The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 18Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1814 - Biography |
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... court , and especially the lord Arlington , to protect him if occasion should require . He used to say , that it was lawful to make use of ill instru- ments to do ourselves good : If I were cast , ' says he , ' into a deep pit , and the ...
... court , and especially the lord Arlington , to protect him if occasion should require . He used to say , that it was lawful to make use of ill instru- ments to do ourselves good : If I were cast , ' says he , ' into a deep pit , and the ...
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... court . Demetrius being informed , in the course of his inquiries , of the Law of Moses among the Jews , acquainted the king with it ; who signified his pleasure , that a copy of that book , which was then only in Hebrew , should be ...
... court . Demetrius being informed , in the course of his inquiries , of the Law of Moses among the Jews , acquainted the king with it ; who signified his pleasure , that a copy of that book , which was then only in Hebrew , should be ...
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... court thought it neces- sary to interpose its authority , and appointed arbitrators to examine the merits of the controversy . The decision was against Hoffinan , and he was obliged to make a public re- cantation of his errors ...
... court thought it neces- sary to interpose its authority , and appointed arbitrators to examine the merits of the controversy . The decision was against Hoffinan , and he was obliged to make a public re- cantation of his errors ...
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... courts in his ca- pacity of physician , and received honours from several princes ; from whom some say that he received ... court he returned to Halle , and gladly resumed his academical functions . He con- tinued also to labour in the ...
... courts in his ca- pacity of physician , and received honours from several princes ; from whom some say that he received ... court he returned to Halle , and gladly resumed his academical functions . He con- tinued also to labour in the ...
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... court in the Old Bailey . The subject of the present article , and his sisters Mary and Anne , are believed to have been the only product of the marriage . William Hogarth was born in 1697 , or 1698 , in the parish of St. Martin ...
... court in the Old Bailey . The subject of the present article , and his sisters Mary and Anne , are believed to have been the only product of the marriage . William Hogarth was born in 1697 , or 1698 , in the parish of St. Martin ...
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Page 249 - He has visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals or...
Page 249 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 304 - Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots.
Page 421 - Things Divine and Supernatural Conceived by Analogy with Things Natural and Human (1733) he asserts that knowledge of God's essence and attributes can bo only " analogical
Page 457 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend ; but what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Page 173 - He arose, fresh as the morning, to his task ; the silence of the night invited him to pursue it : and he can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every Psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneasiness but the last; for then he grieved that his work was done.
Page 306 - I now reckon upon a speedy dissolution. I have suffered very little pain from my disorder; and what is more strange...
Page 515 - Jewish Antiquities, or a Course of Lectures on the Three first books of Godwin's Moses and Aaron. To which is annexed a Dissertation on the Hebrew Language.
Page 29 - A History of English Councils and Convocations, and of the Clergy's sitting in Parliament, in which is also comprehended the History of Parliaments, with an account of our ancient laws.
Page 220 - The nation as well as the university," says Bishop Burnet, "looked on all these proceedings with just indignation. It was thought an open piece of robbery and burglary when men, authorized by no legal commission, came and forcibly turned men out of their possession and freehold.