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, Volume 4Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1812 - Biography |
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... thing touching the company had been transacted with the German ministers . " His lordship , as I have reason to believe , was persuad- ed that the ministers intended that the company should bave a British charter ; and things went so ...
... thing touching the company had been transacted with the German ministers . " His lordship , as I have reason to believe , was persuad- ed that the ministers intended that the company should bave a British charter ; and things went so ...
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... thing which reflected dishonour on his majesty . Accordingly the house was satisfied with the answer , so far as not to in- sist on a sight of the charter and warrants ; and imme diately came to a resolution , that the persons concerned ...
... thing which reflected dishonour on his majesty . Accordingly the house was satisfied with the answer , so far as not to in- sist on a sight of the charter and warrants ; and imme diately came to a resolution , that the persons concerned ...
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... thing . Girald himself took the cross at this time , and it afforded him the opportunity of writing his " Itinerarium Cambriæ . " The same year he went over into France , in the retinue of king Henry II , which he did by the ad- vice of ...
... thing . Girald himself took the cross at this time , and it afforded him the opportunity of writing his " Itinerarium Cambriæ . " The same year he went over into France , in the retinue of king Henry II , which he did by the ad- vice of ...
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... thing of the kind in the tenor of his behaviour ; and , notwithstand- ing his great reputation , he always spoke with singular mo- desty of himself and his works . " His book of the " Week , " whatever may now be thought of it , was ...
... thing of the kind in the tenor of his behaviour ; and , notwithstand- ing his great reputation , he always spoke with singular mo- desty of himself and his works . " His book of the " Week , " whatever may now be thought of it , was ...
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... thing to trust to but himself , he became chef d'escadre , after having passed through the several inferior ranks . He was tall in stature , robust , well made , though of a rough and clumsy figure . He could neither write nor read ...
... thing to trust to but himself , he became chef d'escadre , after having passed through the several inferior ranks . He was tall in stature , robust , well made , though of a rough and clumsy figure . He could neither write nor read ...
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Page 193 - Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Page 492 - ... speeches, and the former resolutions of the house touching the forfeited estates in Ireland, to be printed and published for their justification ; and they resolved, that the procuring or passing exorbitant grants by any member, now of the privy council, or...
Page 198 - ... he had a very moving and pathetical way of writing, and was his whole life long a man of great zeal and much simplicity ; but was most unhappily subtle and metaphysical in every thing.
Page 196 - You humbly conceive," says Jefferies, " and I humbly conceive : swear him, swear him." " My lord," says he, " under favour, I am counsel for the defendant ; and, if I understand either Latin or English, the information now brought against Mr. Baxter upon such a slight ground, is a greater reflection upon the Church of England than anything contained in the book he is accused for.
Page 287 - There are In It a great many flowers well worth gathering, and a man who has the art of stealing wisely will find his account In reading It.
Page 258 - On Poetry and Music, On Laughter and Ludicrous Composition, and On the Utility of Classical Learning.
Page 197 - Hadst thou been whipped out of thy writing trade forty years ago, it had been happy. Thou pretendest to be a preacher of the gospel of peace, and thou hast one foot in the grave ; 'tis time for thee to begin to think what account thou intendest to give.
Page 479 - BEING THE TIME OF THE YEARLY MEETING OF THE CHILDREN EDUCATED IN THE CHARITY-SCHOOLS IN AND ABOUT THE CITIES OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER.
Page 269 - Greek characters, that those about him might not understand him, and afterwards he copied out the whole fair in his diary. This journal is inserted among the records in Bishop Burnet's History of the Reformation. * Henry Beaufort, bishop of Winchester, and cardinal priest of the church of Rome, was the son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, by his third wife, Catharine Swinford.
Page 340 - May the last of the English rest in peace: For they had often said, That as they esteemed him the best of the English Bishops, so he should be the last that should be left among them.