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... educated under the care of his father , a minister in that town , whom he lost in his six- teenth year . He was placed at the aca- demy of Dr. Aikin , at Kilworth , in Lei- cestershire , in 1748 , and the next year removed to that of Dr ...
... educated under the care of his father , a minister in that town , whom he lost in his six- teenth year . He was placed at the aca- demy of Dr. Aikin , at Kilworth , in Lei- cestershire , in 1748 , and the next year removed to that of Dr ...
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... educated at Amiens . He was made a member of the Academy of Inscriptions ; professor of Greek in the Royal College , to which he succeeded on his uncle's death ; and librarian to the king , in the room of Sallier . He pub- lished an ...
... educated at Amiens . He was made a member of the Academy of Inscriptions ; professor of Greek in the Royal College , to which he succeeded on his uncle's death ; and librarian to the king , in the room of Sallier . He pub- lished an ...
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... educated at Oxford , whence he removed to the inns of court , and then set out on his travels . On his return he was called to the bar , and after some time was ap- pointed secretary to Sir Christopher Hat- ton , lord chancellor , by ...
... educated at Oxford , whence he removed to the inns of court , and then set out on his travels . On his return he was called to the bar , and after some time was ap- pointed secretary to Sir Christopher Hat- ton , lord chancellor , by ...
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... educated at Westminster and at Oxford , where he became a stu- dent of Christ Church about 1591. After taking a bachelor's degree in 1595 , he set out on his travels , and in 1600 he was appointed secretary to Sir Thomas Parry ...
... educated at Westminster and at Oxford , where he became a stu- dent of Christ Church about 1591. After taking a bachelor's degree in 1595 , he set out on his travels , and in 1600 he was appointed secretary to Sir Thomas Parry ...
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... educated in the university of that city , where he took his degrees , and was ordained minister of the parish of Mommail , in which he was succeeded by his son Frederic , ( see below ) . In 1772 he was appointed pro- fessor of moral ...
... educated in the university of that city , where he took his degrees , and was ordained minister of the parish of Mommail , in which he was succeeded by his son Frederic , ( see below ) . In 1772 he was appointed pro- fessor of moral ...
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Page 411 - The latter part of his life cannot be remembered but with pity and sadness. He languished some years under that depression of mind which enchains the faculties without destroying them, and leaves reason the knowledge of right without the power of pursuing it.
Page 384 - In 1670 the degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the university of Oxford, at the same time with the prince of Orange, afterwards William III.
Page 92 - May, 1700, and was buried in Westminster abbey, where a monument was erected to his memory by John, duke of Buckingham.
Page 367 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
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Page 286 - The Religion of Protestants a safe Way to Salvation ; or, an Answer to a Book* entitled ' Mercy and Truth ; or. Charity maintained by Catholics,' which pretends to prove the contrary.
Page 207 - He covers his defects with a daring, fiery spirit that animates his translation ; which is something like what one might imagine Homer himself to have writ before he arrived at years of discretion.
Page 36 - L'Orient, that when you have finished your military career in this world, you may be buried in one of your trophies. But that that period may be far distant, is the earnest wish of your sincere friend, Benjamin Hallowell.
Page 459 - An admonition to the people of England- Wherein are answered, not onley the slaunderous vntruethes, reprochfully vttered by MARTIN the Libeller, but also many other Crimes by some of his broode, objected generally against all Bishops, and the chief e of the Cleargie, purposely to deface and discredit the present state of the Church.
Page 457 - Sir (addressing himself to the Speaker), I, who rise only to give my opinion on the Bill now depending, am so confounded that I am unable to express the least of what I proposed to say, what must the condition of that man be, who, without any assistance, is pleading for his life, and under apprehension of being deprived of it...