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 |
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... March 1641 , he was one of the sub - com- mittee appointed by the house of lords to consult of what was amiss and wanted correction in the liturgy , in hopes by that means to dispel the cloud hanging over the church . He delivered a ...
... March 1641 , he was one of the sub - com- mittee appointed by the house of lords to consult of what was amiss and wanted correction in the liturgy , in hopes by that means to dispel the cloud hanging over the church . He delivered a ...
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... March 22 , 1660 ; " but , after his decease , " A Century of Ser- mons upon several remarkable subjects " was published by Thomas Plume , D. D. in 1675 , folio , with his life . His sermons are rather too much in the quaint style of ...
... March 22 , 1660 ; " but , after his decease , " A Century of Ser- mons upon several remarkable subjects " was published by Thomas Plume , D. D. in 1675 , folio , with his life . His sermons are rather too much in the quaint style of ...
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... March 4 , 1790 , when only fifty - seven years of age . He married one of the daughters of Dr. Cooke , provost of King's college , Cambridge , who wrote the elegant epitaph on his monument in the church of Warsop , where bishop Hallifax ...
... March 4 , 1790 , when only fifty - seven years of age . He married one of the daughters of Dr. Cooke , provost of King's college , Cambridge , who wrote the elegant epitaph on his monument in the church of Warsop , where bishop Hallifax ...
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... March 1689-90 he was made a colonel , and distinguished himself with particular bravery at the battle of the Boyne , under king William , July 1 , 1690 ; and those of Aghrim , July 12 , 1691 ; of Steinkirk , Aug. 3 , 1692 , and of ...
... March 1689-90 he was made a colonel , and distinguished himself with particular bravery at the battle of the Boyne , under king William , July 1 , 1690 ; and those of Aghrim , July 12 , 1691 ; of Steinkirk , Aug. 3 , 1692 , and of ...
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... March 26 , 1729. He entered of Trinity - college , Dublin , Dublin , Nov. 17 , 1742 , and in 1751 was elected a fellow of that college . In 1758 he published his treatise on conic sections , " De Sectionibus Conicis , " and in 1759 was ...
... March 26 , 1729. He entered of Trinity - college , Dublin , Dublin , Nov. 17 , 1742 , and in 1751 was elected a fellow of that college . In 1758 he published his treatise on conic sections , " De Sectionibus Conicis , " and in 1759 was ...
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Seite 373 - De veritate; if it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven; if not, I shall suppress it.
Seite 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.
Seite 276 - A Vindication of those who take the Oath of Allegiance to his present majesty.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.