A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 6A. Fullarton, 1853 - Great Britain |
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... fortune . The Courtenay family interesting themselves in the author enabled him to prosecute his studies . In 1744 he was entered of Wadham college , where he soon proved that he was deserving 1 Dr King , in his Apology , or Vindication ...
... fortune . The Courtenay family interesting themselves in the author enabled him to prosecute his studies . In 1744 he was entered of Wadham college , where he soon proved that he was deserving 1 Dr King , in his Apology , or Vindication ...
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... fortune to make another valuable discovery , namely , that encroachments on religious liberty in protestant communities , by whatever specious pretences they are introduced , can never be defended upon protestant principles . " About ...
... fortune to make another valuable discovery , namely , that encroachments on religious liberty in protestant communities , by whatever specious pretences they are introduced , can never be defended upon protestant principles . " About ...
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... fortune . By Dr Cornwallis , then bishop of Lichfield , afterwards archbishop of Canterbury , who had been his pupil at Christ college , he was appointed to the archdeaconry of Staffordshire , and to a prebend in the church of Lichfield ...
... fortune . By Dr Cornwallis , then bishop of Lichfield , afterwards archbishop of Canterbury , who had been his pupil at Christ college , he was appointed to the archdeaconry of Staffordshire , and to a prebend in the church of Lichfield ...
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... fortune . Mr Dyer thus speaks of his character as a farmer and economist : - : -- " It would be no less agreeable than instructive , to survey his rural economy and domes- tic arrangements in his new situation ; the versatility of his ...
... fortune . Mr Dyer thus speaks of his character as a farmer and economist : - : -- " It would be no less agreeable than instructive , to survey his rural economy and domes- tic arrangements in his new situation ; the versatility of his ...
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... fortune , in his estimation , made him independent . 6 In 1746 he published , at Cambridge , a small Latin work , entitled ' Historia Astronomiæ , sive de Ortu et Progressu Astronomiæ , ' 8vo . This is a juvenile , but ingenious ...
... fortune , in his estimation , made him independent . 6 In 1746 he published , at Cambridge , a small Latin work , entitled ' Historia Astronomiæ , sive de Ortu et Progressu Astronomiæ , ' 8vo . This is a juvenile , but ingenious ...
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Page 54 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 82 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
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 464 - I can say, and will say, that as a peer of Parliament, as speaker of this right honourable house, as keeper of the great seal, as guardian of his majesty's conscience, as lord high chancellor of England, nay, even in that character alone in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered...
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 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 454 - You know, Foley, I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes...
Page 232 - I have already more than once had occasion to refer to, has often told me that he was seldom more grieved, than when riding into Dumfries one fine summer evening about this time to attend a county ball, he saw Burns walking alone, on the shady side 'of the principal street of the town, while the opposite side was gay with successive groups of gentlemen and ladies, all drawn together for the festivities of the night, not one of whom appeared willing to recognise him.
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 236 - The editor, or author, never could shew the original; nor can it be shewn by any other; to revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.