The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines, Patriots, Statemen, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accention of Henry VIII, to the Present Time, Volume 4J. Mawman, 1816 - Great Britain |
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... person are at last arrived , that are to dissipate the errors , which have over- spread the past generations of ignorance . The believers in Christianity are many ; but it belongs to the few , that are wise , to correct their credulity ...
... person are at last arrived , that are to dissipate the errors , which have over- spread the past generations of ignorance . The believers in Christianity are many ; but it belongs to the few , that are wise , to correct their credulity ...
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... person to serve his Majesty ! His resolution to reform his life was confirmed by another extraordinary incident : having left town with a party of students on an excursion of pleasure , one of them drank so much wine , that he fell down ...
... person to serve his Majesty ! His resolution to reform his life was confirmed by another extraordinary incident : having left town with a party of students on an excursion of pleasure , one of them drank so much wine , that he fell down ...
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... person , endeavour the extirpation of popery , prelacy ( that is , church- government by Archbishops , Bishops , their Chancellors and Commissiaries , Deans , Deans and Chapters , Archdeacons , and all other ecclesiastical officers ...
... person , endeavour the extirpation of popery , prelacy ( that is , church- government by Archbishops , Bishops , their Chancellors and Commissiaries , Deans , Deans and Chapters , Archdeacons , and all other ecclesiastical officers ...
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... person and a public person , whether minister or magistrate . The former , namely the private person , humility must teach him compassion , charitableness , gentleness : but the latter , being entrusted in a public ministration , doth ...
... person and a public person , whether minister or magistrate . The former , namely the private person , humility must teach him compassion , charitableness , gentleness : but the latter , being entrusted in a public ministration , doth ...
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... persons , in his high station , to have the honour of knighthood conferred upon them . This he was desirous to avoid , and therefore he did not go to court ; which the Chancellor observing , sent for him to his house upon business , at ...
... persons , in his high station , to have the honour of knighthood conferred upon them . This he was desirous to avoid , and therefore he did not go to court ; which the Chancellor observing , sent for him to his house upon business , at ...
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Page 309 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand: A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all Mankind's Epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking; Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 151 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst: For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.
Page 17 - 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, lest we partake in other men's sins, and thereby be in danger to receive of their plagues ; and that the Lord may be one, and His name one in the three kingdoms.
Page 151 - A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 491 - He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Page 17 - God, endeavour, in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the word of God, and the example of the best reformed churches...
Page 256 - ON A GIRDLE THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my Heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer : My joy, my grief, my hope, my love Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass ! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair : Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the Sun goes round.
Page 254 - There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude 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.
Page 152 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 308 - Of mimic'd statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.