The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1814 |
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... give light to the sanctuary ; the bold and airy flying * The Historian of Winchester re- : marks , that no higher proof of the consideration in which the king held him can be adduced , than that he was chosen to be sponsor to the young ...
... give light to the sanctuary ; the bold and airy flying * The Historian of Winchester re- : marks , that no higher proof of the consideration in which the king held him can be adduced , than that he was chosen to be sponsor to the young ...
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... give relief from subscription to the thirty - nine articles ; and perhaps other instances may be found in which his natural ingenuousness of mind , and openness of character , burst through the trammels of party ; and although it must ...
... give relief from subscription to the thirty - nine articles ; and perhaps other instances may be found in which his natural ingenuousness of mind , and openness of character , burst through the trammels of party ; and although it must ...
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... gives of him be true , and we consider the imperfect state of the art at the time in which he lived . He exhibited much know- " This learned academician was unable to persuade himself that anti- quity , so enlightened , and so ingenious ...
... gives of him be true , and we consider the imperfect state of the art at the time in which he lived . He exhibited much know- " This learned academician was unable to persuade himself that anti- quity , so enlightened , and so ingenious ...
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... give up any province of his kingdom . Upon this the war re - commenced immediately . Francis 1. sent forces into Italy , under the command of Lautrec , who rescued Clement VII . and at first gained great ad- vantages , but perished ...
... give up any province of his kingdom . Upon this the war re - commenced immediately . Francis 1. sent forces into Italy , under the command of Lautrec , who rescued Clement VII . and at first gained great ad- vantages , but perished ...
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... give the sense and local meaning of the author , as to transfuse his satire , and adapt it to modern persons and times . But of the few who have exhibited the whole of this interesting poet in an English dress , Mr. Francis has been ...
... give the sense and local meaning of the author , as to transfuse his satire , and adapt it to modern persons and times . But of the few who have exhibited the whole of this interesting poet in an English dress , Mr. Francis has been ...
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Página 346 - Augustine, at the end of the fourth and the beginning of the fifth century. From that time forward the neuter gained ground in the Western Church till it altogether supplanted the masculine.
Página 457 - 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 berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Página 444 - From the Provincial Letters of Pascal, which almost every year I have perused with new pleasure, I learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate irony even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity.
Página 448 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted 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.
Página 89 - I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey ; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings, and I knew no soul, nor where to look for lodging. I...
Página 170 - A PISGAH SIGHT OF PALESTINE, AND THE CONFINES THEREOF; WITH THE HISTORY OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT ACTED THEREON.
Página 453 - An Inquiry into the Secondary Causes which Mr. Gibbon has assigned for the rapid growth of Christianity.
Página 443 - The various articles of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream; and after a full conviction, on Christmas Day 1754, I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief in the tenets and mysteries which are adopted by the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.
Página 513 - I acknowledge you are fitter to be the bishop of Durham than I am to be parson of this church of yours. I ask forgiveness for past injuries. Forgive me, father. I know you have enemies, but while I live bishop of Durham, be secure, none of them shall cause you any farther trouble.
Página 353 - O that I had never known what a court was! Dear Pope, what a barren soil (to me so) have I been striving to produce something out of! Why did I not take your advice before my writing fables for the duke, not to write them? Or rather, to write them for some young nobleman? It is my very hard fate, I must get nothing, write for them or against them.