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], 1817 |
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Pagina 18
... lived . ' ..WHITTINGHAM ( WILLIAM ) , the puritan dean of Dur- ham , the son of William Whittingham , esq . by a daughter of Haughton , of Haughton Tower , was born in the city of Chester , in 1524. In his sixteenth year he became a ...
... lived . ' ..WHITTINGHAM ( WILLIAM ) , the puritan dean of Dur- ham , the son of William Whittingham , esq . by a daughter of Haughton , of Haughton Tower , was born in the city of Chester , in 1524. In his sixteenth year he became a ...
Pagina 27
... lived in so remote a period , it cannot be expected that we should be able to procure any account . He was sent early to Ox- ford , and was first admitted commoner of Queen's college , and afterwards of Merton , where he became ...
... lived in so remote a period , it cannot be expected that we should be able to procure any account . He was sent early to Ox- ford , and was first admitted commoner of Queen's college , and afterwards of Merton , where he became ...
Pagina 33
... lived in the reign of Edward III . Mr. Lewis is of opinion that Wickliffe began his translation about 1379 or 1380. But it is more probable that it was his chief employment for the last ten years at least of his life , and he had the ...
... lived in the reign of Edward III . Mr. Lewis is of opinion that Wickliffe began his translation about 1379 or 1380. But it is more probable that it was his chief employment for the last ten years at least of his life , and he had the ...
Pagina 36
... lived peaceably at Lutterworth , still divulging his principles , and increasing the number of his followers . In 1382 , soon after he left Oxford , he was seized with the palsy ; and about the same time the pope cited him to appear at ...
... lived peaceably at Lutterworth , still divulging his principles , and increasing the number of his followers . In 1382 , soon after he left Oxford , he was seized with the palsy ; and about the same time the pope cited him to appear at ...
Pagina 57
... lived in retirement at Hampstead , where he died about 1669 , and was buried at Wherwill , in Hampshire , the seat of Charles lord Delawar , who had married his daughter . Wilde married Anne , daughter of sir Thomas Harry , of Tonge ...
... lived in retirement at Hampstead , where he died about 1669 , and was buried at Wherwill , in Hampshire , the seat of Charles lord Delawar , who had married his daughter . Wilde married Anne , daughter of sir Thomas Harry , of Tonge ...
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Pagina 296 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Pagina 256 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading ; Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer $ And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin), yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely.
Pagina 386 - Who is like unto the LORD our GOD, that hath his dwelling so high, and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are...
Pagina 386 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
Pagina 401 - Phoebus' car From Ludgate shines to Temple-bar : Harmonious Gibber entertains The court with annual birth-day strains ; Whence Gay was banish'd in disgrace ; Where Pope will never show his face; Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
Pagina 460 - Love and Truth, in two modest and peaceable Letters, concerning the Distempers of the present Times ; written from a quiet and conformable Citizen of London, to two busy and factious Shopkeepers in Coventry.
Pagina 133 - The Holy Table, name and thing ; more anciently, properly, and literally used under the New Testament than that of an Altar : written long ago by a Minister in Lincolnshire, in answer to D. Coal, a judicious divine of Marie's dayes. Printed for the diocese of Lincoln, 1637, 4to.
Pagina 295 - The State of Christendom ; or a most Exact and Curious Discovery of many Secret Passages and Hidden Mysteries of the Times.
Pagina 78 - Cambridge he joined with those who studied to propagate better thoughts, to take men off from being in parties or from narrow notions, from superstitious conceits and a fierceness about opinions.
Pagina 256 - Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely...