The General Biographical Dictionary, Volumul 32Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1817 |
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... divine in the fourteenth century , and the first champion of that cause which was afterwards called Protestantism , was born at a village then called Wickliffe , from which he took his surname , near Richmond in Yorkshire , in 1324. Of ...
... divine in the fourteenth century , and the first champion of that cause which was afterwards called Protestantism , was born at a village then called Wickliffe , from which he took his surname , near Richmond in Yorkshire , in 1324. Of ...
Pagina 45
... divine of the reformed re- ligion , was born at Mansfeld in Upper Saxony in 1523 . His parents , who were of the middle rank , perceiving his love of learning , gave him a good education at school , whence he was sent to the university ...
... divine of the reformed re- ligion , was born at Mansfeld in Upper Saxony in 1523 . His parents , who were of the middle rank , perceiving his love of learning , gave him a good education at school , whence he was sent to the university ...
Pagina 53
... divine , poet , and wit , was born at St. Ives in Huntingdonshire in 1609 , and was educated at the university of Cambridge . In 1642 he Gent . Mag . vol . XXV.- " Letters by Eminent Persons , " 3 vols . 8vo . 1811 . was created ...
... divine , poet , and wit , was born at St. Ives in Huntingdonshire in 1609 , and was educated at the university of Cambridge . In 1642 he Gent . Mag . vol . XXV.- " Letters by Eminent Persons , " 3 vols . 8vo . 1811 . was created ...
Pagina 54
... divine had preached for the living , and Wild being asked whether he or his competitor had got it , he answered " We have divided it ; I have got the AY , and he the NO . " Wood says he was " a fat , jolly , and boon presbyterian ...
... divine had preached for the living , and Wild being asked whether he or his competitor had got it , he answered " We have divided it ; I have got the AY , and he the NO . " Wood says he was " a fat , jolly , and boon presbyterian ...
Pagina 73
... divine and editor , was born in 1685 , but when , or where educated we are not told . His name does not appear among the graduates of either university , except that among those of Cambridge , we find he was honoured with the degree of ...
... divine and editor , was born in 1685 , but when , or where educated we are not told . His name does not appear among the graduates of either university , except that among those of Cambridge , we find he was honoured with the degree of ...
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Pagina 388 - He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children EVENING PRAYER.
Pagina 256 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading ; Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer : And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin), yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely. Ever witness for him Those twins of learning that he raised in you, Ipswich and Oxford!
Pagina 407 - Night Thoughts" he has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme but with disadvantage.
Pagina 78 - At Cambridge he joined with those who studied to propagate better thoughts, to take men off from being in parties or from narrow notions, from superstitious conceits and a fierceness about opinions.
Pagina 30 - The parliament pretended that the usurpations of the pope were the cause of all the plagues, injuries, famine, and poverty, of the realm; were more destructive to it than all the wars; and were the reason why it contained not a third of the inhabitants and commodities which it formerly possessed; that the taxes levied by him exceeded...
Pagina 350 - Wycherley, this Lady can bear plain Dealing, for she appears to be so accomplished, that what would be Compliment said to others, spoke to her would be plain Dealing. No, truly, Sir...
Pagina 155 - Rochester can only claim what remains when all Boileau's part is taken away. In all his works there is spriteliness and vigour, and every where may be found tokens of a mind which study might have carried to excellence.
Pagina 303 - That she would cause his nephew, Thomas Wotton, to be sent for out of Kent ; and that the Lords of her Council might interrogate him in some such feigned questions as might give a colour for his commitment...
Pagina 133 - HOLY (the) table, name and thing, more anciently, properly, and literally used under the New Testament, then that of an altar : written long ago by a minister in Lincolnshire, in answer to D. Coal, a judicious divine of Q. Maries dayes. [By John WILLIAMS, DD, Bishop of Lincoln.] Printed for the diocese of Lincoln.
Pagina 298 - I humbly acknowledge that it was not myself, but he that hath kept me to this great age, and let him take the glory of his great mercy. — And, my dear friend, I now see that I draw near my harbour of death ; that harbour that will secure me from all the future storms and waves of this restless world ; and I praise God I am willing to leave it, and expect a better ; that world wherein dwelleth righteousness ; and I long for it!