The Life of Samuel Johnson, D.D., the First President of King's College, in New-York: Containing Many Interesting Anecdotes; a General View of the State of Religion and Learning in Connecticut During the Former Part of the Last Century; and an Account of the Institution and Rise of Yale College, Connecticut; and of King's (now Columbia) College, New-YorkT. & J. Swords, 1805 - 208 σελίδες |
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... attended their inquiries . However , the times were such , that they found it necessary to be very cautious in these matters , and to keep their thoughts much to themselves . . Mr. JOHNSON had also an early dislike to the Independent or ...
... attended their inquiries . However , the times were such , that they found it necessary to be very cautious in these matters , and to keep their thoughts much to themselves . . Mr. JOHNSON had also an early dislike to the Independent or ...
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... attend it . Such was the state of Mr. JOHNSON's mind when he settled at West - Haven . It may , there- fore , be well supposed , that it would then have been much more agreeable to him to have been ordained in the Episcopal than in the ...
... attend it . Such was the state of Mr. JOHNSON's mind when he settled at West - Haven . It may , there- fore , be well supposed , that it would then have been much more agreeable to him to have been ordained in the Episcopal than in the ...
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... attended divine service at the Cathedral Church . every thing was new and surprising to them . The magnificence of the building , the solemnity of the service , and the music that attended it , all conspired to fill them with admiration ...
... attended divine service at the Cathedral Church . every thing was new and surprising to them . The magnificence of the building , the solemnity of the service , and the music that attended it , all conspired to fill them with admiration ...
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... attended with any great labour or difficulty . He was soon able so satisfy him- self that Christ and his Apostles did actually esta- blish a certain form and order of government in the Church , which , as to all its essential parts ...
... attended with any great labour or difficulty . He was soon able so satisfy him- self that Christ and his Apostles did actually esta- blish a certain form and order of government in the Church , which , as to all its essential parts ...
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... attended his Lord- ship on his embassy to Sicily and the Italian States . He continued abroad four years in this station , and improved the opportunity in visiting every part of Italy and the adjacent islands . In his absence the ...
... attended his Lord- ship on his embassy to Sicily and the Italian States . He continued abroad four years in this station , and improved the opportunity in visiting every part of Italy and the adjacent islands . In his absence the ...
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Σελίδα 54 - If you put this question to me," says Sir Robert, "as a minister, I must and can assure you, that the money shall most undoubtedly be paid as soon as suits with public convenience: but if you ask me as a friend, whether Dean Berkeley should continue in America, expecting the payment of 20,000/., I advise him by all means to return home to Europe, and to give up his present expectations.
Σελίδα 85 - He was a man of quick penetration, of extensive learning, and the soundest piety. And he had beyond any other man I ever knew, the talent of writing upon the deepest subjects to the plainest understanding.
Σελίδα 52 - He showed me a little tract which he designs to publish, and there your excellency will see his whole scheme of a life academico-philosophical...
Σελίδα 161 - ... the existence of which I am so far from questioning (as philosophers are used to do), that I establish it, I think, upon evident principles. Now, it seems very easy...
Σελίδα 161 - I had no inclination to trouble the -world with large volumes. What I have done was rather with a view of giving hints to thinking men, who have leisure and curiosity to go to the bottom of things, and pursue them in their own minds.
Σελίδα 52 - Indian scholars and missionaries, where he most exorbitantly proposeth a whole hundred pounds a year for himself, forty pounds for a fellow, and ten for a student.
Σελίδα 7 - Rector take special care, as of the moral behaviour of the Students at all times, so with industry to instruct and ground them well in Theoretical Divinity ; and to that end, shall neither by himself, nor by any other person whomsoever, allow them to be instructed and grounded in any other system, or synopsis, of Divinity, than such as the said Trustees do order and appoint...
Σελίδα 52 - He is an absolute philosopher with regard to money, titles, and power; and, for three years past, has been struck with a notion of founding a university at Bermudas, by a charter from the crown.
Σελίδα 164 - Newhaven hath had a very good effect in reconciling several to the church. I find also by a letter from Mr. Clap that learning continues to make notable advances in your College. This gives me great satisfaction.