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Side 14
... discourse , the bishop went up into the pulpit , took the same text , followed the same method , + Printed at Rochester in 8vo . 1772. p . 176 , 177 . JOHANNES WILKINS , nuper episcopus Ces- triensis . M. Beale 14 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.
... discourse , the bishop went up into the pulpit , took the same text , followed the same method , + Printed at Rochester in 8vo . 1772. p . 176 , 177 . JOHANNES WILKINS , nuper episcopus Ces- triensis . M. Beale 14 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.
Side 24
... others converted into barracks and stables , and that a learned ministry was held in the utmost contempt , he changed the course of his studies , and applied himself to physic . He took a doctor's 24 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.
... others converted into barracks and stables , and that a learned ministry was held in the utmost contempt , he changed the course of his studies , and applied himself to physic . He took a doctor's 24 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.
Side 25
... took a whip with him " when he went out to sur- prise the scholars walking in the grove at unseasonable hours ; " but that he never made use of that illiberal weapon . - The following anecdote of him was told me by a gentleman of ...
... took a whip with him " when he went out to sur- prise the scholars walking in the grove at unseasonable hours ; " but that he never made use of that illiberal weapon . - The following anecdote of him was told me by a gentleman of ...
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... took his degrees at Cambridge , was chaplain to James , duke of York ; and as we learn from the inscription on his monument , he * See it in the " Athen . Oxon . ” or the “ Biographia . ” The Reverend Mr. Merrick , of Reading , whose ...
... took his degrees at Cambridge , was chaplain to James , duke of York ; and as we learn from the inscription on his monument , he * See it in the " Athen . Oxon . ” or the “ Biographia . ” The Reverend Mr. Merrick , of Reading , whose ...
Side 38
... took the instances of absurdity and nonsense in this letter , from his father's sermons . Echard the historian tells us , || that he was too nearly related to him to give him his just character without suspi- cion of partiality . § His ...
... took the instances of absurdity and nonsense in this letter , from his father's sermons . Echard the historian tells us , || that he was too nearly related to him to give him his just character without suspi- cion of partiality . § 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.