The General Biographical Dictionary, Volumen31J. Nichols, 1817 |
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... Oxford in 1780. He married Catherine youngest daughter of Martin Sandys , esq . of the city of Worcester , barrister at law , and uncle to the first lord Sandys . Dr. Wall was a man of extraordinary genius , which he improved by early ...
... Oxford in 1780. He married Catherine youngest daughter of Martin Sandys , esq . of the city of Worcester , barrister at law , and uncle to the first lord Sandys . Dr. Wall was a man of extraordinary genius , which he improved by early ...
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... Oxford , are very cre- ditable specimens of his talents . He died at Bath , after a lingering disorder , June 27 , 1776 , and lies buried in the abbey - church . The tracts published by his son , are , I. " Of the extraordinary effects ...
... Oxford , are very cre- ditable specimens of his talents . He died at Bath , after a lingering disorder , June 27 , 1776 , and lies buried in the abbey - church . The tracts published by his son , are , I. " Of the extraordinary effects ...
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... Oxford : and when they were presented , the king said to him , " Though you are the last , you are not the lowest , nor the least in my favour . " Whitlock , another of the commissioners , imputes this kind compliment to the king's ...
... Oxford : and when they were presented , the king said to him , " Though you are the last , you are not the lowest , nor the least in my favour . " Whitlock , another of the commissioners , imputes this kind compliment to the king's ...
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... Oxford , died the night before his trial . Hampden escaped Waller's influence at this time must have been very low , when it served just to save his own life , but not that of his sister's husband ; or his feelings must have been ...
... Oxford , died the night before his trial . Hampden escaped Waller's influence at this time must have been very low , when it served just to save his own life , but not that of his sister's husband ; or his feelings must have been ...
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... Oxford , his first educa- tion , which he afterwards completed at Paris . He began his military career in the service of the confederate princes against the emperor , in which he acquired the reputation of a good soldier , and upon his ...
... Oxford , his first educa- tion , which he afterwards completed at Paris . He began his military career in the service of the confederate princes against the emperor , in which he acquired the reputation of a good soldier , and upon his ...
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Página 436 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words : "I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore; and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Página 69 - But why then publish * Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I could write...
Página 119 - ... perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit.
Página 440 - I might, perhaps, have accepted of less ; but that Paul Whitehead had a little before got ten guineas for a poem and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead.
Página 22 - ... enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, so to cover them that they were not taken notice of to his reproach ; — viz., a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree ; an abjectness and want of courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking ; an insinuation and servile flattery to the height the vainest and most imperious nature could be contented with...
Página 266 - Table, and ordered by the King to deliver his official Opinion on the point ; stated in the most precise terms, that any such Assemblage might be dispersed by military force, without waiting for Forms, or reading the Act in Question. " Is that your Declaration of the Law, as Attorney-general ?" said the King. Wedderburn answering decidedly in the affirmative, " Then so let it be done,
Página 194 - ... the learned author of the Essay on the Life and Writings of Pope; a book which teaches how the brow of criticism may be smoothed, and how she may be enabled, with all her severity, to attract and to delight.
Página 297 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver iis out of thine hand, O king.
Página 36 - Church government by Archbishops, Bishops, their Chancellors and Commissaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy), superstition, heresy, schism, profaneness, and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound doctrine and the power of godliness...
Página 396 - Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery, he early fixed his residence in his native village, where he spent the greater part of his life in literary occupations, and especially in the study of nature. This he followed with patient assiduity, and a mind ever open to the lessons of piety and benevolence which such a study is so well calculated to afford. Though several occasions offered of settling upon a college living, he could never persuade himself to...