General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . ne and her daughter Anna made an at-tempt to elevate Bryennius to the empire ; buthe, through a sense of duty or prudence, re-fused to concur in the plot. In 1137 he wassent to besiege Antioch, where falling sick, hereturned to Constantinople and died. He hadundertaken to write the life of his father-in-lawAlexius ; but having commenced his work asfar back as the reign of Isaac Comnenus^ heonly finished four books, co
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . ne and her daughter Anna made an at-tempt to elevate Bryennius to the empire ; buthe, through a sense of duty or prudence, re-fused to concur in the plot. In 1137 he wassent to besiege Antioch, where falling sick, hereturned to Constantinople and died. He hadundertaken to write the life of his father-in-lawAlexius ; but having commenced his work asfar back as the reign of Isaac Comnenus^ heonly finished four books, containing that reign,and those of the three succeeding emperors, andterminating with the expedition of NicephorusBotoniates against Nicephorus Meissen. Thiswork was translated into Latin, and, with theoriginal, published by the Jesuit Poussines atParis in i66i. The annotations of Du Cangewere added in 1670. Morrri.—A. BUC, George, an antiquarian, was bornin Lincolnshire, of an ancient lamily, one oftlie heads of which was a favourite of kingRichard III. and attended him at the battle ofBosworth, for which he was attaintedand be-headed in the ensuing reign. George Buc was. ililiiiU|iniliinili|iPnnininnMiiiMiH|||i|iiii|iiiij4iiiM||ji|tiiiiiHM|iii]i[iji^annc laco hucctc alio vcii^ arhc Britannos,IJt cmts ^ cincris aCotiu tanta fores. /^ a. ?-??? !??? ? I— r.::. i . ., ?;,.,i.,..u,.„...;i,..,,;:,.; a:i:.. ,;...;il.:,,i,l„..JLi,MLi,,LiL
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