Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Late John Coakley Lettsom ...: With a Selection from His Correspondence, Band 1Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1817 |
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... lived . It has been remarked , that his old usher , Gilbert Thompson , left Penketh school to study medicine at Edinburgh , where he graduated , and then came to London ; but meeting with little encouragement , he attended a boarding ...
... lived . It has been remarked , that his old usher , Gilbert Thompson , left Penketh school to study medicine at Edinburgh , where he graduated , and then came to London ; but meeting with little encouragement , he attended a boarding ...
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... lived in the Charter House , to which he was Physician . He was an amiable man , and an unassuming scholar . He was the translator of Sydenham . The pecuniary circumstances of Lettsom did not enable him to continue longer than 12 months ...
... lived in the Charter House , to which he was Physician . He was an amiable man , and an unassuming scholar . He was the translator of Sydenham . The pecuniary circumstances of Lettsom did not enable him to continue longer than 12 months ...
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... lived to derive some of his dearest friendships from the society of the Clergy of almost every denomination . -- Beezley was the ingenious author of the Defence of the Character of George Fox against Formey , which was highly commended ...
... lived to derive some of his dearest friendships from the society of the Clergy of almost every denomination . -- Beezley was the ingenious author of the Defence of the Character of George Fox against Formey , which was highly commended ...
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... lived , so he died * . But he lived to correct his opinion as to the mode by which the emancipation of slaves should be effected . In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Madison of Virginia , dated September 24 , 1804 , he observes , " There is ...
... lived , so he died * . But he lived to correct his opinion as to the mode by which the emancipation of slaves should be effected . In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Madison of Virginia , dated September 24 , 1804 , he observes , " There is ...
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... , but acquired a surplus to pay him a rent , and the old Count lived to see his domains four - fold in value , and the freemen , whom he had reared from a state of slavery , enjoying ten - WRITINGS OF DR . LETTSOM . 29.
... , but acquired a surplus to pay him a rent , and the old Count lived to see his domains four - fold in value , and the freemen , whom he had reared from a state of slavery , enjoying ten - WRITINGS OF DR . LETTSOM . 29.
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Seite 71 - Smitten friends Are angels sent on errands full of love ; For us they languish, and for us they die...
Seite 114 - They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide ? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Seite 67 - When in this vale of years I backward look, And miss such numbers, numbers too of such, Firmer in health, and greener in their age, And stricter on their guard, and fitter far To play life's subtle game, I scarce believe I still survive...
Seite 54 - A faithful friend is the medicine of life; and they that fear the Lord shall find him. Whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his friendship aright; for as he is, so shall his neighbour (that is, his friend) be also.
Seite 172 - If we may estimate the goodness of a man by his disposition to do good, and his constant endeavours and success in doing it, I can hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed.
Seite 102 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Seite 37 - s his patient ? At the ball. The doctor stares ; her woman curtsies low, And cries, " My lady, sir, is always so : Diversions put her maladies to flight : True, she can't stand, but she can dance all night...
Seite 156 - Theosophically he describes it, by showing that " true Religion Is always mild, propitious and humble; Plays not the tyrant, plants no faith in blood, Nor bears destruction on her chariot wheels; But stoops to polish, succour and redress, And builds her grandeur on the public good.
Seite 150 - When the doctor visited him, the gentleman said to him, pointing to his garden, ' Those trees I planted, and have lived to see some of them too old to bear fruit. They are part of my family ; and my children, still dearer to me, must quit this residence, which was the delight of my youth, and the hope of my old age.
Seite 23 - Doctor instantly spun round on his artificial heel, and hastily demanded, who was the person that spit in his face ? Sometimes he would order some of the patients, on his visiting days, to precede him with brooms to clear the way, and prevent the patients from too nearly approaching him.