A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in Every Age and NationT. Bensley, Bolt-court, Fleet-street, 1799 - 436 sider |
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... Political Dis- the approbation of Alvares . courses " of his own upon Tacitus ; short , he wanted nothing to com- all which were well received by the plete his grandeur , but the name of public . He died at Paris 1706 . king ; he had ...
... Political Dis- the approbation of Alvares . courses " of his own upon Tacitus ; short , he wanted nothing to com- all which were well received by the plete his grandeur , but the name of public . He died at Paris 1706 . king ; he had ...
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... politics , and a his style ; and there have been seve - certain sort of philosophy , according ral editions and translations of this poet . The time of his death is un- known . to Plutarch , which he taught nobody else . Philip erected ...
... politics , and a his style ; and there have been seve - certain sort of philosophy , according ral editions and translations of this poet . The time of his death is un- known . to Plutarch , which he taught nobody else . Philip erected ...
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... political writings ; and the celebrated Letters of Junius have lately been with much confidence ascribed to him ; but the evidence , adduced is by no means conclusive . In 1793 he pub- lished " The Indian Observer , " a periodical paper ...
... political writings ; and the celebrated Letters of Junius have lately been with much confidence ascribed to him ; but the evidence , adduced is by no means conclusive . In 1793 he pub- lished " The Indian Observer , " a periodical paper ...
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... politics , and legislation ; but , not sicrusian faculty , of which he was contenting himself with a high de- a great admirer . But what distin- gree of literary fame , he took a disguished him most of all , was a kind tinguished part ...
... politics , and legislation ; but , not sicrusian faculty , of which he was contenting himself with a high de- a great admirer . But what distin- gree of literary fame , he took a disguished him most of all , was a kind tinguished part ...
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... political wri- ter , born at Madderty , in Perth- shire , 1714 , died 1775. Of many excellent works that he left behind him , " Political Disquisi- tions , " 3 vols . and " Youth's Friend- ly Monitor , " are the best known , and most ...
... political wri- ter , born at Madderty , in Perth- shire , 1714 , died 1775. Of many excellent works that he left behind him , " Political Disquisi- tions , " 3 vols . and " Youth's Friend- ly Monitor , " are the best known , and most ...
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Side 20 - Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to heaven, or have thy sins and go to hell...
Side 81 - The Man in the Moon, or a Discourse of a Voyage thither, by Domingo Gonsales, l638,"Svo.
Side 53 - Dr. Donne, I have invited you to dinner ; and, though you sit not down with me, yet I will carve to you of a dish that I know you love well ; for, knowing you love London, I do therefore make you Dean of St. Paul's ; and, when I have dined, then do you take your beloved dish home to your study, say grace there to yourself, and much good may it do you.
Side 3 - Thou hast tasted of prosperity and adversity; thou knowest what it is to be banished thy native country, to be over-ruled, as well as to rule, and sit upon the throne; and being oppressed, thou hast reason to know how hateful the oppressor is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Side 37 - Martin, a lieutenant-colonel, left him about two thousand pounds; a sum which Collins could scarcely think exhaustible, and which he did not live to exhaust. The guineas were then repaid, and the translation neglected. But man is not born for happiness. Collins, who, while he 'studied to live', felt no evil but poverty, no sooner 'lived to study' than his life was assailed by more dreadful calamities, disease and insanity.
Side 62 - Living in an age of extraordinary Events and Revolutions, he learnt (as himself asserted) this Truth, which pursuant to his intention is here declared — That all is vanity which is not honest, and that there is no solid wisdom but in real Piety...
Side 76 - The proposition that the sun is in the centre of the world, and immoveable from its place, is absurd, philosophically false, and formally heretical ; because it is expressly contrary to the Holy Scriptures. " 2. The proposition that the earth is not the centre of the world, nor immoveable, but that it moves, and also with a diurnal motion, is also absurd, philosophically false, and, theologically considered, equally erroneous in faith.