Cyclopedia of Universal Biography: A Record of the Names of the Most Eminent Men of the WorldA.S. Barnes & Company, 1856 - 821 стор. |
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Сторінка 46 - I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, well, my lord, what say you ? Sir, replied the bishop, I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Сторінка 9 - The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt.
Сторінка 46 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?' The bishop of Durham readily answered, ' God forbid, sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils.' Whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, ' Well, my lord, what say you ? ' Sir,' replied the bishop, ' I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Сторінка 69 - He then declared himself to be a British officer, on urgent business, and begged that he might not be detained. The other two militia men coming up at this moment, he discovered his mistake ; but it was too late to repair it.
Сторінка 57 - But escaping from her custody, he found the means of improving himself by study, and it was not long before he appeared at Paris, reading public lectures to an applauding audience. On his return to Italy, he became divinity professor to several universities, and at last settled at Naples, where he led a chaste and devout life.
Сторінка 379 - The most arduous eflbrt, however, in his professional life, arose out of the part cast upon him, in conjunction with Mr, afterwards Sir Vicary Gibbs, in the trials of Hardy, Tooke, and others, for high treason, in 1794. These trials lasted for several weeks ; and i In • ability displayed by Mr Erskine on this eventful occasion was admired and acknowledged by all parties.
Сторінка 128 - In his thirtieth year, he was ordained priest ; and, his fame for zeal and erudition reaching the ears of pope Sergius, he was invited to Rome, but, in consequence of the death of that pontiff, never went there. It is not even certain that he ever left Northumberland, which, of course, reduces the incidents of his life to his literary pursuits and domestic occupations, as he accepted no benefice, and never seems to have interfered in civil transactions. His church history was published in 731.
Сторінка 489 - Lancaster, second son of Henry III. In the reign of Richard II, he was made earl of Derby and duke of Hereford...
Сторінка 54 - An extraordinary occurrence added fuel to the flame of calumny, while it subjected the name of the queen to a disgraceful lawsuit. Two jewellers demanded the payment of an immense price for a necklace which had been purchased in the name of the queen. At the examination which she demanded it was proved that she had never ordered the purchase. A lady of her size and complexion had impudently passed herself off for the queen, and at midnight had a meeting with a cardinal in the park of Versailles.
Сторінка 160 - Yorkshire, in 1705, and was educated at Cambridge. In 1750, he was made archdeacon of Cleveland. He was a friend to religious liberty, and hostile to confessions of faith. * On this subject he was deeply involved in controversy. The most celebrated of his performances on it is the Confessional, which appeared in 1776. His works have been collected in six volumes octavo. He died in 1787.