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, Band 28Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1816 |
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... friends and correspondents . He came to reside in London towards the close of 1778 , being then in his 28th year , and was admitted a member of the College of Physicians , and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society 1779 , and of the ...
... friends and correspondents . He came to reside in London towards the close of 1778 , being then in his 28th year , and was admitted a member of the College of Physicians , and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society 1779 , and of the ...
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... friends when living . " He obtained the prize in poetry at the public games when he was eighty years old . According to Suidas , he added four letters to the Greek alphabet : and Pliny assigns to him the eighth string of the lyre ; but ...
... friends when living . " He obtained the prize in poetry at the public games when he was eighty years old . According to Suidas , he added four letters to the Greek alphabet : and Pliny assigns to him the eighth string of the lyre ; but ...
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... friends should live quietly and securely upon what was their own , and not be compelled by the Christians to depart from the religion of their ancestors . From his wish to unite discordant sects , he is called by a modern ( Peter Petit ) ...
... friends should live quietly and securely upon what was their own , and not be compelled by the Christians to depart from the religion of their ancestors . From his wish to unite discordant sects , he is called by a modern ( Peter Petit ) ...
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... friend , as to excite his amazement upon his return : in consequence of which he set himself about erecting a ge- nethliacal type , in order to a presage of Thomas's future fortune . The position of the heavens the wizard having very ...
... friend , as to excite his amazement upon his return : in consequence of which he set himself about erecting a ge- nethliacal type , in order to a presage of Thomas's future fortune . The position of the heavens the wizard having very ...
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... friends ; and so trifling an accident as the dropping of a tea - cup would flurry him as much as if a house had tumbled down . The physicians advised his native air for his recovery ; and , Feb. 1761 , he set out , with much reluctance ...
... friends ; and so trifling an accident as the dropping of a tea - cup would flurry him as much as if a house had tumbled down . The physicians advised his native air for his recovery ; and , Feb. 1761 , he set out , with much reluctance ...
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Seite 319 - A NEW HISTORY OF THE HOLY BIBLE, from the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity...
Seite 278 - A Parallel in the manner of Plutarch, between a most celebrated man of Florence, and one, scarce ever heard of, in England...
Seite 314 - There prevailed in those days an indecent custom : when the preacher touched any favourite topic in a manner that delighted his audience, their approbation was expressed by a loud hum, continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure. When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hummed so loudly and so long, that he sat down to enjoy it, and rubbed his face with his handkerchief. When Sprat preached, he likewise was honoured with the like animating hum; but he stretched out his hand to the congregation,...
Seite 129 - And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burnt and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing...
Seite 243 - We have old Mr. Southern at a gentleman's house a little way off, who often comes to see us ; he is now seventy-seven years old,* and has almost wholly lost his memory ; but is as agreeable as an old man can be, at least I persuade myself so when I look at him, and think of Isabella and Oroonoko.
Seite 352 - Hero, with a design principally to fix upon his own mind a strong impression of virtue and religion, in opposition to a stronger propensity towards unwarrantable pleasures.
Seite 421 - An Answer to the Paper delivered by Mr. Ashton, at his execution, to sir Francis Child, Sheriff of London, with the Paper itself.
Seite 276 - Odyssey" a criticism was published by Spence, at that time Prelector of poetry at Oxford ; a man whose learning was not very great, and whose mind was not very powerful. His criticism, however, was commonly just; what he thought, he thought rightly ; and his remarks were recommended by his coolness and candour.
Seite 82 - The Universal Visitor,' for poor Smart, while he was mad, not then knowing the terms on which he was engaged to write, and thinking I was doing him good. I hoped his wits would soon return to him. Mine returned to me, and I wrote in 'The Universal Visitor* no longer.
Seite 248 - Never,' says Bolton in his Hypercritica, ' must be forgotten St. Peter's Complaint and those other serious poems said to be father Southwell's ; the English whereof, as it is most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them.