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... returned to this letter ; but the Earl of Dunmore brought a message from the King to the Prince , appointing the baptism of the infant Princess to be on the 29th Inst . when the Lord Chancellor Hardwicke would stand proxy for the King ...
... returned to this letter ; but the Earl of Dunmore brought a message from the King to the Prince , appointing the baptism of the infant Princess to be on the 29th Inst . when the Lord Chancellor Hardwicke would stand proxy for the King ...
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... by one of the Prince's footmen , with a message that his Royal Highness desired to see me . Being returned , I was carried into the Royal nursery , 66 He where the Prince came to me immediately out of QUEEN CAROLINE . 41.
... by one of the Prince's footmen , with a message that his Royal Highness desired to see me . Being returned , I was carried into the Royal nursery , 66 He where the Prince came to me immediately out of QUEEN CAROLINE . 41.
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... returned to London in October , in good health and spirits , to meet Parliament , which assembled in November , where the friends of the Prince of Wales were ardent to oppose Sir Robert Walpole and his party , who had been very power ...
... returned to London in October , in good health and spirits , to meet Parliament , which assembled in November , where the friends of the Prince of Wales were ardent to oppose Sir Robert Walpole and his party , who had been very power ...
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... returned to England , and had fixed himself at Cambridge . He had found Sir Isaac Newton fully occupied by his various works . That illustrious philosopher had written his " Essay on Gravitation , " as connected with astronomy , and the ...
... returned to England , and had fixed himself at Cambridge . He had found Sir Isaac Newton fully occupied by his various works . That illustrious philosopher had written his " Essay on Gravitation , " as connected with astronomy , and the ...
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James Cossar Ewart. When Dr. Barrow returned to England , he de- voted himself with zeal and diligence to the service of the Church . He was soon after appointed Pro- fessor of Mathematics at Cambridge : he was also chosen Professor of ...
James Cossar Ewart. When Dr. Barrow returned to England , he de- voted himself with zeal and diligence to the service of the Church . He was soon after appointed Pro- fessor of Mathematics at Cambridge : he was also chosen Professor of ...
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Page 109 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us that we may hear it and do it?
Page 85 - ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee ; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests...
Page 187 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; And call the sabbath a delight, The holy of the Lord, honourable; And shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, Nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 241 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 186 - Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Page 110 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing 'and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page 75 - ... (for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Page 186 - But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 156 - tis midnight deep. The weary clouds, Slow-meeting, mingle into solid gloom. Now, while the drowsy world lies lost in sleep, Let me associate with the serious night, And contemplation her sedate compeer ; Let me shake off the intrusive cares of day, And lay the meddling senses all aside.
Page 62 - But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.