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], 1814 |
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Pagina 7
... complete edition of his book " De Cive , " to which are prefixed two Latin letters to the editor , one by Gassendi , the other by Mersenne , in commendation of it . While Hobbes was thus employed at Paris , he was HOBBES . 7.
... complete edition of his book " De Cive , " to which are prefixed two Latin letters to the editor , one by Gassendi , the other by Mersenne , in commendation of it . While Hobbes was thus employed at Paris , he was HOBBES . 7.
Pagina 8
... employed at Paris , he was attacked by a violent fit of illness , which brought him so low that his friends began to despair of his recovery . Among those who visited him in this weak condition was his friend Mer- senne , who , taking ...
... employed at Paris , he was attacked by a violent fit of illness , which brought him so low that his friends began to despair of his recovery . Among those who visited him in this weak condition was his friend Mer- senne , who , taking ...
Pagina 17
... for these authors do not employ themselves about his peculiar whimsies , or in vindicating revealed religion from his exceptions and cavils , but VOL . XVIII . C endeavour to establish the great principles of all religion and HOBBES . 17.
... for these authors do not employ themselves about his peculiar whimsies , or in vindicating revealed religion from his exceptions and cavils , but VOL . XVIII . C endeavour to establish the great principles of all religion and HOBBES . 17.
Pagina 45
... employed . In 1733 his genius became conspicuously known . The third scene of his " Harlot's Progress , " introduced him to the notice of the great . At a board of treasury which was held a day or two after the appearance of that print ...
... employed . In 1733 his genius became conspicuously known . The third scene of his " Harlot's Progress , " introduced him to the notice of the great . At a board of treasury which was held a day or two after the appearance of that print ...
Pagina 48
... employed in basting a haunch of venison . Among the faces of the principal figures , none but that of the young lady was completely finished . Hogarth had been often reproached for his inability to impart grace and dig- nity to his ...
... employed in basting a haunch of venison . Among the faces of the principal figures , none but that of the young lady was completely finished . Hogarth had been often reproached for his inability to impart grace and dig- nity to his ...
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Pagina 304 - Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots.
Pagina 421 - Things Divine and Supernatural Conceived by Analogy with Things Natural and Human (1733) he asserts that knowledge of God's essence and attributes can bo only " analogical
Pagina 249 - ... 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 249 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to...
Pagina 29 - A History of English Councils and Convocations, and of the Clergy's sitting in Parliament, in which is also comprehended the History of Parliaments, with an account of our ancient laws.
Pagina 249 - ... 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 gage 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 173 - ... writing it, he would not fear the loss of his labour. The employment detached him from the bustle and hurry of life, the din of politics, and the noise of folly: vanity and vexation flew away for a season, care and disquietude came not near his dwelling. He arose, fresh as the morning to his task ; the silence of the night invited him to pursue it; and he can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every Psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave...
Pagina 247 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Pagina 248 - I am not insensible,' he says, ' of the dangers that must attend such a journey. Trusting, however, in the protection of that kind Providence which has hitherto preserved me, I calmly and cheerfully commit myself to the disposal of unerring Wisdom. Should it please God to cut off my life in the prosecution of this design, let not my conduct be uncandidly imputed to rashness or enthusiasm, but to a serious, deliberate conviction that I am pursuing the path of duty, and to a sincere desire of being...
Pagina 523 - He was the man, who bore his part in all societies with the most even temper and undisturbed hilarity of all the good companions, whom I ever knew. He came into your house at the very moment you had put upon your card ; he dressed himself to do your party honour in all the colours of the jay ; his lace indeed had long since lost its lustre, but his coat had faithfully retained its cut since the .days when gentlemen wore embroidered figured velvets...