Biographiana, Volumen1J. Johnson, 1799 - 631 páginas |
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... fame plan as the laft ; and if now and then an Anecdote fhould ap- pear that has been told before , the Com- piler hopes it is here better told , or that its merit , or the remarks it may have given rife to , will plead in its favour ...
... fame plan as the laft ; and if now and then an Anecdote fhould ap- pear that has been told before , the Com- piler hopes it is here better told , or that its merit , or the remarks it may have given rife to , will plead in its favour ...
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... fame time , " he adds , " was held in England : one of its decrees " forbade the cutting off horfes tails * , and " eating their flesh . " " not quite fo well regulated . " Bayle has made it a pro- blem , " Whether a republic of ...
... fame time , " he adds , " was held in England : one of its decrees " forbade the cutting off horfes tails * , and " eating their flesh . " " not quite fo well regulated . " Bayle has made it a pro- blem , " Whether a republic of ...
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... had pretenfions . He remained three years in a defert near Rome ; and the fame of his fanc- tity having brought together several perfons , they drained the 2 tity 12 BIOGRAPHIANA . Life of Frederic, "he defifted not from his ...
... had pretenfions . He remained three years in a defert near Rome ; and the fame of his fanc- tity having brought together several perfons , they drained the 2 tity 12 BIOGRAPHIANA . Life of Frederic, "he defifted not from his ...
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... fame state it was at its birth ; performing at " that time as many miracles as it did then to " convert all mankind : and that after that the " Church fhall remain a great while in a pa- " cific ftate before the end of the world ; the ...
... fame state it was at its birth ; performing at " that time as many miracles as it did then to " convert all mankind : and that after that the " Church fhall remain a great while in a pa- " cific ftate before the end of the world ; the ...
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... fame manner as thofe that delivered " the oracles of old ; and that from within the ; " ruffle of his left hand a voice proceeded , " which articulated diftinctly all his pre- " dictions ; and that he did nothing but write " them down ...
... fame manner as thofe that delivered " the oracles of old ; and that from within the ; " ruffle of his left hand a voice proceeded , " which articulated diftinctly all his pre- " dictions ; and that he did nothing but write " them down ...
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Página 4 - And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Página 99 - After dinner, the king called for Latimer, and, with a stern countenance, asked him, how he durst be so bold as to preach in this manner. He, falling on his knees, replied, that his duty to his God and to his prince had enforced him thereunto, and that he had merely discharged his duty and his conscience in what he had spoken, and that his life was in his majesty's hands.
Página 33 - What honour shall it be to us, or you, to break this monument, and to pull out of the ground the bones of HIM, whom, in his life...
Página 98 - Sabbath, and to make an apology for the offence he had given. After reading his text, the bishop thus began his sermon : — " Hugh Latimer, dost thou know before whom thou art this day to speak? To the high and mighty monarch, the king's most excellent majesty, who can take away thy life if thou offendest ; therefore, take heed that thou speakest not a word that may...
Página 55 - But if he had written everything in the most unexceptionable manner, I had no inclination to die for the sake of truth. Every man hath not the courage requisite to make a martyr ; and I am afraid that if I were put to the trial I should imitate St. Peter.
Página 207 - ... by his young friends for not living in the way they did (which would have completely put a...
Página 287 - Secute of all, but that alone — The noble tenants of the place My fears alarm, my quiet chase ; •Their piety without pretence, Their...
Página 199 - an opinion commonly received, that it is a foolifh thing to bring up a child at his- mother's-)- apron-firing. Her natural affeclion (however wife (lie may be) renders her too tender of her fon, and makes her cocker him too much. She is incapable of correcting his faults, and cannot bearto fee him fed hardly, and by chance, as he ought to be.