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... writes : " Mr. Torkington , rector of Little Stukeley , sent me the brass image of Sir Nicholas de Styvecle which his father and I took off the stone in the church of Great Stukeley many years ago ( it being loose ) , and carried to the ...
... writes : " Mr. Torkington , rector of Little Stukeley , sent me the brass image of Sir Nicholas de Styvecle which his father and I took off the stone in the church of Great Stukeley many years ago ( it being loose ) , and carried to the ...
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... writes , " with an astronomer , from whence and by what means any peril or danger may happen or come unto thee , and then either go unto a physician , or use discretion and temperance , and by that means thou mayest defer and prolong ...
... writes , " with an astronomer , from whence and by what means any peril or danger may happen or come unto thee , and then either go unto a physician , or use discretion and temperance , and by that means thou mayest defer and prolong ...
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... write of Mr. Coleman who taught us in the Quire of the Church . He had a mighty knack of drawing with his Pen , which Incited my natural Inclination that way , & I was ever after endeavoring to divert myself in it , & generally carryed ...
... write of Mr. Coleman who taught us in the Quire of the Church . He had a mighty knack of drawing with his Pen , which Incited my natural Inclination that way , & I was ever after endeavoring to divert myself in it , & generally carryed ...
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... writing a good hand , my Father took me to his busi- ness then , being about the latter end of the year 1700 , intending to bring me up to the Law for some time with him , & then that I should prepare myself by study for the Gown in ...
... writing a good hand , my Father took me to his busi- ness then , being about the latter end of the year 1700 , intending to bring me up to the Law for some time with him , & then that I should prepare myself by study for the Gown in ...
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... Writing , & have them in a Book with Drawings of his manner of building Furnaces of Dry Bricks with- out Iron or Mortar , & his manner of regulating the Fire to any degree of heat . At this time my Tutor gave me a Room in the College to ...
... Writing , & have them in a Book with Drawings of his manner of building Furnaces of Dry Bricks with- out Iron or Mortar , & his manner of regulating the Fire to any degree of heat . At this time my Tutor gave me a Room in the College to ...
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Page 419 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Page 149 - a bold insolent man, with a very small measure of religion, virtue, learning, or good sense ; but he resolved to force himself into popularity and preferment, by the most petulant railings at dissenters and low churchmen, in several sermons and libels, written without either chasteness of style or liveliness of expression.
Page 55 - And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly : the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
Page 166 - May 1731, he married Lady Elizabeth Lee, daughter of the Earl of Lichfield, and widow of Colonel Lee.
Page 169 - OPINION OF DR. STUKELEY. Oct. 9, 1722. " He is making searches about the Roman ways. He is a very fancifull man, and the things he hath publish'd are built upon fancy. He is looked upon as a man of no great authority, and his reputation dwindles every day, as I have learned from very good hands.
Page 313 - In 1721 he accompanied Dr. Sherrard to England, where he spent the remainder of his days. Soon after his arrival he undertook a new edition of " Ray's Synopsis ;" and was appointed the first botanical professor at Oxford on Sherrard's foundation. He wrote " Hortus Elthamensis
Page 62 - Jan. 6, 1721. I was made a Freemason at the Salutation Tav., Tavistock Street, with Mr. Collins, Capt. Rowe who made the famous diving Engine. The Directors late paramount, now despoil'd &c. Mr. Kemps antiquitys sold. Jan. 26. Mr. Le Neve Norroy & I took some transcriptions out of Domesday book.