The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation: Particulary the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 12Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1813 - Biography |
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... parliament at Westminster , about which time the queen made him one of her privy - council . He met , however , in this and the succeeding years , with various causes of chagrin , partly from the loftiness of his own temper , but ...
... parliament at Westminster , about which time the queen made him one of her privy - council . He met , however , in this and the succeeding years , with various causes of chagrin , partly from the loftiness of his own temper , but ...
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... parliament . On this account he was not favourably received at court , which was the mean of attaching him the more closely to foreign service . commanded a regiment raised in England for the United States in 1624 , and though nothing ...
... parliament . On this account he was not favourably received at court , which was the mean of attaching him the more closely to foreign service . commanded a regiment raised in England for the United States in 1624 , and though nothing ...
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... Parliament directed a pub- lic funeral for him , which was performed with great solemnity in the following month , at Westminster abbey . In his conduct , the particulars of which may be seen in the history of the times , a want of ...
... Parliament directed a pub- lic funeral for him , which was performed with great solemnity in the following month , at Westminster abbey . In his conduct , the particulars of which may be seen in the history of the times , a want of ...
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... parliament , and took the solemn league and covenant in 1643. He sat in this parliament till Dec. 1648 , when he was turned out among those who were thought to have some regard left for the person of the king , and the old constitution ...
... parliament , and took the solemn league and covenant in 1643. He sat in this parliament till Dec. 1648 , when he was turned out among those who were thought to have some regard left for the person of the king , and the old constitution ...
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... parliament during the rebellion . Hav- ing occasion to write to archbishop Usher in 1639 , he un- fortunately let fall a hint to the prejudice of Camden's " Britannia ; " for , speaking of the time and pains he had spent in collecting ...
... parliament during the rebellion . Hav- ing occasion to write to archbishop Usher in 1639 , he un- fortunately let fall a hint to the prejudice of Camden's " Britannia ; " for , speaking of the time and pains he had spent in collecting ...
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Page 162 - Live, while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Lave, while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to GOD each moment as it flies.
Page 412 - I have the Heart and Stomach of a King, and of a King of England too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any Prince of Europe should dare to invade the Borders of my Realm ; to which, rather than any Dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up Arms, I myself will be your General, Judge, and Rewarder of every one of your Virtues in the Field...
Page 261 - A declaration of that paradox, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise.
Page 472 - Commons for leave to bring in a bill " for the better regulation of the affairs of the East India Company and of their servants in India, and for the due administration of justice in Bengal.
Page 363 - I desire to be no longer the Sisyphus of the stage; to roll up a stone with endless labour, which, to follow the proverb, gathers no moss; and which is perpetually falling down again. I never thought myself very fit for an employment, where many of my predecessors have excelled me in all kinds; and some of my contemporaries, even in my own partial judgment, have outdone me in comedy.
Page 439 - To be deserted by my fleet, in the face of an enemy, is a disgrace which, I believe, never before happened to a British admiral ; nor could I have supposed it possible. My greatest comfort, under God, is, that I have been supported by the officers, seamen, and marines of this ship ; for which, with a heart overflowing with gratitude, I request you to accept my sincere thanks. I flatter myself, much good may result from your example, by bringing those deluded people to a sense of their duty, which...
Page 412 - ... by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.
Page 180 - New translation of Isaiah, with notes supplementary to those of Dr. Lowth, late bishop of London, and containing remarks on many parts of his Translation and Notes, by a Layman.
Page 94 - Such was Roscommon, not more learn'd than good, With manners generous as his noble blood ; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And every author's merit, but his own.
Page 316 - A Medicinable Morall, that is, the two Bookes of Horace his Satyres, Englyshed accordyng to the prescription of saint Hierome. The Wailyngs of the Prophet Hieremiah, done into Englyshe verse. Also Epigrammes.