The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 31J. Nichols, 1817 - Biography |
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... . They insinuated that the peace of the empire was only a pretence , but that the security of the new acquisitions was the real object of this unprecedented supply ; and they took occasion to ob- E 2 WALPOLE . 51 . ...
... . They insinuated that the peace of the empire was only a pretence , but that the security of the new acquisitions was the real object of this unprecedented supply ; and they took occasion to ob- E 2 WALPOLE . 51 . ...
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... object , keeping up the sources of national strength and wealth . He was a great master of the com- mercial and political interests of this country , and de- servedly raised to the peerage . " Mr. Coxe adds , that his moral conduct was ...
... object , keeping up the sources of national strength and wealth . He was a great master of the com- mercial and political interests of this country , and de- servedly raised to the peerage . " Mr. Coxe adds , that his moral conduct was ...
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... object of tragedy . " This tragedy , however , remained for some years tolerably concealed from the public at large , until about 1783 , when some person , possessed of a copy , began to give extracts from it in Woodfall's Public ...
... object of tragedy . " This tragedy , however , remained for some years tolerably concealed from the public at large , until about 1783 , when some person , possessed of a copy , began to give extracts from it in Woodfall's Public ...
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... object of his embassy , and employing in an improper manner the sums he had re- ceived . He went therefore to Rome , where he abjured Lutheranism , and entered into the order of St. Dominic in 1666. In 1670 , he was sent to Paris ...
... object of his embassy , and employing in an improper manner the sums he had re- ceived . He went therefore to Rome , where he abjured Lutheranism , and entered into the order of St. Dominic in 1666. In 1670 , he was sent to Paris ...
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... object of his pursuit was his only relaxation ; and he could pass and repass from fathers and philosophers to Don Quixote , in the original , with perfect ease and pleasure . In the mind of Warburton the founda- tion of classical ...
... object of his pursuit was his only relaxation ; and he could pass and repass from fathers and philosophers to Don Quixote , in the original , with perfect ease and pleasure . In the mind of Warburton the founda- tion of classical ...
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Page 436 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words : "I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore; and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Page 69 - But why then publish * Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I could write...
Page 119 - ... perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit.
Page 440 - I might, perhaps, have accepted of less ; but that Paul Whitehead had a little before got ten guineas for a poem and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead.
Page 22 - ... enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, so to cover them that they were not taken notice of to his reproach ; — viz., a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree ; an abjectness and want of courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking ; an insinuation and servile flattery to the height the vainest and most imperious nature could be contented with...
Page 266 - Table, and ordered by the King to deliver his official Opinion on the point ; stated in the most precise terms, that any such Assemblage might be dispersed by military force, without waiting for Forms, or reading the Act in Question. " Is that your Declaration of the Law, as Attorney-general ?" said the King. Wedderburn answering decidedly in the affirmative, " Then so let it be done,
Page 194 - ... the learned author of the Essay on the Life and Writings of Pope; a book which teaches how the brow of criticism may be smoothed, and how she may be enabled, with all her severity, to attract and to delight.
Page 297 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver iis out of thine hand, O king.
Page 36 - Church government by Archbishops, Bishops, their Chancellors and Commissaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy), superstition, heresy, schism, profaneness, and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound doctrine and the power of godliness...
Page 396 - Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery, he early fixed his residence in his native village, where he spent the greater part of his life in literary occupations, and especially in the study of nature. This he followed with patient assiduity, and a mind ever open to the lessons of piety and benevolence which such a study is so well calculated to afford. Though several occasions offered of settling upon a college living, he could never persuade himself to...