The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 18Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1814 - Biography |
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... given to the public : he had published many years before , about 1637 , a Latin poem , entitled " De Mirabilibus Pecci , or , Of the Wonders of the Peak . " But his poetry is below criticism , and has been long exploded * . In 1674 , he ...
... given to the public : he had published many years before , about 1637 , a Latin poem , entitled " De Mirabilibus Pecci , or , Of the Wonders of the Peak . " But his poetry is below criticism , and has been long exploded * . In 1674 , he ...
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... given that he might have ease , but no remedy , he used this expression , I shall be glad to find a hole to creep out of the world at ; ' which are re- ported to have been his last sensible words ; and his lying some days following in a ...
... given that he might have ease , but no remedy , he used this expression , I shall be glad to find a hole to creep out of the world at ; ' which are re- ported to have been his last sensible words ; and his lying some days following in a ...
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... given by God in Holy Scripture , they are properly called laws ; for the Holy Scripture is the voice of God , ruling all things by the greatest right * . " But though he seems here to make the laws of Scripture the laws of God , and to ...
... given by God in Holy Scripture , they are properly called laws ; for the Holy Scripture is the voice of God , ruling all things by the greatest right * . " But though he seems here to make the laws of Scripture the laws of God , and to ...
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... of which an account is given in the Philosophical Transactions , No. 72 , for the year 1671 . 21. Three Papers presented to the royal society against • " " 66 Dr. Wallis , with considerations on Dr. Wallis's Answer C 2 HOBBE S. 19 5. ...
... of which an account is given in the Philosophical Transactions , No. 72 , for the year 1671 . 21. Three Papers presented to the royal society against • " " 66 Dr. Wallis , with considerations on Dr. Wallis's Answer C 2 HOBBE S. 19 5. ...
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... given us a true picture of the plague in his own time . " " 66 HODGES ( WILLIAM ) , an English landscape painter , was born in London , in 1744 , and received his tuition in the art from Wilson , whom he assisted for some time , and ...
... given us a true picture of the plague in his own time . " " 66 HODGES ( WILLIAM ) , an English landscape painter , was born in London , in 1744 , and received his tuition in the art from Wilson , whom he assisted for some time , and ...
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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.