The Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies, Томи 9 – 12C. Knight & Company, 1846 |
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... remained in retire- ment during the whole of the protectorate of Cromwell and his son Richard . There is reason to believe that he resided chiefly at the family seat of Penshurst , where , in the midst of quiet , pleasant , pastoral ...
... remained in retire- ment during the whole of the protectorate of Cromwell and his son Richard . There is reason to believe that he resided chiefly at the family seat of Penshurst , where , in the midst of quiet , pleasant , pastoral ...
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... remained until , in 1677 , a pardon for his part in the late king's trial , & c . , and permission for him to return home , were ob- tained from Charles II . , on his own plea that he was anxiously desirous to see his aged and infirm ...
... remained until , in 1677 , a pardon for his part in the late king's trial , & c . , and permission for him to return home , were ob- tained from Charles II . , on his own plea that he was anxiously desirous to see his aged and infirm ...
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... remained in England . In the latter part of the year 1652 , however , he was appointed Physician to the army in Ireland ; and , taking his departure for that country , he landed at Waterford on the 10th of September . This post he ...
... remained in England . In the latter part of the year 1652 , however , he was appointed Physician to the army in Ireland ; and , taking his departure for that country , he landed at Waterford on the 10th of September . This post he ...
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... remained to him in 1680 , after he had been forced by the Court of Innocents to relinquish the greater part of what he had once possessed , produced a rental of 70007. or 80007. per annum , and he could from Mount Mangorto , in WILLIAM ...
... remained to him in 1680 , after he had been forced by the Court of Innocents to relinquish the greater part of what he had once possessed , produced a rental of 70007. or 80007. per annum , and he could from Mount Mangorto , in WILLIAM ...
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... more than a page of this work . After various journeys to his Irish estates , he settled at Oxford in 1654 , where he remained till 1668. That which especially directed him to this place , besides its ROBERT BOYLE . 67.
... more than a page of this work . After various journeys to his Irish estates , he settled at Oxford in 1654 , where he remained till 1668. That which especially directed him to this place , besides its ROBERT BOYLE . 67.
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Сторінка 140 - A TRUE RELATION OF THE APPARITION OF ONE MRS VEAL THE NEXT DAY AFTER HER DEATH TO ONE MRS BARGRAVE AT CANTERBURY, THE 8TH OF SEPTEMBER 1705...
Сторінка 129 - ... Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, Bibles laid open, millions of surprises ; Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, The sound of Glory ringing in our ears : Without, our shame ; within, our consciences ; Angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears. Yet all these fences and their whole array One cunning bosom-sin blows quite away.
Сторінка 135 - He is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion and darkbrown coloured hair, but wears a wig ; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth...
Сторінка 125 - Essays to do Good, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life.
Сторінка 105 - She was sickly from her childhood until about the age of fifteen; but then grew into perfect health, and was looked upon as one of the most beautiful, graceful, and agreeable young women in London, only a little too fat. Her hair was blacker than a raven, and every feature of her face in perfection.
Сторінка 27 - 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 20 - ... veneration from his household, and to have been coaxed, and warmed, and cuddled by the people round about him, as delicately as any of the plants which he loved. When he fell ill in 1693, the household was aghast at his indisposition : mild Dorothea his wife, the best companion of the best of men — " Mild Dorothea, peaceful, wise, and great, Trembling beheld the doubtful hand of fate.
Сторінка 36 - was particular in this writer, that when he had taken his resolution or made his plan for what he designed to write, he would walk about a room and dictate it into language with as much freedom and ease as any one could write it down, and attend to the coherence and grammar of what he dictated.
Сторінка 84 - Newton came from chapel, and had seen what was done, every one thought he would have run mad, he was so troubled thereat that he was not himself for a month after.
Сторінка 100 - For a man can employ his thoughts about nothing but either the contemplation of things themselves for the discovery of truth; or about the things in his own power, which are his own actions, for the attainment of his own ends; or the signs the mind makes use of, both in the one and the other, and the right ordering of them for its clearer information. All which three, viz., things as they are in...