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... tion in Holborn ; but he resided chiefly at Newington , where he conducted a seminary for the education of youth . He died in 1678 , in the fiftieth year of his age . Besides his great work , he was the author of " Philosophia Generalis ...
... tion in Holborn ; but he resided chiefly at Newington , where he conducted a seminary for the education of youth . He died in 1678 , in the fiftieth year of his age . Besides his great work , he was the author of " Philosophia Generalis ...
Pagina 15
... tion so fatal to many of his brethren , whose exertions in behalf of the accused not unfre- quently involved the advocate in the fate he vainly strove to avert from his client . M. Cadet Gassicourt being , however , fortunate enough to ...
... tion so fatal to many of his brethren , whose exertions in behalf of the accused not unfre- quently involved the advocate in the fate he vainly strove to avert from his client . M. Cadet Gassicourt being , however , fortunate enough to ...
Pagina 15
... tion , was dedicated to lord Bolingbroke , who , haudsome a subscription , that his profits with the tory party then in power , much be- amounted to 1200l . whereas the " Beggar's friended the poet . By their interest he was Opera " had ...
... tion , was dedicated to lord Bolingbroke , who , haudsome a subscription , that his profits with the tory party then in power , much be- amounted to 1200l . whereas the " Beggar's friended the poet . By their interest he was Opera " had ...
Pagina 15
... tion of the book of Psalms , which the protest- ants preferred to that of Marot , while in the latter , his ecclesiastical history , in three folio volumes , 1653 , which , though left unfinished , contains the history of the first ...
... tion of the book of Psalms , which the protest- ants preferred to that of Marot , while in the latter , his ecclesiastical history , in three folio volumes , 1653 , which , though left unfinished , contains the history of the first ...
Pagina 15
... tion of Daughters ; " the copyright of which she sold for ten guineas to Mr Johnson of St Paul's Church - yard , who afterwards proved seminary over which he then presided ; Sy- one of her most liberal patrons . She was sub - nopsis ...
... tion of Daughters ; " the copyright of which she sold for ten guineas to Mr Johnson of St Paul's Church - yard , who afterwards proved seminary over which he then presided ; Sy- one of her most liberal patrons . She was sub - nopsis ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 15 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed 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.
Pagina 51 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Pagina 51 - Veritate; if it be for Thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Pagina 51 - ... to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Pagina 51 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Pagina 15 - Fables," written professedly for the instruction of the duke of Cumberland, and published with a dedication to that prince in 1726 ¡ but though they were popular, they failed to servo him at court. He thereupon wrote
Pagina 51 - His object in this instance was to secure a due attention to the rights of the natives ; and he showed himself equally jealous of those of the British inhabitants, by opposing an attempt to supersede the trial by jury.
Pagina 51 - He composed a general history of England, from the earliest accounts to the death of king Stephen, in 1154, in eight books, which have been published by sir Henry Savilc.
Pagina 51 - I had no sooner spoken these words but a loud though yet gentle noise came from the heavens, for it was like nothing on earth, which did so comfort and cheer me that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.