The General Biographical Dictionary, Том 13J. Nichols, 1814 |
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... seems also to have been delighted with his conversion , although his embarrassed circumstances appear to have been the chief cause of it . He died in the month of February 1730 ; and whatever may be thought of his religious principles ...
... seems also to have been delighted with his conversion , although his embarrassed circumstances appear to have been the chief cause of it . He died in the month of February 1730 ; and whatever may be thought of his religious principles ...
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... seems only to have set the odes , and to have retired from all other pro- fessional employments to Kingston , for the convenience of angling , in which amusement he appears to have been as much delighted as Walton . He died in 1735 ...
... seems only to have set the odes , and to have retired from all other pro- fessional employments to Kingston , for the convenience of angling , in which amusement he appears to have been as much delighted as Walton . He died in 1735 ...
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... seems afraid that his passion for his favourite subject of natural history , should get the better of a nobler pursuit , viz . the contemplation of his Maker . " My petition to God ( if petitions to God are not pre- sumptuous ) is ...
... seems afraid that his passion for his favourite subject of natural history , should get the better of a nobler pursuit , viz . the contemplation of his Maker . " My petition to God ( if petitions to God are not pre- sumptuous ) is ...
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... seems to have alto- gether arisen from those pleasing talents , of which no spe- cimens could be transmitted to posterity , and which pre- judiced his partial contemporaries in favour of his poetry.1 EDWARDS ( THOMAS ) , a critic and ...
... seems to have alto- gether arisen from those pleasing talents , of which no spe- cimens could be transmitted to posterity , and which pre- judiced his partial contemporaries in favour of his poetry.1 EDWARDS ( THOMAS ) , a critic and ...
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... seems to have been Richard Roderick , esq . of Queen's college in the univer- sity of Cambridge , M. A. and a fellow of the royal society , and of the society of antiquaries . This gentleman assisted Mr. Edwards in his " Canons of ...
... seems to have been Richard Roderick , esq . of Queen's college in the univer- sity of Cambridge , M. A. and a fellow of the royal society , and of the society of antiquaries . This gentleman assisted Mr. Edwards in his " Canons of ...
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Стр. 121 - I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too ; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm ; to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.
Стр. 387 - The Dissonance of the four generally received Evangelists, and the evidence of their authenticity examined.
Стр. 120 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Стр. 125 - Ten days and nights she lay upon the carpet, leaning on cushions which her maids brought her : and her physicians could not persuade her to allow herself to be put to bed, much less to make trial of any remedies which they prescribed to her.
Стр. 128 - Though a woman, she hid all that was womanish about her: and if a few equivocal marks of coquetry appeared on some occasions, they passed like flashes of lightning, vanished as soon as they were discerned, and imprinted no blot on her character. She had private friendships, she had favourites: but she never suffered her friends to forget she was their queen; and when her favourites did, she made them feel that she was so.
Стр. 422 - Is there under the heavens a more glorious and refreshing object, of the kind, than an impregnable hedge, of about four hundred feet in length, nine feet high, and five in diameter, which I can...
Стр. 127 - ... we are also apt to require some more softness of disposition, some greater lenity of temper, some of those amiable weaknesses by which her sex is distinguished.
Стр. 126 - There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies and the adulation of friends than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity. The unusual length of her administration, and the strong features of her character, were able to overcome...
Стр. 421 - NUMISMATA : a Discourse of Medals, ancient and modern: together with some Account of Heads and Effigies of illustrious and famous Persons, in Sculps and Taille-Douce, of whom we have no Medals extant ; and of the Use to be derived from them. To which is added, a Digression concerning Physiognomy.
Стр. 421 - Terra : a Philosophical Discourse of Earth, relating to the Culture and improvement of it for Vegetation, and the propagation of Plants, as it was presented to the Royal Society, by J.