The General Biographical Dictionary, Volumen31J. Nichols, 1817 |
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... thing told of her , but that she brought him many children . He doubt- less , says Johnson , praised some whom he would have been afraid to marry , and perhaps married one whom he would have been ashamed to praise . Many qualities ...
... thing told of her , but that she brought him many children . He doubt- less , says Johnson , praised some whom he would have been afraid to marry , and perhaps married one whom he would have been ashamed to praise . Many qualities ...
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... thing from those who should succeed him . Soon afterwards the restoration supplied him with another subject ; and he exerted his imagination , his elegance , and his melody , with equal alacrity , for Charles II . It is not possible ...
... thing from those who should succeed him . Soon afterwards the restoration supplied him with another subject ; and he exerted his imagination , his elegance , and his melody , with equal alacrity , for Charles II . It is not possible ...
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... things of any among them . " His name as a speaker often occurs in Grey's " Debates , " but Dr. Johnson , who examined them , says he found no extracts that could be more quoted as exhibiting sallies of gaiety than cogency of argument ...
... things of any among them . " His name as a speaker often occurs in Grey's " Debates , " but Dr. Johnson , who examined them , says he found no extracts that could be more quoted as exhibiting sallies of gaiety than cogency of argument ...
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... thing more , but he continued obsequious to the court through the rest of Charles's reign . At the accession of king James , in 1685 , he was , in his eightieth year , chosen member for Saltash , in Cornwall , and wrote a " Presage of ...
... thing more , but he continued obsequious to the court through the rest of Charles's reign . At the accession of king James , in 1685 , he was , in his eightieth year , chosen member for Saltash , in Cornwall , and wrote a " Presage of ...
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... things in Waller that shew his acquaintance with the Latin ; fewer still that would make one think him acquainted with the Greek poets . Somewhat of the Mythology he knew ; but that might be no deeper than Ovid's Metamorphoses . Some ...
... things in Waller that shew his acquaintance with the Latin ; fewer still that would make one think him acquainted with the Greek poets . Somewhat of the Mythology he knew ; but that might be no deeper than Ovid's Metamorphoses . Some ...
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Página 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.
Página 69 - But why then publish * Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I could write...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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,
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...