General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, Volym 10G. G. and J. Robinson, 1815 |
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... improved state of human affairs . When his own country therefore joined in the confede- racy against France , he ... improvement . " This devotedness to study was however by no means attended with a reserved or unsocial disposition ...
... improved state of human affairs . When his own country therefore joined in the confede- racy against France , he ... improvement . " This devotedness to study was however by no means attended with a reserved or unsocial disposition ...
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... improvement in algebra from his countryman Harriot . In 1690 came In 1690 came out his piece , intitled " The Doctrine of the ever blessed Trinity , " which engaged him in a dispute with the Unitarians ; and in 1691 he had a controversy ...
... improvement in algebra from his countryman Harriot . In 1690 came In 1690 came out his piece , intitled " The Doctrine of the ever blessed Trinity , " which engaged him in a dispute with the Unitarians ; and in 1691 he had a controversy ...
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... improvement ; and on his return , entered into the polite world , and dis- tinguished himself both as a man of letters and a man of fashion . He likewise came into political life , and several times represented his native county in ...
... improvement ; and on his return , entered into the polite world , and dis- tinguished himself both as a man of letters and a man of fashion . He likewise came into political life , and several times represented his native county in ...
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... improvement , and read in turn dis- courses on civil law , and the law of nature and nations . He first appeared as a writer in 1712 , by publishing a small piece in Latin containing rules for composition . Continuing to distin- guish ...
... improvement , and read in turn dis- courses on civil law , and the law of nature and nations . He first appeared as a writer in 1712 , by publishing a small piece in Latin containing rules for composition . Continuing to distin- guish ...
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... improvement made in astronomy from the beginning of the last century . He attained his object , and about this period his merit began to become known to the public in general , and to some of the learned societies in foreign countries ...
... improvement made in astronomy from the beginning of the last century . He attained his object , and about this period his merit began to become known to the public in general , and to some of the learned societies in foreign countries ...
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Sida 64 - Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation."*** He was soon able, however, to collect his courage; and he prepared himself to suffer the fatal sentence.
Sida 33 - His abilities gave him a haughty confidence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify ; and his impatience of opposition disposed him to treat his adversaries with such contemptuous superiority as made his readers commonly his enemies, and excited against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman emperor's determination, " oderint dum metuant ; " he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade.
Sida 64 - Whitlocke,** with his usual candor, "never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with a better grace in all his words and actions, than did this great and excellent person; and he moved the hearts of all his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity.
Sida 77 - Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt; And most contemptible, to shun contempt; His passion still to covet gen'ral praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty which no friend has made; An angel tongue which no man can persuade; A fool, with more of wit than half mankind...
Sida 31 - The first volume of his chief work was published, in 1738, under the title of the Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist, from the Omission of the Doctrine of a Future State of Rewards and Punishments in the Jewish Dispensation.
Sida 148 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Sida 148 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Sida 98 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Sida 265 - BRYANT, JACOB. A new system ; or, An analysis of ancient mythology: wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable ; and to reduce the truth to its original purity.
Sida 65 - Come, neighbours, let us kneel down ! Let us give thanks to God ! He has given me all my eight children : let the house go ; I am rich enough...