The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Band 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 |
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... Church , Oxford , and entering into holy orders in 1639 , was preferred to a prebendal stall in the cathedral of Salisbury . In 1644 he was advanced to the deanery of Hereford ; and taking part with the King ( Charles I. ) against the ...
... Church , Oxford , and entering into holy orders in 1639 , was preferred to a prebendal stall in the cathedral of Salisbury . In 1644 he was advanced to the deanery of Hereford ; and taking part with the King ( Charles I. ) against the ...
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... Church . On this occasion , he was fortunate enough to ob- tain the office of chaplain to the Garrison of Quebec . this new profession , however , he does not appear to have succeeded . Some of his progenitors had enjoyed deaneries ...
... Church . On this occasion , he was fortunate enough to ob- tain the office of chaplain to the Garrison of Quebec . this new profession , however , he does not appear to have succeeded . Some of his progenitors had enjoyed deaneries ...
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... church , rather than the bar . He accordingly disposed of his chambers in Lincoln's - Inn , and repaired once more to Oxford . While there , in the Au- tumn of 1782 , he wrote a postscript to the life of Young , in which he tells Dr ...
... church , rather than the bar . He accordingly disposed of his chambers in Lincoln's - Inn , and repaired once more to Oxford . While there , in the Au- tumn of 1782 , he wrote a postscript to the life of Young , in which he tells Dr ...
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... Church , it is but little wonder , that Sir Herbert Croft should be considered as a disappointed man . Indeed , some years since , he disposed of his extensive library ; and in 1801 , retired to France with a very scanty income . It ...
... Church , it is but little wonder , that Sir Herbert Croft should be considered as a disappointed man . Indeed , some years since , he disposed of his extensive library ; and in 1801 , retired to France with a very scanty income . It ...
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... Church , which had be- come obsolete and of no avail , posterior to the reformation . Like him , therefore , he deemed himself , of late years , a lay- man , and always was styled , and wished to be considered , as well as addressed ...
... Church , which had be- come obsolete and of no avail , posterior to the reformation . Like him , therefore , he deemed himself , of late years , a lay- man , and always was styled , and wished to be considered , as well as addressed ...
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Seite 351 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 163 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ; — no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ; — no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down ; — no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust...
Seite 164 - ... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION ! [Here Mr.
Seite 163 - ... justice over bigotry and oppression, should have a stigma cast upon it by an ignominious sentence upon men bold and honest enough to propose that measure ; to propose the redeeming of religion from the abuses of the church — the reclaiming of three millions of men from bondage, and giving liberty to all who had a right to demand it — giving, I say, in the so much censured words of this paper, giving
Seite 170 - ... have this security for their independence, that while any man in the kingdom has a shilling they will not want one. Suppose at any future period of time the boroughs of Ireland should decline from their present flourishing and prosperous state — suppose they should fall into the hands of men who would wish to drive a profitable commerce, by having members of parliament to hire or let ; in such a case a secretary would find great difficulty, if the proprietors of members should enter into a...
Seite 163 - British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon...
Seite 67 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.
Seite 237 - ... to revert gradually to this security, and to enforce meanwhile a due limitation of the paper of the bank of England, as well as of all the other bank paper of the country, it is expedient to amend the act which suspends the cash payments of the bank, by altering the time till which the suspension shall continue, from six months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace, to that of two years from the present time.
Seite 352 - ... silver spoon and China bowl as well as any of his neighbors. This was the first appearance of plate and China in our house, which afterward, in a course of years, as our wealth increased, augmented gradually to several hundred pounds in value. I had been religiously educated as a Presbyterian; and tho...
Seite 164 - I know you will interpret what I say with the candour in which it is spoken. England is marked by a natural avarice of freedom, which she is studious to engross and accumulate, but most unwilling to impart ; whether from any necessity of her policy, or from her weakness, or from her pride, I will not presume to say, but...