A New and 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 of Time to the Present Period ...

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W. Strahan, 1784
 

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Pagina 101 - An Enquiry into the nature of the human Soul, wherein its immateriality is evinced from the principles of reason and philosophy ;
Pagina 192 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Pagina 193 - 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.
Pagina 389 - I humbly entreat your answer, having not tasted any thing since Tuesday evening I came here, and my coat will be taken off my back for the charge of the bed, so that I must go into prison naked, which is too shocking for me to think of.
Pagina 369 - Noctiluca; or some new phenomena, and a process of a factitious self-shining substance," 8vo. 26, " Discourse of things above reason ; inquiring, whether a philosopher should admit there are any such ?" 1681, 8vo. 27. " New experiments and observations made upon the Icy Noctiluca ; to which is added a chemical paradox, grounded upon new experiments, making it probable, that chemical principles are transmutable, so that out of one of them others may be produced," 1682, 8vo. 28. " A continuation of...
Pagina 87 - The faith of the ancient Jews in the law of Moses and the evidence of the types, vindicated in a letter to Dr. Stebbing,
Pagina 134 - Canterbury, was born in the reign of Charles I. but in what year is not certain : her father's name was Johnson...
Pagina 360 - ... ftudies. The firft of thefe was printed at Oxford in 1660, in 8vo. under the title of, i. New Experiments Phyfico-mechanical, touching the fpring of the air and its effects, made for the moft part in a new pneumatical engine : addreffed to his nephew the lord Dungarvan.
Pagina 117 - All this was done with so little noise, that the cardinal was not waked till they knocked at his chamber door ; upon which he cried out, " Who is there ?" John Lesley answered,

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