The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs, Volume 6Charles Knight, 1836 - Biography |
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... observe that the lavish magnificence in dress , especially in jewels , for which Raleigh was re- markable , even in the gorgeous court of Elizabeth ( his state dress is said to have been enriched with jewels to the value of £ 60,000 ) ...
... observe that the lavish magnificence in dress , especially in jewels , for which Raleigh was re- markable , even in the gorgeous court of Elizabeth ( his state dress is said to have been enriched with jewels to the value of £ 60,000 ) ...
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... observation of the singular habits of the cuckoo , till then a mystery to naturalists . It was pre- sented by Mr. Hunter to the Royal Society , and was printed entire in their Transactions in 1789 , having been returned to Jenner in the ...
... observation of the singular habits of the cuckoo , till then a mystery to naturalists . It was pre- sented by Mr. Hunter to the Royal Society , and was printed entire in their Transactions in 1789 , having been returned to Jenner in the ...
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... observing the invariable harmlessness of the disease when casually taken : he determined therefore to put his long - cherished idea to the trial on the first opportunity . This offered on the 14th of May , 1796 , the anniversary of ...
... observing the invariable harmlessness of the disease when casually taken : he determined therefore to put his long - cherished idea to the trial on the first opportunity . This offered on the 14th of May , 1796 , the anniversary of ...
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... observation , whom he assisted in calculating his table of refractions . It is no wonder that , under such ... observations . In 1758 Maskelyne was elected Fellow of his college ; in 1759 he became Fellow of the Royal Society . In 1761 ...
... observation , whom he assisted in calculating his table of refractions . It is no wonder that , under such ... observations . In 1758 Maskelyne was elected Fellow of his college ; in 1759 he became Fellow of the Royal Society . In 1761 ...
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... observation to stop his career at that point , we may remind him that , with the assistance of an ephemeris , such as the Nautical Almanac ' of Maskelyne did , still more as that of the present day , he can never want the means of ...
... observation to stop his career at that point , we may remind him that , with the assistance of an ephemeris , such as the Nautical Almanac ' of Maskelyne did , still more as that of the present day , he can never want the means of ...
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Page 154 - It is not uncommon, for those who have grown wise by the labour of others, to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects, but by the lights which he afforded them.
Page 17 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Page 153 - I must confess I am amazed that the press should be only made use of in this way by news-writers, and the zealots of parties : as if it were not more advantageous to mankind, to be instructed in wisdom and virtue, than in politics ; and to be made good fathers, husbands, and sons, than counsellors and statesmen.
Page 121 - 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.
Page 182 - She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard, and said, " No, Robin, I am not well," and then discoursed with me of her indisposition, and that her heart had been sad and heavy for ten or twelve days, and in her discourse she fetched not so few as forty or fifty great sighs. I...
Page 95 - And herein I found the difference between this and my former state chiefly consisted. I was striving, yea, fighting with all my might under the Law, as well as under grace. But then I was sometimes, if not often, conquered ; now, I was always conqueror. Thur. 25. — The moment I awaked, 'Jesus, Master...
Page 145 - Behold,' says he, pointing to these and raising his voice, ' the powers which I have received from his catholic majesty. With these I govern Castile ; and with these I will govern it, until the king, your master and mine, takes possession of his kingdom ".' A declaration so bold and haughty silenced them, and astonished their associates.
Page 95 - In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed,.!
Page 155 - had something in it more charming than I have found in any other man. But this was only when familiar: before strangers, or perhaps a single stranger, he preserved his dignity by a stiff silence.
Page 153 - He afterwards proceeded to take notice of the great use this paper might be of to the public, by reprehending those vices which are too trivial for the chastisement of the law, and too fantastical for the cognizance of the pulpit.