Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel De Foe: Containing a Review of His Writings, and His Opinions Upon a Variety of Important Matters, Civil and Ecclesiastical, Volume 1Hurst, Chance, and Company, 1830 |
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... character . In these too , owing to the lapse of time and other circumstances , some mistakes have been unavoidedly committed , which for the sake of accuracy it is now desirable to correct . Those who are acquainted with the narratives ...
... character . In these too , owing to the lapse of time and other circumstances , some mistakes have been unavoidedly committed , which for the sake of accuracy it is now desirable to correct . Those who are acquainted with the narratives ...
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... character that his present biographer has principally directed his attention . If he has been led further into the discussion of politics than may seem properly to fall within the province of biography , it must be remembered that De ...
... character that his present biographer has principally directed his attention . If he has been led further into the discussion of politics than may seem properly to fall within the province of biography , it must be remembered that De ...
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... character . Absolute impartiality , indeed , is scarcely to be looked for in imperfect beings ; yet it is a quality so essential to an his- torian , that if he does not make it his landmark , he forfeits his reputation for honesty ...
... character . Absolute impartiality , indeed , is scarcely to be looked for in imperfect beings ; yet it is a quality so essential to an his- torian , that if he does not make it his landmark , he forfeits his reputation for honesty ...
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... Character . - Anecdote of him when a Boy . - Importance of early Principles . He is educated amongst the Dissenters ... Character of Him . - De Foe's Attainments at the Academy . His Character at that Period . - He is intended PAGE 1 1 ...
... Character . - Anecdote of him when a Boy . - Importance of early Principles . He is educated amongst the Dissenters ... Character of Him . - De Foe's Attainments at the Academy . His Character at that Period . - He is intended PAGE 1 1 ...
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... Character of Lord Cla- rendon . Sheldon's Buffoonery . - Preaching of the Times . -Severity of the Parliament . — And of the Clergy . — Bar- barity of Sheldon and Ward . - Character of the Court Clergy . Some of a better Spirit ...
... Character of Lord Cla- rendon . Sheldon's Buffoonery . - Preaching of the Times . -Severity of the Parliament . — And of the Clergy . — Bar- barity of Sheldon and Ward . - Character of the Court Clergy . Some of a better Spirit ...
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Page 280 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page xxxix - ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE , Of YORK. MARINER: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of the Great River of OROONOQUE; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. WITH An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by PYRATES. Written by Himself.
Page 134 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Page xxx - A True Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next Day after her Death, to one Mrs Bargrave, at Canterbury, the 8th of September 1705...
Page 345 - These are the heroes that despise the Dutch, And rail at new-come foreigners so much ; Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived...
Page 345 - Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there: And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.
Page 345 - The climate may this modern breed have mended, Wise Providence, to keep us where we are, Mixes us daily with exceeding care: We have been Europe's sink, the Jakes where she Voids all her offal outcast progeny.
Page 65 - Queen Mary, as now in our days. When God has given us a Prince, who is become (may I Kay a miracle) zealous of being the author and instrument of so glorious a work ; but the opposition we are sure to meet with, is also like to be great : so that it imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can, for the harvest is great, and the labourers but few.
Page 100 - Mazarine, &c., a French boy singing love-songs,* in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute persons were at Basset round a large table, a bank of at least 2000 in gold before them ; upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflections with astonishment. Six days after was all in the dust...
Page xxxix - The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr Duncan Campbell, a Gentleman, who, though Deaf and Dumb, writes down any Stranger's name at first sight, with their future Contingencies of Fortune. Now living in Exeter court, over against the Savoy, in the Strand.