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Pagina 153
... London . He was a moderate calvin- ist , and very popular as a preacher . Besides a few single sermons , he engaged with some other divines in the Salters ' Hall lecture against popery ; and published a volume of practical discourses ...
... London . He was a moderate calvin- ist , and very popular as a preacher . Besides a few single sermons , he engaged with some other divines in the Salters ' Hall lecture against popery ; and published a volume of practical discourses ...
Pagina 156
... London , was born at Read- ing , in Berkshire , in 1685 , of parents who were quakers . His father settled in London as a wine - merchant , and took his son into the counting - house , when he was no more than fifteen years of age , so ...
... London , was born at Read- ing , in Berkshire , in 1685 , of parents who were quakers . His father settled in London as a wine - merchant , and took his son into the counting - house , when he was no more than fifteen years of age , so ...
Pagina 167
... London in the thirteenth century , was in all probability a native of Devonshire . The family , however , was noble , and in 1225 Fulk was made pro- Yost of the collegiate church of St. John of Beverley , and in 1230 dean of York . In ...
... London in the thirteenth century , was in all probability a native of Devonshire . The family , however , was noble , and in 1225 Fulk was made pro- Yost of the collegiate church of St. John of Beverley , and in 1230 dean of York . In ...
Pagina 193
... London in the reign of Henry I. , which see he owed to the patronage of Roger Mont- gomery , earl of Shropshire . On his conse- eration in 1108 he was appointed warden of the marches between England and Wales , and lieutenant of the ...
... London in the reign of Henry I. , which see he owed to the patronage of Roger Mont- gomery , earl of Shropshire . On his conse- eration in 1108 he was appointed warden of the marches between England and Wales , and lieutenant of the ...
Pagina 225
... London in 1617. He was educated at Tri- nity - college , Oxford , but turning Roman Catholic went over to St. Omer's . Arch- bishop Laud , however , converted him again to the church of England , and gave him some preferment , which he ...
... London in 1617. He was educated at Tri- nity - college , Oxford , but turning Roman Catholic went over to St. Omer's . Arch- bishop Laud , however , converted him again to the church of England , and gave him some preferment , which he ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 19 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Pagina 299 - A Review of the History of the Man after God's own Heart;" irt which the falsehoods and misrepresentations of the historian are exposed and corrected.
Pagina 313 - I have been bullied by an usurper, I have been neglected by a court, but I will not be dictated to by a subject ; your man shan't stand. " ANNE, DORSET, PEMBRoKE,
Pagina 63 - I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, well, my lord, what say you ? Sir, replied the bishop, I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Pagina 316 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Pagina 309 - Oriel college, Oxford, where he took his degree of master of arts in 1755 ;. and the same year was made bachelor and doctor in medicine.
Pagina 158 - I am sorry for it too," replied the gallant Benbow, " but I had rather have lost them both than have seen this dishonour brought upon the English nation. But, do you hear ? If another shot should take me off, behave like brave men, and fight it out.
Pagina 265 - He made several voyages with his father, (who had obtained from Henry VIII. letters patent, empowering him and his three sons to discover unknown lands and conquer them.) and they on one occasion discovered Newfoundland, and on another saw the mainland of America, being the first Europeans who had done so. He was among the first to notice the variations of the needle.
Pagina 220 - He was a Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of the Astronomical Society of London.
Pagina 170 - A Proposal for the Better Supplying of Churches in our Foreign Plantations, and for Converting the Savage Americans to Christianity by a College to be Erected in the Summer Islands, Otherwise Called the Isles of Bermuda . . . London, 1724 '[ Fothergill, John].