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], 1816 |
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Pagina 32
... engaged in the same cause . Bodily infirmities he was subject to for many years before his death , but the faculties of his mind were sound and unimpaired to the very last . Within the last year of his life he finished and published a ...
... engaged in the same cause . Bodily infirmities he was subject to for many years before his death , but the faculties of his mind were sound and unimpaired to the very last . Within the last year of his life he finished and published a ...
Pagina 34
... engaged , may serve to denote the benefits which have re- sulted from his prompt , unwearied , and effectual exer- tions . " The following is the character drawn of him by Mr. archdeacon Jefferson , and which alludes to his zeal for the ...
... engaged , may serve to denote the benefits which have re- sulted from his prompt , unwearied , and effectual exer- tions . " The following is the character drawn of him by Mr. archdeacon Jefferson , and which alludes to his zeal for the ...
Pagina 36
... engaged to paint for the church of St. Francis . This picture , which represents the body of Christ borne to the sepulchre , he afterwards painted in Perugia , and it obtained so much credit , that his professional rank was from that ...
... engaged to paint for the church of St. Francis . This picture , which represents the body of Christ borne to the sepulchre , he afterwards painted in Perugia , and it obtained so much credit , that his professional rank was from that ...
Pagina 45
... engaged in the Polyglot Bible of Antwerp , printed in 1571 , by order of Philip II . king of Spain . In 1585 he settled at Leyden , where Plantin had a printing - office ; la- boured there with his usual assiduity , and was chosen , for ...
... engaged in the Polyglot Bible of Antwerp , printed in 1571 , by order of Philip II . king of Spain . In 1585 he settled at Leyden , where Plantin had a printing - office ; la- boured there with his usual assiduity , and was chosen , for ...
Pagina 82
... engaged the attention of this great and wise man ; who , though on the verge of eternity , in the full possession of himself , and in the anticipation of the most glorious manifestations of his Creator , did not disdain or neglect to ...
... engaged the attention of this great and wise man ; who , though on the verge of eternity , in the full possession of himself , and in the anticipation of the most glorious manifestations of his Creator , did not disdain or neglect to ...
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Pagina 153 - Parliament by the time limited in the former qualifications, and shall take and subscribe the engagement, to be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England...
Pagina 159 - His great ,pleasure was to talk to those who looked up to him. It was here he exhibited his wonderful powers. In mixed company, and frequently . in company that ought to have looked up to him, many, thinking they had a character for learning to support, considered it as beneath them to enlist in the train of his auditors ; and to such persons he certainly did not appear to advantage, being often impetuous and overbearing. The desire of shining in conversation was in him indeed a predominant passion;...
Pagina 216 - She then, after making use of much harsh language, parted from him, with these words, " My lord, for your civility in coming to see me, I thank you ; but for your offering to preach before me, I thank you not a whit.
Pagina 159 - Whatever merit they have, must be imputed, in a great measure, to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it certainly would be to the credit of these Discourses, if I could say it with truth, that he contributed even a single sentiment to them ; but he qualified my mind to think justly. No man had, like him, the faculty of teaching inferior minds the art of thinking.
Pagina 217 - Be of good heart, brother, for God will either assuage the fury of the flame, or else strengthen us to abide it.
Pagina 160 - He is always the same man ; the same philosophical, the same artist-like critic, the same sagacious observer, with the same minuteness, without the smallest degree of trifling.
Pagina 489 - Queen) were willing to record them in their royal patent, to remain in the family as a monument consecrated to his consummate virtue, whose name could never be forgot, so long as men preserved any esteem for sanctity of manners, greatness of mind, and a love of their country, constant even to death.
Pagina 216 - And as for your new books, I thank God I never read any of them: I never did, nor ever will do.
Pagina 263 - ... scene in which he acted. On one occasion, (when the capital of Scotland was in danger of falling into the hands of the rebels) the state of public affairs appeared so critical, that he thought himself justified in laying aside, for a time, the pacific habits of his profession, and in quitting his parochial residence at Gladsmuir, to join the volunteers of Edinburgh : and when, at last, it was determined that the city should be surrendered...
Pagina 269 - THE ANCIENTS HAD OF INDIA ; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope.