General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, Volume 10G. G. and J. Robinson, 1815 - Biography |
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... became the topic of conversation at Paris . Lord Stanhope and Lord Stair were congra- tulated upon the prospect of an union , and the Regent and Dubois seemed at first favourable to the plan . But the Jesuits and Constitution- alists ...
... became the topic of conversation at Paris . Lord Stanhope and Lord Stair were congra- tulated upon the prospect of an union , and the Regent and Dubois seemed at first favourable to the plan . But the Jesuits and Constitution- alists ...
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... became a widower at the age of twenty - five ; and being of an amorous and aspiring disposition , he did not dedicate much time to mourning , but became the suitor of Lady Dorothea Sydney , eldest daughter of the Earl of Leicester ...
... became a widower at the age of twenty - five ; and being of an amorous and aspiring disposition , he did not dedicate much time to mourning , but became the suitor of Lady Dorothea Sydney , eldest daughter of the Earl of Leicester ...
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... became adjunct of the philosophical faculty , and gave lectures not only on philosophy , but on many parts of the mathematics , and had such a number of pupils that he was obliged to devote eight or ten hours daily to their instruction ...
... became adjunct of the philosophical faculty , and gave lectures not only on philosophy , but on many parts of the mathematics , and had such a number of pupils that he was obliged to devote eight or ten hours daily to their instruction ...
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... became minorities ; and in February 1742 , he was created Earl of Orford , and resigned . His first object after being divested of power was , by dividing his enemies , to secure himself . With this view he employed his influence ...
... became minorities ; and in February 1742 , he was created Earl of Orford , and resigned . His first object after being divested of power was , by dividing his enemies , to secure himself . With this view he employed his influence ...
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... became a frequent visitor . He continued to perform services to Pope in defending and commenting upon his works , and in return was treated by the poet with the greatest respect and most zealous friendship ; and when Pope died in 1744 ...
... became a frequent visitor . He continued to perform services to Pope in defending and commenting upon his works , and in return was treated by the poet with the greatest respect and most zealous friendship ; and when Pope died in 1744 ...
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Page 64 - Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation."*** He was soon able, however, to collect his courage; and he prepared himself to suffer the fatal sentence.
Page 33 - His abilities gave him a haughty confidence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify ; and his impatience of opposition disposed him to treat his adversaries with such contemptuous superiority as made his readers commonly his enemies, and excited against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman emperor's determination, " oderint dum metuant ; " he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade.
Page 64 - Whitlocke,** with his usual candor, "never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with a better grace in all his words and actions, than did this great and excellent person; and he moved the hearts of all his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity.
Page 77 - Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt; And most contemptible, to shun contempt; His passion still to covet gen'ral praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty which no friend has made; An angel tongue which no man can persuade; A fool, with more of wit than half mankind...
Page 31 - The first volume of his chief work was published, in 1738, under the title of the Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist, from the Omission of the Doctrine of a Future State of Rewards and Punishments in the Jewish Dispensation.
Page 148 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 148 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Page 98 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Page 265 - BRYANT, JACOB. A new system ; or, An analysis of ancient mythology: wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable ; and to reduce the truth to its original purity.
Page 65 - Come, neighbours, let us kneel down ! Let us give thanks to God ! He has given me all my eight children : let the house go ; I am rich enough...