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... receiving this preferment he removed from London to Bristol , where he married . He resided on his living till his death ... received Doctrine of the human Soul .'- A Prospect of Futurity , in four Dissertations ; with a preliminary Dis ...
... receiving this preferment he removed from London to Bristol , where he married . He resided on his living till his death ... received Doctrine of the human Soul .'- A Prospect of Futurity , in four Dissertations ; with a preliminary Dis ...
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... received the rudiments of his education at Westminster school ; but , it becoming necessary for his mother to take a journey to Ireland to pursue some claims to an estate in that king- dom , he accompanied her thither , and was entered ...
... received the rudiments of his education at Westminster school ; but , it becoming necessary for his mother to take a journey to Ireland to pursue some claims to an estate in that king- dom , he accompanied her thither , and was entered ...
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... received with little favour in either uni- versity , and was bitterly assailed by a host of antagonists . Our author defended himself with great spirit , and published a second volume in 1741. In 1746 , he was chosen preacher of ...
... received with little favour in either uni- versity , and was bitterly assailed by a host of antagonists . Our author defended himself with great spirit , and published a second volume in 1741. In 1746 , he was chosen preacher of ...
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... received , and was one of the first specimens of an Eng- lish classic cum notis variorum . ' It is very respectably got up , and contains an elaborate verbal index by the indefatigable Alexander Cru- den . Some time after he published ...
... received , and was one of the first specimens of an Eng- lish classic cum notis variorum . ' It is very respectably got up , and contains an elaborate verbal index by the indefatigable Alexander Cru- den . Some time after he published ...
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... received the rudiments of his education at Winchester school . Having resided the requisite num- ber of years in that seminary , he succeeded on the foundation at New college , Oxford , in 1730. He took the degree of M.A. in June , 1737 ...
... received the rudiments of his education at Winchester school . Having resided the requisite num- ber of years in that seminary , he succeeded on the foundation at New college , Oxford , in 1730. He took the degree of M.A. in June , 1737 ...
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Strona 54 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Strona 82 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Strona 219 - 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.
Strona 464 - I can say, and will say, that as a peer of Parliament, as speaker of this right honourable house, as keeper of the great seal, as guardian of his majesty's conscience, as lord high chancellor of England, nay, even in that character alone in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered...
Strona 220 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Strona 100 - Perhaps he was the most learned man in Europe. He was equally acquainted with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil; had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his study; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusements ; and he had a fine taste in painting, prints,...
Strona 454 - You know, Foley, I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes...
Strona 232 - I have already more than once had occasion to refer to, has often told me that he was seldom more grieved, than when riding into Dumfries one fine summer evening about this time to attend a county ball, he saw Burns walking alone, on the shady side 'of the principal street of the town, while the opposite side was gay with successive groups of gentlemen and ladies, all drawn together for the festivities of the night, not one of whom appeared willing to recognise him.
Strona 227 - I had been for some days skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends; my chest was on the road to Greenock; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia — "The gloomy night is gathering fast,
Strona 236 - The editor, or author, never could shew the original; nor can it be shewn by any other; to revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.