The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1817 |
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... concerning the duty of a poet is contained in his declaration , that he would blot from his works any line , that did not contain some motive to virtue . ” For his merit as a poet , we may refer with confidence to Johnson , whose life ...
... concerning the duty of a poet is contained in his declaration , that he would blot from his works any line , that did not contain some motive to virtue . ” For his merit as a poet , we may refer with confidence to Johnson , whose life ...
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... concern the welfare and good government of that town and the parts adjacent , wherein they were respec- tively concerned . " He died at Ash- ford November 30 , and was buried De- cember 3 , 1622. By his wife Joanna , daughter of Henry ...
... concern the welfare and good government of that town and the parts adjacent , wherein they were respec- tively concerned . " He died at Ash- ford November 30 , and was buried De- cember 3 , 1622. By his wife Joanna , daughter of Henry ...
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... concerning the quadrature of the circle . He accordingly spent a very considerable time in studying it , but found some insuperable difficulties , which , with what he had accomplished , he communicated to Mr. Seth Ward , then Savilian ...
... concerning the quadrature of the circle . He accordingly spent a very considerable time in studying it , but found some insuperable difficulties , which , with what he had accomplished , he communicated to Mr. Seth Ward , then Savilian ...
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... concerning this cure was inserted in the " Philosophical Transactions " of July 1670. This was represented , as if he had vainly assumed to himself the glory of teaching this young gen- tleman to speak , without taking any notice of ...
... concerning this cure was inserted in the " Philosophical Transactions " of July 1670. This was represented , as if he had vainly assumed to himself the glory of teaching this young gen- tleman to speak , without taking any notice of ...
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... concerning the Trinity and Creed of Athanasius . This induced the doctor to write a sixth letter , dated March the 14th , 1690-1 . W. J. wrote the doctor a second letter , which was answered by the doc- tor in a seventh letter , who ...
... concerning the Trinity and Creed of Athanasius . This induced the doctor to write a sixth letter , dated March the 14th , 1690-1 . W. J. wrote the doctor a second letter , which was answered by the doc- tor in a seventh letter , who ...
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388 페이지 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
77 페이지 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
29 페이지 - Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the Word of God, and the example of the best reformed churches...
109 페이지 - Roman emperor's determination, oderint dum metuant; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without neatness ; he took the words that presented themselves ; his diction is coarse and impure ; and his sentences are unmeasured.
322 페이지 - Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt; And most contemptible, to shun contempt: His passion still, to covet gen'ral praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways...
382 페이지 - Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery, he early fixed his residence in his native village, where he spent the greater part of his life in literary occupations, and especially in the study of nature. This he followed with patient assiduity, and a mind ever open to the lessons of piety and benevolence which such a study is so well calculated to afford. Though several occasions offered of settling upon a college living, he could never persuade himself to...
278 페이지 - Whitlocked, with his usual candour, never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, "with more •wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, •with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and" -with a better grace in all his -words and actions, than did this great and excellent person ; and b» moved the hearts of all his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity.
14 페이지 - My Lord, I am a great deal older than your Grace, and have, I believe, heard more arguments for Atheism than ever your Grace did ; but I have lived long enough to see there is nothing in them ; and so I hope your Grace will.
58 페이지 - In short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening, I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking, in the middle of a paragraph.