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Pagina 12
... learned men of her day . She spoke five languages , including English , so well , that by her accent it was doubtful which of them was her native tongue . The succession of her family to the throne of England had long been her darling ...
... learned men of her day . She spoke five languages , including English , so well , that by her accent it was doubtful which of them was her native tongue . The succession of her family to the throne of England had long been her darling ...
Pagina 15
... learned body wanted loyalty ; But books to Cambridge gave , as well discerning How that right loyal body wanted learning . Sir William Browne thus retorted , as it was said , impromptu The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse , For ...
... learned body wanted loyalty ; But books to Cambridge gave , as well discerning How that right loyal body wanted learning . Sir William Browne thus retorted , as it was said , impromptu The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse , For ...
Pagina 40
... learned friends , and in the collection of a fine library , he found sufficient to oc- cupy his time . He had been president of the Royal society in 1684 , and after that time had been in the habit of having a conversazione every ...
... learned friends , and in the collection of a fine library , he found sufficient to oc- cupy his time . He had been president of the Royal society in 1684 , and after that time had been in the habit of having a conversazione every ...
Pagina 72
... learned their grammar together . I re- member well his account of Johnny Somers being a weakly boy , wear- ing a black cap , and never so much as looking out when they were at play . " In 1675 , Somers entered as a commoner of Trinity ...
... learned their grammar together . I re- member well his account of Johnny Somers being a weakly boy , wear- ing a black cap , and never so much as looking out when they were at play . " In 1675 , Somers entered as a commoner of Trinity ...
Pagina 75
... pos- terity . " " He was , " says Burnet , " very learned in his own profession , ⚫ Own Times , vol . ii . p . 468 . Freeholder of 4th May , 1716 . with a great deal more learning in other professions , PERIOD . ] 75 LORD SOMERS .
... pos- terity . " " He was , " says Burnet , " very learned in his own profession , ⚫ Own Times , vol . ii . p . 468 . Freeholder of 4th May , 1716 . with a great deal more learning in other professions , PERIOD . ] 75 LORD SOMERS .
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Pagina 75 - An Act for the Amendment of the Law, and the better Advancement of Justice...
Pagina 397 - I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits, as have to do with her.
Pagina 398 - I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light.
Pagina 181 - This should have been a noble creature: he Hath all the energy which would have made A goodly frame of glorious elements, Had they been wisely mingled; as it is, It is an awful chaos — light and darkness, And mind and dust, and passions and pure thoughts, Mix'd, and contending without end or order, All dormant or destructive.
Pagina 452 - I assured him that I did not at all take it ill of Mr. Tickell that he was going to publish his translation; that he certainly had as much right to translate any author as myself; and that publishing both was entering on a fair stage. I then added, that I would not desire him to look over my first book of the Iliad, because he had looked over Mr.
Pagina 210 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God...
Pagina 275 - The difficulties and discouragements which attend the Study of the Scriptures, in the way of private judgment...
Pagina 53 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.
Pagina 254 - The Rights, Powers, and Privileges, of an English Convocation, stated and vindicated, in answer to a late book of Dr Wake's, intituled, ' The Authority of Christian Princes,
Pagina 223 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester," which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.