A new and general biographical dictionary, Том 1For T. Osborne, 1761 |
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... most part purposely avoided mere criticifm , minute enquiries and difcuffions , and all those trifling points , which conftitute the dry part of Bio- graphy ; but then we have endeavoured to be at least fo particular and fo accurate in ...
... most part purposely avoided mere criticifm , minute enquiries and difcuffions , and all those trifling points , which conftitute the dry part of Bio- graphy ; but then we have endeavoured to be at least fo particular and fo accurate in ...
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... most remarkable and interesting tranfactions , an hiftorical account of the pro- grefs of learning , and an abstract of all opi- nions and principles by which the world has been influenced in all its extent and duration . We have been ...
... most remarkable and interesting tranfactions , an hiftorical account of the pro- grefs of learning , and an abstract of all opi- nions and principles by which the world has been influenced in all its extent and duration . We have been ...
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... most ' fhining of these treatifes for defence of the chriftian religion , which F were published by the proteftants , is that written by Mr. Abbadie . The favourable reception it met f with , the praises it received , almost without ...
... most ' fhining of these treatifes for defence of the chriftian religion , which F were published by the proteftants , is that written by Mr. Abbadie . The favourable reception it met f with , the praises it received , almost without ...
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... most reverend father in God , George , lord archbishop of Canterbury , containing certain orders to be obferved and put in execution by the fe- veral bishops in his province . His grace communicated them to his fuffragan bishops , but ...
... most reverend father in God , George , lord archbishop of Canterbury , containing certain orders to be obferved and put in execution by the fe- veral bishops in his province . His grace communicated them to his fuffragan bishops , but ...
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... most noble character tranfmitted to pofterity , he was , though a benefactor to this place , no friend to " the church of England , whereof he was head , but " fcandaloufly permitted that poisonous fpirit of puritanism P Antiquit of ...
... most noble character tranfmitted to pofterity , he was , though a benefactor to this place , no friend to " the church of England , whereof he was head , but " fcandaloufly permitted that poisonous fpirit of puritanism P Antiquit of ...
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Сторінка 87 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Сторінка 467 - Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God : and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
Сторінка 484 - His person, it is to be confessed, is no small recommendation ; but he is to be highly commended for not losing that advantage, and adding to the propriety of speech, which might pass...
Сторінка 82 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Сторінка 83 - I have only one gentleman, < who will be nameless,' to thank for any frequent assistance to me ; which, indeed, It would have been barbarous in him to have denied to one with whom he has lived in an intimacy from childhood, considering the great ease with which he is able to dispatch the most entertaining pieces of this nature.
Сторінка 42 - The object, I could first distinctly view, Was tall straight trees, which on the waters flew; Wings on their sides, instead of leaves, did grow, Which gathered all the breath the winds could blow : And at their roots grew floating palaces, Whose outblowed bellies cut the yielding seas.
Сторінка 83 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Сторінка 51 - ... but this even balance of opinion is not maintained in the pagan epitaph which was placed on his tomb : — ' Hospes, Achillinum tumulo qui quaeris in isto, Falleris, ille suo iunctus Aristoteli Elysium colit, et quas rerum hie discere causas Vix potuit, plenis nunc videt ille oculis : . Tu modo, per campos dum nohilis umbra beatos Errat, die longum perpftuumque vale.'2 Meanwhile, a decree of the Lateran Council; published on 19 Dec.
Сторінка 80 - Britannia's public pofts retire, Nor longer, her ungrateful fons to pleafe, For their advantage facrifice your eafe ; Me into foreign realms my fate conveys, Through nations fruitful of immortal lays, Where the foft feafon and inviting clime Confpire to trouble your repofe with rhime.
Сторінка 420 - ARUNDEL (THOMAS), archbishop of Canterbury in the reigns of Richard II. Henry IV. and Henry V. was the second son of Robert Fitz-Alan, earl of Arundel and Warren, and brother of Richard earl of Arundel, who was afterwards beheaded.