. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... vm, aScotch poet and slate-man, bun in ,was made a knight, and gentleman iislu rlo Prince Chai les, in 1013; receited agrant of Nova Scotia, in 1621; was ap-poinled secretary of state Scoiland. in1026; and, in KmO and 1633, was cre-ated viscount and eai 1 of Stilling. Hedied in 1640. His poems and tragedieshave considerable merit, and were contemporary poets, and also by Addi-son. , Nokl, a learned Do-minican, professor of theology, and doctorof the Sorbo
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... vm, aScotch poet and slate-man, bun in ,was made a knight, and gentleman iislu rlo Prince Chai les, in 1013; receited agrant of Nova Scotia, in 1621; was ap-poinled secretary of state Scoiland. in1026; and, in KmO and 1633, was cre-ated viscount and eai 1 of Stilling. Hedied in 1640. His poems and tragedieshave considerable merit, and were contemporary poets, and also by Addi-son. , Nokl, a learned Do-minican, professor of theology, and doctorof the Sorbonnc, was birn at Ronen, in16, and ilied at Paris, in 1724, afteiha\ ing been fir some years blind. He isthe author, among other works, of an Ec-clesiastical History, in 26 vols. 8 vo. andof a History of the Old Teslament ; thefirmer of which, being favourable lo thelibertie. of the dallican chinch, was pro-scribed bv Innocent XI. .•\1-I:.X.\.\DER I. emperor of Russiaand king of Poland, was born, December ALE 22 17T7, and, on the murder of liis father,in 1801, he succeeded to the throne. Till ALF 21. 1P05, his attention vvus to Ui6 ownddmini; ns; but, in that year, he ccalescelwith against France. The coali-tion, , w is broken, by the successof Napoleon at Austerlitz. In the follow-incr vear, he j lined with Prussia ; but, inIfOt, after having 1 ee i defeated at Fried-land, he sig;, at Tilsit, a peave with theFiei h em;;eror, very soon after wlii( ii li;^becimc < ne (<f his closest alli^s. The in-terval between 1807 and 1812, was filledup with ihe seizure of Fin!an<l, and a waragainst l^irkey. In the latter yen hostili-ties wsre again coinm?n(ed I etween Franceand Ru-si;!, and were actively continuedtill the downfal f Napi/leon. During thecampaigns of 1813 and 1814, Alexanderbore a share in the danges of the the )ncliision of | eace, he visitedEngland. As the reward of his militaryassistance, Poland was elected into a kin
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