A Dictionary of Biography: Comprising the Most Eminent Characters of All Ages, Nations, and Professions ...Otis, Broaders,, 1846 - 527 pages |
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Page 10 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Page 410 - Sherman was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of the United States ; and he was chosen a representative from this State to the first Congress under this constitution.
Page 8 - Mr. Jefferson has told us that "the Colossus of that Congress — the great pillar of support to the Declaration of Independence, and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams.
Page 511 - THERE are no colours in the fairest sky So fair as these. The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an Angel's wing.
Page 9 - It was this man, who by his superior application managed at once the faction in Congress at Philadelphia, and the factions in New England.
Page 399 - In that Year also Newton was chosen one of the delegates, to defend the privileges of the university against James II. ; and in 1688 and 1701 he was elected one of the members of the university- He was appointed warden of the Mint in 1696; was made master of it in 1699; was chosen president of the Royal Society in 1703; and was knighted in 1705. He "died March 20, 1727.
Page 366 - In 1806 he u as elected by tlie legislature of Massachusetts a senator in congress, and for five years conducted himself with great prudence and firmness during a period of great political excitement. In 1822 he was again appointed to the national senate, and was distinguished for his application to business. In 1826 he published at Boston a pamphlet on the Report of the Committee of Commerce of the Senate of the U.
Page 511 - The prudence, steadiness, and vigilance of that man, joined to the greatest possible lenity in his character and his politics, preserved the crown to this royal family ; and with it. their laws and liberties to this country.
Page 337 - Virginia, a work which attracted attention in Europe as well as America, dispelled many misconceptions respecting this continent, and gave its author a place among men distinguished for science. In November, 1783, he again took his seat in the continental congress, but in the May following was appointed minister plenipotentiary, to act abroad in the negotiation of commercial treaties. with Dr Franklin and Mr. Adams. He proceeded to France, in execution of this mission, embarking at Boston, and that...
Page 337 - April (old style), 1743. His youthful studies were pursued in the neighborhood of his father's residence, until he was removed to the college of William and Mary, the highest honors of which he in due time received. Having left the college with reputation, he applied himself to the study of the law, under the tuition of George Wythe, one of the highest judicial names of which that state can boast. At an early age he was elected a member of the legislature, in which he had no sooner appeared than...