Biographiana, Volumen1J. Johnson, 1799 - 631 páginas |
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... eyes in the moft impreffive manner . I have the honour to remain , with great respect , MADAM , Your obliged and obedient fervant , W. SEWARD . 1 INTRODUCTION . THE favourable reception of the ANECDOTES OF vi DEDICATION .
... eyes in the moft impreffive manner . I have the honour to remain , with great respect , MADAM , Your obliged and obedient fervant , W. SEWARD . 1 INTRODUCTION . THE favourable reception of the ANECDOTES OF vi DEDICATION .
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... manner recommended by Mr. Gibbon , would be an addition to the literature of the country , and illuftrate the laws , the manners , and the cuftoms of it . The publication of them feems with the ftricteft propriety defignated to that ...
... manner recommended by Mr. Gibbon , would be an addition to the literature of the country , and illuftrate the laws , the manners , and the cuftoms of it . The publication of them feems with the ftricteft propriety defignated to that ...
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... manner , and received ftrangers with great hofpitality . The rule that he laid down for his converts was that of la- bour , humility , and patience . To this he con- formed fo exactly himself , that St. Gregory faid of him , " Do you ...
... manner , and received ftrangers with great hofpitality . The rule that he laid down for his converts was that of la- bour , humility , and patience . To this he con- formed fo exactly himself , that St. Gregory faid of him , " Do you ...
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... manner , fent fome of his Monks to Conftantinople to procure him architects and fculptors in marble , and work- men in Mofaic , in the year 1071 ; " for , " adds Fleury , " thefe arts had been loft in Italy for " upwards of five hundred ...
... manner , fent fome of his Monks to Conftantinople to procure him architects and fculptors in marble , and work- men in Mofaic , in the year 1071 ; " for , " adds Fleury , " thefe arts had been loft in Italy for " upwards of five hundred ...
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... 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 ...
... 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.