Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 11836 |
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... talent for disputation . He un- derstood all the niceties of that article ; and if his arguments could not convince , his subtleties would confound an Arminian . He would take his adversary on his own ground , and make his own ...
... talent for disputation . He un- derstood all the niceties of that article ; and if his arguments could not convince , his subtleties would confound an Arminian . He would take his adversary on his own ground , and make his own ...
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... talents , but with little notice from the great , and with preferment so small as to have escaped the distinct recollection of some of his contemporaries . His genius and learning at last forced themselves upon the notice of the ...
... talents , but with little notice from the great , and with preferment so small as to have escaped the distinct recollection of some of his contemporaries . His genius and learning at last forced themselves upon the notice of the ...
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... talents and learning , he took a journey to South Molton for the purpose of engaging his assistance . He readily engaged in the service , and furnished very considerable , and certainly the most able and eloquent , parts of these ...
... talents and learning , he took a journey to South Molton for the purpose of engaging his assistance . He readily engaged in the service , and furnished very considerable , and certainly the most able and eloquent , parts of these ...
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... talents and sterling integrity . Robert Robinson . BORN A. d . 1735. — died A. D. 1790 . ROBERT ROBINSON was born at Swaffham in the county of Norfolk , on the 8th of October , 1735. His father was a native of Scotland . His mother was ...
... talents and sterling integrity . Robert Robinson . BORN A. d . 1735. — died A. D. 1790 . ROBERT ROBINSON was born at Swaffham in the county of Norfolk , on the 8th of October , 1735. His father was a native of Scotland . His mother was ...
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... talents , he was more distinguished by their use than even by their possession . Though his taste was classic , and his manners elegant , he sacrificed that society in which he was particularly calculated to shine , -gave up those pre ...
... talents , he was more distinguished by their use than even by their possession . Though his taste was classic , and his manners elegant , he sacrificed that society in which he was particularly calculated to shine , -gave up those pre ...
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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.