Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 11836 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 59
Page 9
... piece he informs us that his Arminian prejudices received their first shock from reading Dr Manton's sermons on the xviith chapter of John's Gospel . Besides the works above - mentioned , Mr Toplady was the editor for some years of ...
... piece he informs us that his Arminian prejudices received their first shock from reading Dr Manton's sermons on the xviith chapter of John's Gospel . Besides the works above - mentioned , Mr Toplady was the editor for some years of ...
Page 10
... piece he an- nounced the approaching publication of his great work , The Divine Legation of Moses , ' the first volume of which appeared in 1737. Of this work the following account has been given in an interesting article on Hurd's ...
... piece he an- nounced the approaching publication of his great work , The Divine Legation of Moses , ' the first volume of which appeared in 1737. Of this work the following account has been given in an interesting article on Hurd's ...
Page 12
... piece : " Were infidelity itself , when it would evade the force of testimony , to prescribe what qualities it ex- pected in a faultless testimony , it could invent none but what might be found in the historian here produced . He was a ...
... piece : " Were infidelity itself , when it would evade the force of testimony , to prescribe what qualities it ex- pected in a faultless testimony , it could invent none but what might be found in the historian here produced . He was a ...
Page 17
... piece , which made a considerable noise in its day , called Pietas Oxoniensis . ' There is one small publication by Mr Or- ton , hitherto omitted , which was the earliest piece printed by him , having first appeared in 1749 , and we ...
... piece , which made a considerable noise in its day , called Pietas Oxoniensis . ' There is one small publication by Mr Or- ton , hitherto omitted , which was the earliest piece printed by him , having first appeared in 1749 , and we ...
Page 22
... piece of extreme impertinence to inquire where you were bred , though one might possibly plead as an excuse for it ... pieces none display greater merit than his ' Verses on the Genealogy of Christ , ' and ' The Choice of Hercules ...
... piece of extreme impertinence to inquire where you were bred , though one might possibly plead as an excuse for it ... pieces none display greater merit than his ' Verses on the Genealogy of Christ , ' and ' The Choice of Hercules ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance admired afterwards Allan Cunningham ancient appeared appointed Arminian artist attention became biographer Bishop BORN A. D. brother Cambridge celebrated character church church of England commenced death degree died Discourses dissenters divine Dr Johnson Dr Priestley Edinburgh edition elected eminent England English entitled Essay father favour fortune Garrick genius Gentleman's Magazine Hauxton honour Horace Walpole John Johnson labours learned letters literary lived London Lord Magdalen college manner Memoirs ment merit mind native natural never occasion original Ossian Oxford painting parliament period person piece poems poet poetical poetry political powers preached principles profession published received religion reputation respect says Scotland sentiments sermons Sir Joshua society soon style talents taste thought tion took university of Edinburgh university of Glasgow university of Oxford visited volume Walpole Warburton Wesley Westminster school writings wrote young
Popular passages
Page 220 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 54 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 219 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 100 - Perhaps he was the most learned man in Europe. He was equally acquainted with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil; had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his study; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusements ; and he had a fine taste in painting, prints,...
Page 218 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ;* my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life.
Page 104 - I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation: English, Scotch, and Irish; Whig and Tory; churchman and sectary, freethinker and religionist; patriot and courtier united in their rage against the man, who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I, and the Earl of Strafford...
Page 220 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 227 - I had been for some days skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends; my chest was on the road to Greenock; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia — "The gloomy night is gathering fast,
Page 14 - To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit.
Page 125 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.