The General Biographical Dictionary, Volumen 31J. Nichols, 1817 |
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... opinion on either side . Mr. Wall , in the same year , published his " Defence of the History of Infant Baptism , " which was accounted a per- formance of such ability and so decisive on the question , that the university of Oxford , to ...
... opinion on either side . Mr. Wall , in the same year , published his " Defence of the History of Infant Baptism , " which was accounted a per- formance of such ability and so decisive on the question , that the university of Oxford , to ...
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... opinion in favour of ship - money ; and his speech shews that he did not disap- point their expectations . He was ... opinions . When the great question , whether episcopacy ought to be abolished , was debated , he spoke , against the ...
... opinion in favour of ship - money ; and his speech shews that he did not disap- point their expectations . He was ... opinions . When the great question , whether episcopacy ought to be abolished , was debated , he spoke , against the ...
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... opinion freely in the House , which could not be believed , when all men knew what liberty Mr. Waller took , and spoke every day with impunity against the sense and proceedings of the House . " Waller , as he continued to sit , was one ...
... opinion freely in the House , which could not be believed , when all men knew what liberty Mr. Waller took , and spoke every day with impunity against the sense and proceedings of the House . " Waller , as he continued to sit , was one ...
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... opinion of Clarendon , that in Waller's plan no violence or sanguinary resistance was comprised ; that he intended only to abate the confidence of the rebels by pub- lic declarations , and to weaken their power by an oppo- sition to new ...
... opinion of Clarendon , that in Waller's plan no violence or sanguinary resistance was comprised ; that he intended only to abate the confidence of the rebels by pub- lic declarations , and to weaken their power by an oppo- sition to new ...
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... opinion , For the place of his exile he chose France , and stayed some time at Roan , where his daughter Margaret was born , who was afterwards his favourite , and his amanuensis . He then removed to Paris , where he lived with great ...
... opinion , For the place of his exile he chose France , and stayed some time at Roan , where his daughter Margaret was born , who was afterwards his favourite , and his amanuensis . He then removed to Paris , where he lived with great ...
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Página 436 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words : "I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore; and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Página 69 - But why then publish * Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I could write...
Página 119 - ... perspicacity. 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.
Página 440 - I might, perhaps, have accepted of less ; but that Paul Whitehead had a little before got ten guineas for a poem and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead.
Página 22 - ... enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, so to cover them that they were not taken notice of to his reproach ; — viz., a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree ; an abjectness and want of courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking ; an insinuation and servile flattery to the height the vainest and most imperious nature could be contented with...
Página 266 - Table, and ordered by the King to deliver his official Opinion on the point ; stated in the most precise terms, that any such Assemblage might be dispersed by military force, without waiting for Forms, or reading the Act in Question. " Is that your Declaration of the Law, as Attorney-general ?" said the King. Wedderburn answering decidedly in the affirmative, " Then so let it be done,
Página 194 - ... the learned author of the Essay on the Life and Writings of Pope; a book which teaches how the brow of criticism may be smoothed, and how she may be enabled, with all her severity, to attract and to delight.
Página 297 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver iis out of thine hand, O king.
Página 36 - Church government by Archbishops, Bishops, their Chancellors and Commissaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy), superstition, heresy, schism, profaneness, and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound doctrine and the power of godliness...
Página 396 - Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery, he early fixed his residence in his native village, where he spent the greater part of his life in literary occupations, and especially in the study of nature. This he followed with patient assiduity, and a mind ever open to the lessons of piety and benevolence which such a study is so well calculated to afford. Though several occasions offered of settling upon a college living, he could never persuade himself to...