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... lived in great obscurity till the restoration , when he returned to his mastership of Jesus College , which he held till he was made bishop of Carlisle . He was afterward translated to York . He was a man of worth , and of good ...
... lived in great obscurity till the restoration , when he returned to his mastership of Jesus College , which he held till he was made bishop of Carlisle . He was afterward translated to York . He was a man of worth , and of good ...
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... lived in retirement at Richmond during the usurpation ; and was then hospitable , generous , and charitable , to a degree beyond his fortune . He is said to have received 50,000l . for fines , soon after his translation to Winchester ...
... lived in retirement at Richmond during the usurpation ; and was then hospitable , generous , and charitable , to a degree beyond his fortune . He is said to have received 50,000l . for fines , soon after his translation to Winchester ...
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... lived some years upon a small benefice in that county ; but was , before the restoration , presented by Sir John Greenvile to the rectory of Kilk- hampton , worth about 3001. a year . Sir John , at the same time , signified to him ...
... lived some years upon a small benefice in that county ; but was , before the restoration , presented by Sir John Greenvile to the rectory of Kilk- hampton , worth about 3001. a year . Sir John , at the same time , signified to him ...
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... lived , and had a deep insight into the grace of God , and the covenant of grace . " He attended Cromwell , his friend and patron , upon his death - bed , and was very confident that he * Dr. South , who knew him well , has mentioned ...
... lived , and had a deep insight into the grace of God , and the covenant of grace . " He attended Cromwell , his friend and patron , upon his death - bed , and was very confident that he * Dr. South , who knew him well , has mentioned ...
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... lived , than any of the heads of houses at Cambridge . He , with great prudence and ability , presided over his college , which never flourished more than under his government . He died in 1669-70 , in the 71st year of his age . His ...
... lived , than any of the heads of houses at Cambridge . He , with great prudence and ability , presided over his college , which never flourished more than under his government . He died in 1669-70 , in the 71st year of his age . His ...
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Side 80 - Knight of the most ancient and most noble Order of the Thistle, and...
Side 113 - I have, sir, neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am. And I humbly ask pardon, that I cannot give any other answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me.
Side 288 - Oxford, did about forty years ago find a dead rat in the physic garden, which he made to resemble the common picture of dragons, by altering its head and tail, and thrusting in taper sharp sticks, which distended the skin on each side, till it mimicked wings. He let it dry as hard as possible. The learned immediately pronounced it a dragon , and one of them sent an accurate description of it to Dr.
Side 342 - WORKS. --Musick's Monument ; or, a Remembrancer of the Best Practical Musick, both Divine and Civil, that has ever been known to have been in the World.
Side 126 - a man of great notions and eminent virtues ; the best speaker in the house of commons, and capable of bearing the chief ministry, as it was once thought he was very near it, and deserved it more than all the rest did.
Side 296 - THE TRUE ENGLISH INTEREST: or, An Account of the Chief National Improvements; in some Political Observations, Demonstrating an Infallible Advance of this Nation to Infinite Wealth and Greatness, Trade and Populacy, with Imployment, and Preferment of all Persons.
Side 151 - He had a piercing eye, and in characters of heroic life, a quick imperious vivacity in his tone of voice, that painted the tyrant truly terrible. There were two plays of Dryden in which he shone, with uncommon lustre; in Aurenge-Zebe, he played Morat, and in Don Sebastian, Muley Moloch ; in both these parts, he had a fierce lion-like majesty in his port and utterance, that gave the spectator a kind of trembling admiration.
Side 150 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Side 239 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended, and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Side 166 - He bears the gallantries of his lady with the indifference of a Stoic, and thinks them well recompensed by a return of children to support his family, without the fatigues of being a father.