Robert Bruce
Bruce, Robert, King Of Scotland, Was Born On The 1 1 Th Of July 1274. He Was The Son Of Bruce, Lord Of Annandale, And Martha, Countess Of Carrick, And The Grandson Of Robert Bruce, The Competitor With Baliol For The Scottish Throne. Exiled From His Native Country By The ...
Robert Cecil
Cecil, Robert, Earl Of Salisbury, Son Of The Pre Ceding., Though Less Eminent Than His Father, Was Suffi Ciently Distinguished To Merit A Place In British Biogra Phy. He Appears, For The Date Is By No Means Free Of Doubt, To Have Been Born In 1563 ; And, After Serving ...
Robison
Robison, Jonn, A Celebrated Scottish Natural Phi Losopher, Was Born At Boghall, In Tha County Of Stirling, And Parish Of Beiclernock. His Father, Mr. John Ro Bison, Had Acquired Considerable Wealth As A Merchant In Glasgow, And Had Retired From Business To His Es Tate Of Boghall, Before The Birth ...
Rochester
Rochester, A City Of England, In The County Of Kent, Is Situated On The East Bank Of The Medway, On A Bend Of The River, Where It Falls Into The Thames. A Continuous Row Of Buildings Connects It With Chatham, And By A Bridge Over The Medway It Communicates With ...
Roebuck
Roebuck, Joig, An Eminent Physician, And A Great Benefactor To Scotland, Was Born In Sheffield, In 1718. Having Completed His Clerical Education Under Dr. Dod Dridge Of Northampton, He Studied Medicine And Chemis Try At Edinburgh, From Whence He Went To Leyden, And Took His Degree Of M. D. In ...
Roger Ascham
Ascham, Roger, An Eminent Philologist, Was Born In The Year 1515 At Kirby-wirkc, A Small Village In The County Of York. He Was Descended From Parents, Who, Though In Moderate Circumstances, Were Distinguished For Their Worth, And Conspicuous In Their Station From The Purity And Harmony Of Their Lives, Having ...
Roger Boscovich
Boscovich, Roger Joserit, A Celebrated Ma- Bo Thematician And Natural Philosoplit R, Was Born At '— Ragusa, A City Of Dalmatia, And Capital Of The Little Republic-of The Same Name, On The I Ith Of May, 1711. His Father, Who Was A Respectable Citizen Of Ragusa, Had No Fewer Than ...
Roman Empire The
Roman Empire The Early History Of Rome, Like That Of All Other Ancient Nations, Is Involved In Mystery -and Fable. When The Memory Of Distant Events Has Been Pre Served Only In Poetry, It Is Difficult To Separate The True From The Fictitious Narrative; And This Difficulty Is Nowhere Greater ...
Roman Greek
Greek, Roman, And Modern Architecture. Having, We Presume, Made The Attentive Reader Suf Ficiently Acquainted With Egyptian, Indian, Persian, And Chinese Architecture, We Shall Proceed To Define Another Mode, More Generally Known And Practised By Euro Peans : This, Strictly Speaking, Ought To Be Denominated Greek Architecture ; But Although ...