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..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1814 |
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... says Conringius , " there is nothing good in that work of his that was not always known . " But vanity was ... say , had his picture hanging in his closet . This year also was printed in Holland , by the care of M. Sorbiere , a second ...
... says Conringius , " there is nothing good in that work of his that was not always known . " But vanity was ... say , had his picture hanging in his closet . This year also was printed in Holland , by the care of M. Sorbiere , a second ...
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... says Warburton , or any thing rather than historical , yet full of shrewd observations . In October following , he was afflicted with a suppression of urine ; and his physician plainly told him , that he had little hopes of curing him ...
... says Warburton , or any thing rather than historical , yet full of shrewd observations . In October following , he was afflicted with a suppression of urine ; and his physician plainly told him , that he had little hopes of curing him ...
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... 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 devil should put down his cloven foot , I would take hold of it to be drawn out by it . ' 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 devil should put down his cloven foot , I would take hold of it to be drawn out by it . ' To ...
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... says , that the belief of a future state after death , " is a belief grounded upon other men's say- ing , that they knew it supernaturally ; or , that they knew those , that knew them , that knew others that knew it su- pernaturally ...
... says , that the belief of a future state after death , " is a belief grounded upon other men's say- ing , that they knew it supernaturally ; or , that they knew those , that knew them , that knew others that knew it su- pernaturally ...
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... says Wood himself , " upon his complaint made to Mr. Hobbes of several deletions and additions made in and to his ... Say- ings in his books and at the table ; " printed on one side of a broad sheet of paper , with his picture before ...
... says Wood himself , " upon his complaint made to Mr. Hobbes of several deletions and additions made in and to his ... Say- ings in his books and at the table ; " printed on one side of a broad sheet of paper , with his picture before ...
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249 ページ - 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 collate manuscripts,— but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infections of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt, to remember the forgotten, to attend...
140 ページ - My lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my college, yet I found some degree of it in my quiet country parsonage ; but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place, and indeed God and nature did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness.
249 ページ - ... and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
421 ページ - 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
306 ページ - ... mortal and incurable. I now reckon upon a speedy dissolution. I have suffered very little pain from my disorder; and what is more strange, have, notwithstanding the great decline of my person; never suffered a moment's abatement of...
142 ページ - There is no learning that this man hath not searched into ; nothing too hard for his understanding. This man indeed deserves the name of an author ; his books will get reverence by age, for there is in them such seeds of eternity, that if the rest be like this, they shall last till the last fire shall consume all learning.
29 ページ - 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.
248 ページ - I calmly and cheerfully commit myself to the disposal of unerring wisdom. Should it please God to cut off my life in the prosecution of this design, let not my conduct be uncandidly imputed to rashness or enthusiasm, but to a serious, deliberate conviction that I am pursuing the path of duty ; and to a sincere desire of being made an instrument of more extensive usefulness to my fellow-creatures than could be expected in the narrower circle of a retired life.
247 ページ - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe, with various Papers relative to the Plague, together with further Observations on some foreign Prisons and Hospitals ; and additional remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
342 ページ - Gloucester's idea of the nature and character of an inspired language, as delivered in his lordship's doctrine of grace, is vindicated from all the objections of the learned author of the Dissertation.