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Side 12
... shew him to have been a zealous Calvinist . " Dr. Walker informs us that " he suf- ferred much from the faction , both in his name and mi- nistry , and they wondered that so holy a man as he was , should doat so much on kings , bishops ...
... shew him to have been a zealous Calvinist . " Dr. Walker informs us that " he suf- ferred much from the faction , both in his name and mi- nistry , and they wondered that so holy a man as he was , should doat so much on kings , bishops ...
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... shew the treasure and mo- numents of the kings of France . But having there un- fortunately broken a looking - glass , which was pretended to have belonged to Virgil , he obtained leave to quit an employment , which , as he said ...
... shew the treasure and mo- numents of the kings of France . But having there un- fortunately broken a looking - glass , which was pretended to have belonged to Virgil , he obtained leave to quit an employment , which , as he said ...
Side 46
... shew the supe- riority of a republican to a monarchical form of govern- ment . In 1770 , Mrs. Macaulay wrote a reply to Mr. Burke's celebrated pamphlet entitled " Thoughts on the Causes of the Present Discontents ; " and in 1775 she pub ...
... shew the supe- riority of a republican to a monarchical form of govern- ment . In 1770 , Mrs. Macaulay wrote a reply to Mr. Burke's celebrated pamphlet entitled " Thoughts on the Causes of the Present Discontents ; " and in 1775 she pub ...
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... shew of piety , which the Macedonians observed , drew over to their party many others . One Maratorus , who had been for- merly a treasurer , having amassed vast riches , forsook his secular life , devoted himself entirely to the ...
... shew of piety , which the Macedonians observed , drew over to their party many others . One Maratorus , who had been for- merly a treasurer , having amassed vast riches , forsook his secular life , devoted himself entirely to the ...
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... shew , that Pope himself , infinitely superior as his talents in poetry were , did not disdain to imitate this author , in his " Essay on Criticism : " " At length Erasmus , that great injur'd name , The glory of the priesthood , and ...
... shew , that Pope himself , infinitely superior as his talents in poetry were , did not disdain to imitate this author , in his " Essay on Criticism : " " At length Erasmus , that great injur'd name , The glory of the priesthood , and ...
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Side 9 - ... for thee; Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end.
Side 79 - A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist, who does not love Scotland better than truth ; he will always love it better than inquiry : and if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it.
Side 66 - A NEW LITERAL TRANSLATION From the Original Greek, OF ALL THE APOSTOLICAL EPISTLES, WITH A COMMENTARY AND NOTES, Philological, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical.
Side 24 - ... to the great question. His studies, being honest, ended in conviction. He found that religion was true, and what he had learned he endeavoured to teach (1747), by Observations on the Conversion of St. Paul; a treatise to which infidelity has never been able to fabricate a specious answer.
Side 28 - Thus he continued giving his dying benediction to all around him. On Monday morning a lucid interval gave some small hopes, but these vanished in the evening; and he continued dying, but with very little uneasiness, till Tuesday morning, August 22, when between seven and eight o'clock he expired, almost without a groan.
Side 227 - BENEFITS. With an ESSAY ON CHARITY AND CHARITY-SCHOOLS. And A Search into the Nature of Society.
Side 394 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Side 453 - Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the late rev. Thomas Baker, BD of St. John's-college, from the papers of Dr. Zachary Grey, with a Catalogue of his MS Collections," Cambridge, 8vo; and in 1790 "A Catalogue of the several pictures in the public library and respective colleges of the university of Cambridge,
Side 111 - It is impossible, for there is but one in the world; that is in the Grand Signior's library at Constantinople, and is the seventh book on the second shelf on the right hand as you go in.
Side 195 - I never in my life knew a man that had so tender a heart for his particular friends, or a more general friendship for mankind.