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], 1817 - Biography |
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... took the degrees of B. A. and M. A. and about the same time en- tered into holy orders , in the reign of queen Elizabeth .. Toward the end of that queen's reign he was made mi- nister of Ashford , a market - town in Kent , where he ...
... took the degrees of B. A. and M. A. and about the same time en- tered into holy orders , in the reign of queen Elizabeth .. Toward the end of that queen's reign he was made mi- nister of Ashford , a market - town in Kent , where he ...
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... took into the speculative part of physic and anatomy , as parts of natural philosophy ; and , as Dr. Glisson ( then public professor of physic in that university ) hath since told me , I was the first of his sons , who , in a public ...
... took into the speculative part of physic and anatomy , as parts of natural philosophy ; and , as Dr. Glisson ( then public professor of physic in that university ) hath since told me , I was the first of his sons , who , in a public ...
Page 31
... took the degree of bachelor of arts , and about four years after that of master ; and then removed to Queen's , pro- bably in consequence of the interest of Dr. Horton , his for- mer tutor , and now master of that college . Being ...
... took the degree of bachelor of arts , and about four years after that of master ; and then removed to Queen's , pro- bably in consequence of the interest of Dr. Horton , his for- mer tutor , and now master of that college . Being ...
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... took a decided part against the queen's tory - ministry . In the well - known debate relating to Steele for publishing the " Crisis , " he greatly distin- guished himself in behalf of liberty , and added to the po- pularity he had ...
... took a decided part against the queen's tory - ministry . In the well - known debate relating to Steele for publishing the " Crisis , " he greatly distin- guished himself in behalf of liberty , and added to the po- pularity he had ...
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... took place after the king's arrival ; and that in a few days he was appointed re- ceiver and paymaster general of all the guards and garri- sons , and of all other the land forces in Great Britain , paymaster of the royal hospital at ...
... took place after the king's arrival ; and that in a few days he was appointed re- ceiver and paymaster general of all the guards and garri- sons , and of all other the land forces in Great Britain , paymaster of the royal hospital at ...
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Page 432 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words : "I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore; and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Page 293 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 398 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
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Page 20 - Lord, I am a great deal older than your Grace, " and have, I believe, heard more arguments for " Atheism than ever your Grace did ; but I have " lived long enough to see there is nothing in them ; " and so, I hope, your Grace will.
Page 392 - Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery, he early fixed his residence in his native village, where he spent the greater part of his life in literary occupations, and especially in the study of nature. This he followed with patient assiduity, and a mind ever open to the lessons of piety and benevolence which such a study is so well calculated to afford. Though several occasions offered of settling upon a college living, he could never persuade himself to...
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Page 262 - Table, and ordered by the King to deliver his official Opinion on the point ; stated in the most precise terms, that any such Assemblage might be dispersed by military force, without waiting for Forms, or reading the Act in Question. " Is that your Declaration of the Law, as Attorney-general ?" said the King. Wedderburn answering decidedly in the affirmative, " Then so let it be done,
Page 332 - ... praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty which no friend has made; An angel tongue, which no man can persuade; A fool, with more of wit than half mankind...