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], 1812 |
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... occasion , yet I did not fail to arrange a plan in my mind , during the inter- val of her insensibility . When this amiable young lady recovered , she asked if she might give credit to what she had heard . I then threw myself at her ...
... occasion , yet I did not fail to arrange a plan in my mind , during the inter- val of her insensibility . When this amiable young lady recovered , she asked if she might give credit to what she had heard . I then threw myself at her ...
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... occasion ; and such was the regard Camille - Desmoulins had for him , that he protected him from the massacres of the 2d of Septem- ber 1792. Berardier wrote , 1. " Precis de l'Histoire uni- verselle , " a very excellent introduction to ...
... occasion ; and such was the regard Camille - Desmoulins had for him , that he protected him from the massacres of the 2d of Septem- ber 1792. Berardier wrote , 1. " Precis de l'Histoire uni- verselle , " a very excellent introduction to ...
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... occasion his life , in the form of an eloge , was pub- lished in the Leipsic Medical Commentaries , vol . IX . Bergen is the author of a great many works on botany , and various branches of natural history . In 1742 he pub- lished a ...
... occasion his life , in the form of an eloge , was pub- lished in the Leipsic Medical Commentaries , vol . IX . Bergen is the author of a great many works on botany , and various branches of natural history . In 1742 he pub- lished a ...
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... occasion to speak of him in the following manner : " Cyrano de Bergerac is a French author of a singular character , who had a very peculiar turn of wit and humour , in many respects resembling that of Swift . He wanted the advantages ...
... occasion to speak of him in the following manner : " Cyrano de Bergerac is a French author of a singular character , who had a very peculiar turn of wit and humour , in many respects resembling that of Swift . He wanted the advantages ...
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... occasion to Dr. Arbuthnot to in- dulge a little pleasantry on Berkeley's system . philosopher Berkeley , " says he to his friend Swift , " has now the idea of health , which was very hard to produce in him ; for he had an idea of a ...
... occasion to Dr. Arbuthnot to in- dulge a little pleasantry on Berkeley's system . philosopher Berkeley , " says he to his friend Swift , " has now the idea of health , which was very hard to produce in him ; for he had an idea of a ...
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Seite 58 - A Proposal for the Better Supplying of Churches in our Foreign Plantations, and for Converting the Savage Americans to Christianity by a College to be Erected in the Summer Islands, Otherwise Called the Isles of Bermuda . . . London, 1724 •'[ Fothergill, John].
Seite 62 - Siris, a Chain of Philosophical Reflections and Inquiries concerning the Virtues of TAR WATER...
Seite 255 - The effect of certaine Sermons touching the full Redemption of Mankind by the death and bloud of Christ Jesus ; wherein...
Seite 308 - In the preamble of this act (which passed the legislature), a conviction was expressed, that ' if many offenders convicted of crimes for which transportation has been usually inflicted, were ordered to solitary confinement, accompanied by well regulated labour and religious instruction, it might be the means, under Providence, not only of deterring others from the commission of the like crimes, but also of reforming the individuals and inuring them to habits of industry.
Seite 492 - You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Seite 63 - As to his person, he was a handsome man, with a countenance full of meaning and benignity, remarkable for great strength of limbs, and, till his sedentary life impaired it, of a very robust constitution.
Seite 176 - Could how Betterton spoke be as easily known as what he spoke, then might you see the muse of Shakspeare in her triumph, with all her beauties in their best array, rising into real life and charming her beholders.
Seite 178 - Cassius, in your looks ! &c. Not but in some part of this scene, where he reproaches Cassius, his temper is not under this suppression, but opens into that warmth which becomes a man of virtue ; yet this is that hasty spark of anger, which Brutus himself endeavours to excuse.
Seite 55 - Berkeley; and indeed most of the writings of that very ingenious author form the best lessons of scepticism, which are to be found either among the ancient or modern philosophers, Bayle not excepted. He professes, however, in his title-page (and undoubtedly with great truth) to have composed his book against the sceptics as well as against the atheists and freethinkers. But that all his arguments, though otherwise intended, are, in reality, merely sceptical, appears from this, that they admit of...