island of Scio in the latter end of the sixteenth ALISON ( RICHARD ) one of the ten com- posers who , by command of ...
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... afterwards at Charenton . The repeal of the Edict of Nantes drove him to England , where he soon discovered a wonderful aptitude at acquiring the language , and afterwards distin- guished himself by some theological disqui- sitions ...
... afterwards at Charenton . The repeal of the Edict of Nantes drove him to England , where he soon discovered a wonderful aptitude at acquiring the language , and afterwards distin- guished himself by some theological disqui- sitions ...
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... afterwards gave lectures on the science at Ferrara , Ancona , and other places , which were much attended . He also published two trea- tises on subjects connected with his profession ; one of which , Curiationum medicinalium centuriæ ...
... afterwards gave lectures on the science at Ferrara , Ancona , and other places , which were much attended . He also published two trea- tises on subjects connected with his profession ; one of which , Curiationum medicinalium centuriæ ...
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... afterwards made inspector of the French courts of justice . He was a man of much general reading , and wrote " Critical Remarks on the public Edifices of Berlin , " " The Life of Soli- man the Magnificent , " a tract " On the Revo ...
... afterwards made inspector of the French courts of justice . He was a man of much general reading , and wrote " Critical Remarks on the public Edifices of Berlin , " " The Life of Soli- man the Magnificent , " a tract " On the Revo ...
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