A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Whittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... remained fifteen years . Pro- he was introduced to Sir Isaac Newton , who foundly skilled in the arts of diplomacy , he seems quickly appreciated his great attainments , and to have occasionally much annoyed the French sent him his ...
... remained fifteen years . Pro- he was introduced to Sir Isaac Newton , who foundly skilled in the arts of diplomacy , he seems quickly appreciated his great attainments , and to have occasionally much annoyed the French sent him his ...
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... remained ceived the curious name of Astrolabius . On until the anger in some degree subsided , the birth of this child , Abelard proposed to when he obtained leave to retire to some soli Fulbert to marry his niece , provided the mar ...
... remained ceived the curious name of Astrolabius . On until the anger in some degree subsided , the birth of this child , Abelard proposed to when he obtained leave to retire to some soli Fulbert to marry his niece , provided the mar ...
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... remained ten years . He finished , while in Italy , several considerable works , one of which was the restoration of the mutilated group of the family of Lycomedes , discovered by Cardinal Polignac in the ruins of the villa of Marius ...
... remained ten years . He finished , while in Italy , several considerable works , one of which was the restoration of the mutilated group of the family of Lycomedes , discovered by Cardinal Polignac in the ruins of the villa of Marius ...
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... remained concealed for three years , vine of the Protestant church in Elizabeth's disseminating from his retreat publications in time , a native of Hadleigh in Suffolk . He was favour of the ancient religion . In 1568 , with the author ...
... remained concealed for three years , vine of the Protestant church in Elizabeth's disseminating from his retreat publications in time , a native of Hadleigh in Suffolk . He was favour of the ancient religion . In 1568 , with the author ...
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... remained until his death in 1280. The celebrity of Albertus is so clouded with the legendary tales related of his acquirements and performances in natural magic and in physics , that it is impossible to say what por- tion of it is duly ...
... remained until his death in 1280. The celebrity of Albertus is so clouded with the legendary tales related of his acquirements and performances in natural magic and in physics , that it is impossible to say what por- tion of it is duly ...
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