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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... queen Elizabeth , in 1602 , the arch- bishop sent Dr. Nevile , dean of Canterbury , into Scotland king James , in the name of the bishops and clergy of England , to tender their allegiance , and to understand WHIT GIFT . 15.
... queen Elizabeth , in 1602 , the arch- bishop sent Dr. Nevile , dean of Canterbury , into Scotland king James , in the name of the bishops and clergy of England , to tender their allegiance , and to understand WHIT GIFT . 15.
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... Scotland ; and in 1764 , he was chosen president of the royal college of physicians at Edinburgh . At an early period of life , soon after he had settled as a medical practitioner in Edinburgh , he married Miss Ro-- bertson , sister to ...
... Scotland ; and in 1764 , he was chosen president of the royal college of physicians at Edinburgh . At an early period of life , soon after he had settled as a medical practitioner in Edinburgh , he married Miss Ro-- bertson , sister to ...
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... Scotland . Both his addresses on this occasion are said to have been perfectly courtly and even fulsome , but he was soon to change his style as well as his opinions . Being returned member of parliament for Berwick , he be- came a warm ...
... Scotland . Both his addresses on this occasion are said to have been perfectly courtly and even fulsome , but he was soon to change his style as well as his opinions . Being returned member of parliament for Berwick , he be- came a warm ...
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... Scotland to London , " ibid . 1660 , 4to , in ridicule of the republican party . This was at that time a favourite subject , and Wood mentions three other Iter Boreale's by Eades , Corbet , and Master . 3. " A poem on the impri- sonment ...
... Scotland to London , " ibid . 1660 , 4to , in ridicule of the republican party . This was at that time a favourite subject , and Wood mentions three other Iter Boreale's by Eades , Corbet , and Master . 3. " A poem on the impri- sonment ...
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... Scotland , asked satisfaction of him , as the editor and conductor of the " North Briton , " for the ca- lumnies heaped upon his native country . Mr. Wilkes be- haved on this occasion with much moderation , and declared himself no prize ...
... Scotland , asked satisfaction of him , as the editor and conductor of the " North Briton , " for the ca- lumnies heaped upon his native country . Mr. Wilkes be- haved on this occasion with much moderation , and declared himself no prize ...
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Sida 296 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Sida 256 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading ; Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer $ And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin), yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely.
Sida 386 - Who is like unto the LORD our GOD, that hath his dwelling so high, and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are...
Sida 386 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
Sida 401 - Phoebus' car From Ludgate shines to Temple-bar : Harmonious Gibber entertains The court with annual birth-day strains ; Whence Gay was banish'd in disgrace ; Where Pope will never show his face; Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
Sida 460 - Love and Truth, in two modest and peaceable Letters, concerning the Distempers of the present Times ; written from a quiet and conformable Citizen of London, to two busy and factious Shopkeepers in Coventry.
Sida 133 - The Holy Table, name and thing ; more anciently, properly, and literally used under the New Testament than that of an Altar : written long ago by a Minister in Lincolnshire, in answer to D. Coal, a judicious divine of Marie's dayes. Printed for the diocese of Lincoln, 1637, 4to.
Sida 295 - The State of Christendom ; or a most Exact and Curious Discovery of many Secret Passages and Hidden Mysteries of the Times.
Sida 78 - Cambridge he joined with those who studied to propagate better thoughts, to take men off from being in parties or from narrow notions, from superstitious conceits and a fierceness about opinions.
Sida 256 - Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely...