A New and 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 of Time to the Present Period : Wherein Their Remarkable Actions Or Sufferings, Their Virtues, Parts, and Learning are Accurately Displayed : with a Catalogue of Their Literary Productions, Volume 1T. Osborne, J. Whiston and B. White, W. Strahan, T. Payne, W. Owen, and W. Johnston [and 7 others], 1761 - Biography |
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... tion , by minute prolixity or idle fpeculations . In the execution of this plan we have not had recourfe merely to dictionaries , nor contented ourfelves with fupplying the defects of one dictionary from another , and cutting off the ...
... tion , by minute prolixity or idle fpeculations . In the execution of this plan we have not had recourfe merely to dictionaries , nor contented ourfelves with fupplying the defects of one dictionary from another , and cutting off the ...
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... tion or abfolution fhould be pro- " nounced without their approbation . " That all prefentations of benefices " hould belong to them . That eye- " ry minifter , at his admiffion to a benefice , fhould take the oath of fupremacy and ...
... tion or abfolution fhould be pro- " nounced without their approbation . " That all prefentations of benefices " hould belong to them . That eye- " ry minifter , at his admiffion to a benefice , fhould take the oath of fupremacy and ...
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... tion . The latter was the archbishop's fentiment , and not Heylin's life being able at that time to attend the privy council , he wrote his mind with great boldness and freedom to the fecretary of ftate ( e ) . The archbishop being now ...
... tion . The latter was the archbishop's fentiment , and not Heylin's life being able at that time to attend the privy council , he wrote his mind with great boldness and freedom to the fecretary of ftate ( e ) . The archbishop being now ...
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... tion . The intereft of bifhop Laud being now very confide- rable at court , he drew up inftructions , which having the king's name were tranfmitted to the archbishop , under the pompous title of his majesty's inftructions to the most ...
... tion . The intereft of bifhop Laud being now very confide- rable at court , he drew up inftructions , which having the king's name were tranfmitted to the archbishop , under the pompous title of his majesty's inftructions to the most ...
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... tion thereof . " The fimple uncle , thinking he fhould now furnith his niece with an able preceptor , who inftead of put- ting him to expence , would pay largely for his board , fell into the fnare , and requested Abelard to inftruct ...
... tion thereof . " The fimple uncle , thinking he fhould now furnith his niece with an able preceptor , who inftead of put- ting him to expence , would pay largely for his board , fell into the fnare , and requested Abelard to inftruct ...
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Page 51 - ... but this even balance of opinion is not maintained in the pagan epitaph which was placed on his tomb : — ' Hospes, Achillinum tumulo qui quaeris in isto, Falleris, ille suo iunctus Aristoteli Elysium colit, et quas rerum hie discere causas Vix potuit, plenis nunc videt ille oculis : . Tu modo, per campos dum nohilis umbra beatos Errat, die longum perpftuumque vale.'2 Meanwhile, a decree of the Lateran Council; published on 19 Dec.
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