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... honour . In 1665 , he was appoint- ed provost of Eton College , where he raised the school , which he found in a low condition , to an uncommon pitch of reputation . The west side of the outward quadrangle of that college was built from ...
... honour . In 1665 , he was appoint- ed provost of Eton College , where he raised the school , which he found in a low condition , to an uncommon pitch of reputation . The west side of the outward quadrangle of that college was built from ...
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... honour to his coun- try . He was unrivalled in mathematical learning , and especially in the sublime geometry ; in which he has been excelled only by one man , and that man was his pupil . The same genius that seemed to be born only to ...
... honour to his coun- try . He was unrivalled in mathematical learning , and especially in the sublime geometry ; in which he has been excelled only by one man , and that man was his pupil . The same genius that seemed to be born only to ...
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... honour of instructing Sir Isaac Newton , who was born at Woolstrope , a hamlet belonging to Col- sterworth , a few miles from Grantham . Of this parish Mr. Walker * The late ingenious and learned Mr. James Merrick , a well known ...
... honour of instructing Sir Isaac Newton , who was born at Woolstrope , a hamlet belonging to Col- sterworth , a few miles from Grantham . Of this parish Mr. Walker * The late ingenious and learned Mr. James Merrick , a well known ...
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... honour . In the midst of the dreadful pestilence , when " thousands fell on his right hand , and ten thousands on his left , " he appeared to be under the peculiar care of Providence . At this time , as he informs us in the preface , he ...
... honour . In the midst of the dreadful pestilence , when " thousands fell on his right hand , and ten thousands on his left , " he appeared to be under the peculiar care of Providence . At this time , as he informs us in the preface , he ...
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... honour of instructing Archbishop Tillotson , not only one of the greatest , but also one of the best men this kingdom ever pro- duced . It is well known that this prelate ever maintained a respect for him , not merely because he was his ...
... honour of instructing Archbishop Tillotson , not only one of the greatest , but also one of the best men this kingdom ever pro- duced . It is well known that this prelate ever maintained a respect for him , not merely because he was 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.