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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 41
Página 7
... common parts and learning recommended him to parti- cular notice ; so that , after taking the proper degrees , he was chosen fellow of his college , and became a tutor of great repute . One month in the long vacation , retiring with his ...
... common parts and learning recommended him to parti- cular notice ; so that , after taking the proper degrees , he was chosen fellow of his college , and became a tutor of great repute . One month in the long vacation , retiring with his ...
Página 18
... common law . He was always a puritan , and therefore had great interest with the pre- vailing party in the civil war . He published some pieces in his own way ; and , among the rest , " The Liberty of the Subject against the pretended ...
... common law . He was always a puritan , and therefore had great interest with the pre- vailing party in the civil war . He published some pieces in his own way ; and , among the rest , " The Liberty of the Subject against the pretended ...
Página 19
... common schools . The zeal and knowledge he displayed made him acquainted with and respected by the principal sea - commanders , mer- chants , and mariners of our nation ; and , though it was but a few years after that he went beyond sea ...
... common schools . The zeal and knowledge he displayed made him acquainted with and respected by the principal sea - commanders , mer- chants , and mariners of our nation ; and , though it was but a few years after that he went beyond sea ...
Página 25
... common bench , as it was called ; for which purpose he was by writ made serjeant at law January 25 , 1653-4 . In that station he acted with great integrity and courage . He had at first serious scruples concerning the authority under ...
... common bench , as it was called ; for which purpose he was by writ made serjeant at law January 25 , 1653-4 . In that station he acted with great integrity and courage . He had at first serious scruples concerning the authority under ...
Página 30
... common councel of London , and concerning their charter . " In 1668 he wrote a preface to Rolle's " Abridgment , " which he published with the whole of that work . After his death , appeared , 1. " The Pleas of the Crown , or a ...
... common councel of London , and concerning their charter . " In 1668 he wrote a preface to Rolle's " Abridgment , " which he published with the whole of that work . After his death , appeared , 1. " The Pleas of the Crown , or a ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
academy afterwards ancient appears appointed archbishop became bishop born called Cambridge celebrated character Christian church church of England collection Corpus Christi college court daugh daughter death degree died divine duke earl edition educated elegant eminent England English entitled esteemed Eton college father favour folio France French friends gave Gerard Vossius Greek Hales Handel Henry Herodotus Hesiod Hierocles Hippocrates Hist honour Italy Jesuits John king labours language Latin learned letter lished literary lived London lord lord Hervey manner married master ment Naples natural Niceron observations occasion Onomast Oxford Paris parliament persons philosophy physician poems poet Pope preached prebendary prince principal printed professor published queen rectory reign reputation royal society says sent sermon soon Thomas tion took translation treatise vols volume William writings written wrote
Pasajes populares
Página 373 - De veritate; if it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven; if not, I shall suppress it.
Página 373 - ... me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book. This, how strange soever it may seem, I protest before the eternal God is true, neither am I any way superstitiously deceived herein, since I did not only clearly hear the noise, but in the serenest sky that ever I saw, being without all cloud, did to my thinking see the place from whence it came.
Página 276 - A Vindication of those who take the Oath of Allegiance to his present majesty.
Página 27 - Whereupon his grace, for he was a duke, went away not a little dissatisfied, and complained of it to the King, as a rudeness that was not to be endured. But his Majesty...
Página 99 - This seems to have given him his first hold of the public attention ; for Waller remarked, "that he broke out like the Irish rebellion, threescore thousand strong, when nobody was aware, or in the least suspected it ;" an observation which could have had no propriety, had his poetical abilities been known before.
Página 31 - They are a treasure, that are not fit for every man's view; nor is every man capable of making use of them : only I would have nothing of these books printed, but entirely preserved together, for the use of the industrious learned members of that society.
Página 119 - And even with them who were able * * to preserve themselves from his infusions, and discerned those opinions to be fixed in him, with which they could not comply, he always left the character of an ingenious and conscientious person.
Página 200 - erected a little academy for the education of the gentry of this nation, to advance piety, learning, morality, and other exercises of industry, not usual then in common schools.
Página 501 - The reason Mr. Jones assigns, was, that he made it an invariable rule, " to do justice to every consonant, knowing that the vowels will be sure to speak for themselves. And thus he became the surest and clearest of speakers : his elocution was perfect, and never disappointed his audience.