General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, Volum 10G. G. and J. Robinson, 1815 |
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... given in 1795 , 2 vols . 8vo . In the same year he published " Memoirs of his own Life ; " a curious and entertaining performance , relating the events of his life down to that period , and interspersed with many anecdotes and ...
... given in 1795 , 2 vols . 8vo . In the same year he published " Memoirs of his own Life ; " a curious and entertaining performance , relating the events of his life down to that period , and interspersed with many anecdotes and ...
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... given much offence to persons in opposite interests ; but such was the kindness of his heart , and the ease and cheerfulness of his social conversation , that they who hated his principles could not hate the man . Nor was he only ...
... given much offence to persons in opposite interests ; but such was the kindness of his heart , and the ease and cheerfulness of his social conversation , that they who hated his principles could not hate the man . Nor was he only ...
Side 10
... given of the manner in which he passed several years of his life during the suspension of par- liament . His ample fortune , and his reputa- tion as a man of wit , would doubtless procure him access to the best company , and he occa ...
... given of the manner in which he passed several years of his life during the suspension of par- liament . His ample fortune , and his reputa- tion as a man of wit , would doubtless procure him access to the best company , and he occa ...
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... given to the press . He was one of the fash- ionable contributors to the periodical paper intitled " The World , " of which , about 1753 , he wrote a few numbers , chiefly of the light and humorous class . From his own press at ...
... given to the press . He was one of the fash- ionable contributors to the periodical paper intitled " The World , " of which , about 1753 , he wrote a few numbers , chiefly of the light and humorous class . From his own press at ...
Side 24
... given him more trouble than satisfaction , and made no alteration in his manner of living and ha- bitual pursuits . He continued to amuse him- self with occasional jeux d'esprit , and with ad- ding to the treasures and decorations of ...
... given him more trouble than satisfaction , and made no alteration in his manner of living and ha- bitual pursuits . He continued to amuse him- self with occasional jeux d'esprit , and with ad- ding to the treasures and decorations of ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...