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... daughter of Thomas Cater , Esq . of the before mentioned county ; of which marriage the only issue was Mr. King , of whose learned labours and life we are about to present some account to our readers . Mr. KING was born at Norwich , in ...
... daughter of Thomas Cater , Esq . of the before mentioned county ; of which marriage the only issue was Mr. King , of whose learned labours and life we are about to present some account to our readers . Mr. KING was born at Norwich , in ...
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... daughter of William Blower , Esq . of the Mythe , in Leicestershire , who survives to la- ment the loss of a husband to whom she was endeared by every tie of connubial regard and affection . The first literary production of Mr. King was ...
... daughter of William Blower , Esq . of the Mythe , in Leicestershire , who survives to la- ment the loss of a husband to whom she was endeared by every tie of connubial regard and affection . The first literary production of Mr. King was ...
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... daughter . -The execution of Lord Hol- land , and even that of the King , he coolly beheld from a window , with his arms reposing on silk cushions . Cromwell pretended to esteem the arts and learned men ; but , as is usual with all ...
... daughter . -The execution of Lord Hol- land , and even that of the King , he coolly beheld from a window , with his arms reposing on silk cushions . Cromwell pretended to esteem the arts and learned men ; but , as is usual with all ...
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... daughter of unmerited distresses ! in the full tide of thy prosperity ( as I did ) , alive to have related thy manifold suf- ferings ( for thou didst feel them ) , thy eloquence would have infused tender- ness into the steeled bosom of ...
... daughter of unmerited distresses ! in the full tide of thy prosperity ( as I did ) , alive to have related thy manifold suf- ferings ( for thou didst feel them ) , thy eloquence would have infused tender- ness into the steeled bosom of ...
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... daughter of Mr. Walamshaw , of Barrowfield , and grandaughter of Mr. Robert Ballie , princi- pal of the university of Glasgow , the author of a learned work on history and chronology , and of a very curious journal of his own times , in ...
... daughter of Mr. Walamshaw , of Barrowfield , and grandaughter of Mr. Robert Ballie , princi- pal of the university of Glasgow , the author of a learned work on history and chronology , and of a very curious journal of his own times , in ...
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Page 189 - The measures which he supported or opposed may divide the opinion of posterity, as they have divided those of the present age. But he will most certainly command the unanimous reverence of future generations, by his pure sentiments towards the commonwealth ; by his zeal for the civil and religious rights of all men ; by his liberal principles, favourable to mild government, to the unfettered exercise of the human faculties, and the progressive civilization of mankind ; by his ardent love for a country,...
Page 443 - If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering: If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep: If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate; then let mine arm fall from my shoulderblade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Page 280 - ... not to the clergy, not to the bishop, not to the chapter, nor to any great minister at court; but amongst the married laymen, to the Company of Mercers, men of probity and reputation. And when he was asked the reason of so committing...
Page 210 - HAIL, beauteous stranger of the grove! Thou messenger of spring ! Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat, And woods thy welcome sing. What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Page 232 - Murray, to prepare and sign articles of capitulation ; and those officers having insisted on proceeding immediately to business, the capitulation was drawn up in the night between the 6th and 7th.
Page 473 - King has also been pleased to grant the dignity of a baronet of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto...
Page 473 - The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Hon.
Page 188 - the powers of a superior man, as they are blended, in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child : no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood.
Page 188 - The pleasantry perhaps of no man of wit had so unlaboured an appearance. It seemed rather to escape from his mind, than to be produced by it.
Page 188 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence, vanity, or falsehood.