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Page 13
... and " convulfions . " So that , upon the whole , it was carried , that no indulgence fhould be granted . Mr. Calamy remain- xd however in his parish , and came conftantly to church . << On Life , 11. 6 . On Sunday , December 28 CALAM Y. 13.
... and " convulfions . " So that , upon the whole , it was carried , that no indulgence fhould be granted . Mr. Calamy remain- xd however in his parish , and came conftantly to church . << On Life , 11. 6 . On Sunday , December 28 CALAM Y. 13.
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... whole art and practice thereof , which Caldwall tranflated into English , and published at London in the year 1585. We learn from Cambden , that Caldwall founded a chirurgical lecture in the college of phy- ficians , In annal . ficians ...
... whole art and practice thereof , which Caldwall tranflated into English , and published at London in the year 1585. We learn from Cambden , that Caldwall founded a chirurgical lecture in the college of phy- ficians , In annal . ficians ...
Page 32
... whole is thrown into one alphabet . CALVERT ( GEORGE ) defcended from the ancient and noble houfe of Calvert , in the earldom of Flanders , and afterwards created lord Baltimore , was born at Kipling in the north riding of Yorkshire ...
... whole is thrown into one alphabet . CALVERT ( GEORGE ) defcended from the ancient and noble houfe of Calvert , in the earldom of Flanders , and afterwards created lord Baltimore , was born at Kipling in the north riding of Yorkshire ...
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... whole people , held on the 20th of November , 1541 ; and the clergy and laity folemnly promised to conform to it for ever . [ A ] The church of Geneva made ufe of leavened bread in the holy communion , had removed all the baptifmal ...
... whole people , held on the 20th of November , 1541 ; and the clergy and laity folemnly promised to conform to it for ever . [ A ] The church of Geneva made ufe of leavened bread in the holy communion , had removed all the baptifmal ...
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... whole cafe in Latin . In 1607 , Camden pub- lifhed the complete edition of his Britannia , printed in folio , amended and enlarged , and adorned with maps and cuts . A faithful tranflation of this edition was published in 1695 , by ...
... whole cafe in Latin . In 1607 , Camden pub- lifhed the complete edition of his Britannia , printed in folio , amended and enlarged , and adorned with maps and cuts . A faithful tranflation of this edition was published in 1695 , by ...
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Popular passages
Page 445 - For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
Page 371 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 172 - The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different educations, humours, and callings that each of them would be improper in any other mouth.
Page 81 - O Pallas ! thou hast fail'd thy plighted word, To fight with caution, not to tempt the sword : I warn'd thee, but in vain ; for well I knew What perils youthful ardour would pursue ; That boiling blood would carry thee too far, Young as thou wert in dangers, raw to war ! O curst essay of arms, disastrous doom, Prelude of bloody fields and fights to come...
Page 410 - I do declare and promise, that I will be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England, as it is now established, without a King or House of Lords.
Page 173 - Chaucer's side ; for though the Englishman has borrowed many tales from the Italian, yet it appears that those of Boccace were not generally of his own making, but taken from authors of former ages, and by him only modelled ; so that what there was of invention in either of them, may be judged equal.
Page 171 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil...
Page 488 - I found everywhere there (though my understanding had little to do with all this) ; and, by degrees, with the tinkling of the rhyme and dance of the numbers, so that I think I had read him all over before I was twelve years old, and was thus made a poet as immediately as a child is made an eunuch.
Page 172 - Tis true, I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and that there were really ten syllables in a verse where we find but nine; but this opinion is not worth confuting...
Page 83 - He was a great cherisher of wit and fancy and good parts in any man; and, if he found them clouded with poverty or want, a most liberal and bountiful patron towards them, even above his fortune...