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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... language , as Hugh Broughton often objected to him , nor does he appear to have been much skilled in the deeper points of theology ; but he was an admired and diligent preacher , and took delight in exercising his talent that way ; it ...
... language , as Hugh Broughton often objected to him , nor does he appear to have been much skilled in the deeper points of theology ; but he was an admired and diligent preacher , and took delight in exercising his talent that way ; it ...
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... languages , giving them good allowance and preferments as occasion offered . Besides these , he kept several poor scholars in his house till he could provide for them , and prefer them , and maintained others at the university . His ...
... languages , giving them good allowance and preferments as occasion offered . Besides these , he kept several poor scholars in his house till he could provide for them , and prefer them , and maintained others at the university . His ...
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... languages , every thing that perhaps has been written on that country . ' WHYTT ( ROBERT ) , an eminent physician , born at Edin- burgh Sept. 6 , 1714 , was the son of Robert Whytt , esq . of Beunochy , advocate . This gentleman died ...
... languages , every thing that perhaps has been written on that country . ' WHYTT ( ROBERT ) , an eminent physician , born at Edin- burgh Sept. 6 , 1714 , was the son of Robert Whytt , esq . of Beunochy , advocate . This gentleman died ...
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... language of the university of Edinburgh , and he both spoke and wrote in Latin with singular propriety , ele- gance , and perspicuity . At that time the system and sen timents of Boerhaave , which , notwithstanding their errors , must ...
... language of the university of Edinburgh , and he both spoke and wrote in Latin with singular propriety , ele- gance , and perspicuity . At that time the system and sen timents of Boerhaave , which , notwithstanding their errors , must ...
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... language , of which he may be considered as one of the first refiners , while his writings afford many curious specimens of old English orthography . His controversies gave him such re- putation in the university , that , in 1361 he was ...
... language , of which he may be considered as one of the first refiners , while his writings afford many curious specimens of old English orthography . His controversies gave him such re- putation in the university , that , in 1361 he was ...
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Page 256 - Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely...