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He was vicar of Shoreham in Kent , where he died in 1728 , at the age of eighty -
two , and was considerably advanced when he stept forth as the champion of
infant - baptism , in opposition to Dr . John Gale , the ablest writer of his time on
the ...
He was vicar of Shoreham in Kent , where he died in 1728 , at the age of eighty -
two , and was considerably advanced when he stept forth as the champion of
infant - baptism , in opposition to Dr . John Gale , the ablest writer of his time on
the ...
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In the verses on the prince ' s escape , the prediction of his marriage with the
princess of France must have been written after the event ; in the other , the
promises of the king ' s kindness to the descendants of Buckingham , which could
not be ...
In the verses on the prince ' s escape , the prediction of his marriage with the
princess of France must have been written after the event ; in the other , the
promises of the king ' s kindness to the descendants of Buckingham , which could
not be ...
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The praise given him by St . Evremond is a proof of his reputation ; for it was only
by his reputation that he could be known , as a writer , to a man who , though he
lived a great part of a long life upon an English pension , never condescended to
...
The praise given him by St . Evremond is a proof of his reputation ; for it was only
by his reputation that he could be known , as a writer , to a man who , though he
lived a great part of a long life upon an English pension , never condescended to
...
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It is pleasing to discover that his piety was without weakness ; that his intellectual
powers continued vigorous ; and that the lines which he composed when he , for
age , could neither read nor write , are not inferior to the effusions of his youth .
It is pleasing to discover that his piety was without weakness ; that his intellectual
powers continued vigorous ; and that the lines which he composed when he , for
age , could neither read nor write , are not inferior to the effusions of his youth .
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As far as conjecture can be made from the whole of his writing , and his conduct ,
he was habitually and deliberately a friend to monarchy . His deviation towards
demo : cracy proceeded from his connection with Hampden , for whose sake he ...
As far as conjecture can be made from the whole of his writing , and his conduct ,
he was habitually and deliberately a friend to monarchy . His deviation towards
demo : cracy proceeded from his connection with Hampden , for whose sake he ...
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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...
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| Título | The General Biographical Dictionary, Volumen31 The General Biographical Dictionary, Alexander Chalmers |
| Editor | Alexander Chalmers |
| Editor | J. Nichols, 1817 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 31 Ago. 2007 |
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