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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... gave a large , and apparently very just character of Glanvil , who was un- questionably a man of learning and genius , and although he retained the belief in witchcraft , surmounted many of the other prejudices of his time.1 GLASS ...
... gave a large , and apparently very just character of Glanvil , who was un- questionably a man of learning and genius , and although he retained the belief in witchcraft , surmounted many of the other prejudices of his time.1 GLASS ...
Σελίδα 25
... gave rise . In 1772 , we find him an intelligent and active agent in adjusting the affairs of the bank of Douglas , Heron and Company , of Scotland , which failed about that time ; and on other occasions , where the mer- cantile ...
... gave rise . In 1772 , we find him an intelligent and active agent in adjusting the affairs of the bank of Douglas , Heron and Company , of Scotland , which failed about that time ; and on other occasions , where the mer- cantile ...
Σελίδα 32
... gave them their force and energy . He seemed indeed so much the national musician of France , that since the best days of Rameau , no dramatic composer had ex- cited so much enthusiasm , or had his pieces so frequently performed , each ...
... gave them their force and energy . He seemed indeed so much the national musician of France , that since the best days of Rameau , no dramatic composer had ex- cited so much enthusiasm , or had his pieces so frequently performed , each ...
Σελίδα 34
... gave early proofs of genius , and during his travels in France and Holland distinguished himself so much by his knowledge of natural history , that he was appointed professor in the academy of sciences at Petersburgh . Like his uncle ...
... gave early proofs of genius , and during his travels in France and Holland distinguished himself so much by his knowledge of natural history , that he was appointed professor in the academy of sciences at Petersburgh . Like his uncle ...
Σελίδα 36
... gave him an invitation to return to his college , he refused it upon the terms offered . Yet he ap- pears to have been so far connived at , as to be able to keep his living at Yarnton until the restoration . He also taught at Tunbridge ...
... gave him an invitation to return to his college , he refused it upon the terms offered . Yet he ap- pears to have been so far connived at , as to be able to keep his living at Yarnton until the restoration . He also taught at Tunbridge ...
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Σελίδα 318 - I must do it, as it were in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways which I will not name for the...
Σελίδα 149 - A New and Full Method of settling the Canonical Authority of the New Testament.
Σελίδα 317 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Σελίδα 81 - No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.
Σελίδα 82 - Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class.
Σελίδα 119 - So that all things considered there have not, since the primitive times of Christianity, been many among the sons of men to whom that glorious character of the Son of God might be better applied, that he went about doing good...
Σελίδα 60 - A Catalogue of the Bishops of England since the first planting of the Christian Religion in this Island ; together with a brief history of their lives and memorable actions, as near as can be gathered from antiquity.
Σελίδα 127 - SEPULCHRAL monuments in Great Britain applied to illustrate the history of families, manners, habits, and arts, at the different periods from the Norman Conquest to the seventeenth century.
Σελίδα 248 - Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him ; and his example kept others from taking any thing ill, or at least seeming to do so. In a word, a brighter courage, and a gentler disposition, were never married together to make the most cheerful and innocent conversation.
Σελίδα 24 - A short Account of the late Application to Parliament made by the Merchants of London upon the neglect of their Trade : with the Substance of the Evidence thereupon, as summed up by Mr. Glover.