The Life of William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester from 1760 to 1779: With Remarks on His WorksLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 - 655 pages |
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... honours under our invincible monarch , ' ' another Augus- tus , ' who , seeing ' the abject condition of British ... honour enough for me to be employed as an under labourer , in clearing the ground , and removing the rubbish ; this ...
... honours under our invincible monarch , ' ' another Augus- tus , ' who , seeing ' the abject condition of British ... honour enough for me to be employed as an under labourer , in clearing the ground , and removing the rubbish ; this ...
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... honour , either as to matter or style ; and , had it not been thoroughly eclipsed by his subsequent performances , the world would have heard very little of his name . Warburton himself was quite sensible of its demerits , and desirous ...
... honour , either as to matter or style ; and , had it not been thoroughly eclipsed by his subsequent performances , the world would have heard very little of his name . Warburton himself was quite sensible of its demerits , and desirous ...
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... honour of receiving them . The writer and the contents of his letter very much alarmed me ; so I wrote to Mr. Knap- ton to go to the fellow , and buy my own book of him . again , which he did ; and so ended this ridiculous affair ...
... honour of receiving them . The writer and the contents of his letter very much alarmed me ; so I wrote to Mr. Knap- ton to go to the fellow , and buy my own book of him . again , which he did ; and so ended this ridiculous affair ...
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... the Duke of Newcastle , that he was appointed to the Attorney - Generalship of the island of Jamaica , a post which he filled with the utmost integrity and honour , and to the perfect satisfaction of the inhabitants , for.
... the Duke of Newcastle , that he was appointed to the Attorney - Generalship of the island of Jamaica , a post which he filled with the utmost integrity and honour , and to the perfect satisfaction of the inhabitants , for.
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... honour among those of his brethren . 6 In 1731 , some estrangement took place between War- burton and Theobald , of which the origin is not known ; but towards the end of the year they were reconciled , and their correspondence went on ...
... honour among those of his brethren . 6 In 1731 , some estrangement took place between War- burton and Theobald , of which the origin is not known ; but towards the end of the year they were reconciled , and their correspondence went on ...
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Page 147 - God loves from Whole to Parts: but human soul Must rise from Individual to the Whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next; and next all human race; Wide and more wide, th...
Page 513 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 12 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 79 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 340 - And thus an end was put to this sedition. " [Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man ; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ.
Page 151 - ... you have made my system as clear as I ought to have done, and could not. It is indeed the same system as mine, but illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified 4.
Page 143 - Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Page 653 - A GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON. Compiled by HG LIDDELL, DD Dean of Christ Church, and R. SCOTT, DD Dean of Rochester.