The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines, Patriots, Statemen, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accention of Henry VIII, to the Present Time, Volume 4 |
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Men , who might peruse the writings of ecclesiastics upon the subject with a
prejudiced eye , cannot be insensible to the authority of one , whose natural
constitution , profession , and integrity alike raised him above suspicion ; and
who was ...
Men , who might peruse the writings of ecclesiastics upon the subject with a
prejudiced eye , cannot be insensible to the authority of one , whose natural
constitution , profession , and integrity alike raised him above suspicion ; and
who was ...
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... with a feast , and after other dishes had been served up to the dinner , he
ordered one that was covered to be set before his brother , and desired him to
uncover it ; which he doing , the company was surprised to find it full of writings .
... with a feast , and after other dishes had been served up to the dinner , he
ordered one that was covered to be set before his brother , and desired him to
uncover it ; which he doing , the company was surprised to find it full of writings .
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From his writing them only on the evenings of the Lord ' s - day , when he was in
town , and not much oftener when he was in the country , they are less contracted
than they probably would have been , if he had possessed more leisure to bring ...
From his writing them only on the evenings of the Lord ' s - day , when he was in
town , and not much oftener when he was in the country , they are less contracted
than they probably would have been , if he had possessed more leisure to bring ...
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May those , who study his writings , imitate his life ; and those , who endeavour
after his knowledge , aspire likewise to his piety . By being ingenuous , he not
only secured his independence , but raised himself likewise above flattery or ...
May those , who study his writings , imitate his life ; and those , who endeavour
after his knowledge , aspire likewise to his piety . By being ingenuous , he not
only secured his independence , but raised himself likewise above flattery or ...
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... a French Abbé , who pretended to determine the characters of persons whom
he had never seen , and to prognosticate their future good or ill fortune from their
hand - writing : these absurdities he ridiculed in a Latin poem addressed to him ...
... a French Abbé , who pretended to determine the characters of persons whom
he had never seen , and to prognosticate their future good or ill fortune from their
hand - writing : these absurdities he ridiculed in a Latin poem addressed to him ...
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Page 309 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand: A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all Mankind's Epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking; Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 151 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst: For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.
Page 17 - Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy), superstition, heresy, schism, profaneness, and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound doctrine and the power of godliness, lest we partake in other men's sins, and thereby be in danger to receive of their plagues ; and that the Lord may be one, and His name one in the three kingdoms.
Page 151 - A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 491 - He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Page 17 - God, endeavour, in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the word of God, and the example of the best reformed churches...
Page 256 - ON A GIRDLE THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my Heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer : My joy, my grief, my hope, my love Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass ! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair : Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the Sun goes round.
Page 254 - There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach; viz.
Page 152 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 308 - Of mimic'd statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
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| Title | The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines, Patriots, Statemen, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accention of Henry VIII, to the Present Time, Volume 4 Volume 4 of The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer], Francis Wrangham The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines, Patriots, Statemen, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accention of Henry VIII, to the Present Time, Francis Wrangham |
| Author | Francis Wrangham |
| Editor | Francis Wrangham |
| Publisher | J. Mawman, 1816 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 May 2007 |
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