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 TimeAlexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1813 |
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... Oxford . In 1650 he took a degree in arts ; after which he left the university , and retired to Putney , near London ; where he lived several years , and became the most famous simpler or botanist of his time . In 1656 hé published ...
... Oxford . In 1650 he took a degree in arts ; after which he left the university , and retired to Putney , near London ; where he lived several years , and became the most famous simpler or botanist of his time . In 1656 hé published ...
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... Oxford , he was admitted canon - commoner of that college , in the be- ginning of 1666 , by the advice of Dr. John Fell , then dean of the same . In April of the same year , he was incor- porated M. A. at Oxford , and possessed at that ...
... Oxford , he was admitted canon - commoner of that college , in the be- ginning of 1666 , by the advice of Dr. John Fell , then dean of the same . In April of the same year , he was incor- porated M. A. at Oxford , and possessed at that ...
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... Oxford ; and on the 27th of May , 1716 , he was ordained priest by sir Jonathan Trelawny , bishop of Winchester . On the 16th of April , 1716 , he proceeded to the degree of master of arts ; soon after which he entered upon the cu- racy ...
... Oxford ; and on the 27th of May , 1716 , he was ordained priest by sir Jonathan Trelawny , bishop of Winchester . On the 16th of April , 1716 , he proceeded to the degree of master of arts ; soon after which he entered upon the cu- racy ...
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... Oxford , at whose request it was published , under the title of " The Case of Subscription to Articles of Religion considered , " and obtained no small degree of celebrity , being referred to in the controversy relating to subscription ...
... Oxford , at whose request it was published , under the title of " The Case of Subscription to Articles of Religion considered , " and obtained no small degree of celebrity , being referred to in the controversy relating to subscription ...
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... Oxford , where he soon became noted among men of wit and vivacity . In 1605 he took his master's degree , and entered into holy orders . In 1612 he pronounced a funeral oration in St. Mary's church , Oxford , on the death of Henry ...
... Oxford , where he soon became noted among men of wit and vivacity . In 1605 he took his master's degree , and entered into holy orders . In 1612 he pronounced a funeral oration in St. Mary's church , Oxford , on the death of Henry ...
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Page 232 - For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
Page 161 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my .trembling heart.
Page 50 - It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be regulated.
Page 49 - I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 382 - I found everywhere there (though my understanding had little to do with all this) ; and, by degrees, with the tinkling of the rhyme and dance of the numbers, so that I think I had read him all over before I was twelve years old, and was thus made a poet as immediately as a child is made an eunuch.
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Page 78 - He affected the obsolete when it was not worthy of revival ; and he puts his words out of the common order, seeming to think, with some later candidates for fame, that not to write prose is certainly to write poetry.
Page 3 - ... so that your reproofs or commendations are for the most part neglected and contemned; when the censure of a judge, coming slow but sure, should be a brand to the guilty, and a crown to the virtuous.