The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 22Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1815 - Biography |
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... answered the castigations of , Gronovius , in an " Appendix to his Annotations , " 1686 , 4to ; but , dying the same year , 1 Dict . Hist . - Saxii Onomasticon . . left his manes to be insulted by Gronovius , in MEIER . 13 .
... answered the castigations of , Gronovius , in an " Appendix to his Annotations , " 1686 , 4to ; but , dying the same year , 1 Dict . Hist . - Saxii Onomasticon . . left his manes to be insulted by Gronovius , in MEIER . 13 .
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... answer to it the next day . " Upon which Eckius represented to him the disgrace of requiring so long a time ; but Melancthon replied , that he sought not his own glory , but that of truth . In 1543 he went to the archbishop of Cologne ...
... answer to it the next day . " Upon which Eckius represented to him the disgrace of requiring so long a time ; but Melancthon replied , that he sought not his own glory , but that of truth . In 1543 he went to the archbishop of Cologne ...
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... answer a fool according to his folly . " The only advantage it procured him , was to look upon death without fear , by considering , that it would secure him from the " odium theologicum , " the hatred of divines , and the discord of ...
... answer a fool according to his folly . " The only advantage it procured him , was to look upon death without fear , by considering , that it would secure him from the " odium theologicum , " the hatred of divines , and the discord of ...
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... answer to the second was , " that he had usually 1500 hearers . " " I cannot believe it , " says the cardinal : " I do not know an university in Europe , except that of Paris , in which one professor has so many scholars . " To the ...
... answer to the second was , " that he had usually 1500 hearers . " " I cannot believe it , " says the cardinal : " I do not know an university in Europe , except that of Paris , in which one professor has so many scholars . " To the ...
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... answer some valuable pur- pose . " I would have no one , " says he , " trifle in philo- sophising , lest he should at length even lose sight of com- mon sense ; rather let him be careful both in the study of physics and morals , to ...
... answer some valuable pur- pose . " I would have no one , " says he , " trifle in philo- sophising , lest he should at length even lose sight of com- mon sense ; rather let him be careful both in the study of physics and morals , to ...
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Page 185 - The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CALL TO ACCOUNT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION TO DEPOSE AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE ORDINARY MAGISTRATE HAVE NEGLECTED OR DENIED TO DO IT.
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