The General Biographical Dictionary, Volumen17Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1814 |
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... whole Bible , " which is a translation of the Dutch Bible , ordered by the synod of Dort , and first pub- lished in 1637. Wood says that the Dutch translators were assisted in this undertaking by bishops Carleton , Davenant , Hall , and ...
... whole Bible , " which is a translation of the Dutch Bible , ordered by the synod of Dort , and first pub- lished in 1637. Wood says that the Dutch translators were assisted in this undertaking by bishops Carleton , Davenant , Hall , and ...
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... whole time between the duties of religion and the studies of his profession . Noy , the attorney - general , who was oue of the most eminent men of his profession , took early notice of him , directed him in his studies , and discovered ...
... whole time between the duties of religion and the studies of his profession . Noy , the attorney - general , who was oue of the most eminent men of his profession , took early notice of him , directed him in his studies , and discovered ...
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... whole of that 66 work . After his death , appeared , 1. " The Pleas of the Crown , or a Methodical Summary , " 1678 , 8vo , continued by Jacob and reprinted in 1716. To this edition is often annexed " The Treatise of Sheriffs ' Accounts ...
... whole of that 66 work . After his death , appeared , 1. " The Pleas of the Crown , or a Methodical Summary , " 1678 , 8vo , continued by Jacob and reprinted in 1716. To this edition is often annexed " The Treatise of Sheriffs ' Accounts ...
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... whole . Both Wood and Des Maizeaux have misrepresented this expression , which we give on the authority of Mr. Montague , one of his executors . About the same time he refused a liberal offer from a gentleman of the Sedley family , in ...
... whole . Both Wood and Des Maizeaux have misrepresented this expression , which we give on the authority of Mr. Montague , one of his executors . About the same time he refused a liberal offer from a gentleman of the Sedley family , in ...
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... whole library , save a few books which he had given away , and six or eight little books of devotion which lay in his chamber ; and that for money , he had no more than what he then shewed him , which was about seven or eight shillings ...
... whole library , save a few books which he had given away , and six or eight little books of devotion which lay in his chamber ; and that for money , he had no more than what he then shewed him , which was about seven or eight shillings ...
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Página 407 - Hesperides ; or, The Works both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick, Esq.
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 375 - O thou eternal God, author of the light which now shines upon me, and giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech thee, of thy infinite goodness, to pardon a greater request than a sinner ought to make ; I am not satisfied enough whether...
Página 118 - Chalgrave field, was the same place in which he had first executed the ordinance of the militia, and engaged that county, in which his reputation was very great, in this rebellion...
Página 275 - A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the Discovery of Copper Mines, A North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. By Samuel Hearne London, 1795.
Página 120 - After he was among those members accused by the king of high treason, he was much altered ; his nature and carriage seeming much fiercer than it did before. And without question, when he first drew his sword, he threw away the scabbard ; for he passionately opposed the overture made by the king for a treaty from Nottingham, and as eminently...
Página 279 - Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations : ask thy father, and he will show thee ; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
Página 455 - Reflections upon a Letter out of the country to a member of this present parliament, occasioned by a Letter to a member of the house of commons, concerning the Bishops lately in the Tower, and now under suspension, 1689.
Página 384 - He was a man very well bred, and of excellent parts, and a graceful speaker upon any subject, having a good proportion of learning, and a ready wit to apply it, and enlarge upon it; of a pleasant and facetious humour, and a disposition affable, generous, and magnificent.
Página 30 - Jurisdiction of the House of Lords," with an introductory preface, including a narrative of the same jurisdiction, from the accession of James I. 5. " Analysis of the Law," without date, but seems to have been only a design for a, 6.