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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... 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 Hoffman , 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 Hoffman , 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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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
249 ページ - ... 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. 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.
249 ページ - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to...
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.
249 ページ - ... 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.
173 ページ - ... writing it, he would not fear the loss of his labour. The employment detached him from the bustle and hurry of life, the din of politics, and the noise of folly: vanity and vexation flew away for a season, care and disquietude came not near his dwelling. 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...
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.
248 ページ - I am not insensible,' he says, ' of the dangers that must attend such a journey. Trusting, however, in the protection of that kind Providence which has hitherto preserved me, 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...
523 ページ - He was the man, who bore his part in all societies with the most even temper and undisturbed hilarity of all the good companions, whom I ever knew. He came into your house at the very moment you had put upon your card ; he dressed himself to do your party honour in all the colours of the jay ; his lace indeed had long since lost its lustre, but his coat had faithfully retained its cut since the .days when gentlemen wore embroidered figured velvets...