A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period ...W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... natural abilities , which he cultivated with true and useful learning . He was a moft zealous defender of the primitive doctrine of the Proteftants , as appears by his writings ; and and that ftrong nervous eloquence , for which he was ...
... natural abilities , which he cultivated with true and useful learning . He was a moft zealous defender of the primitive doctrine of the Proteftants , as appears by his writings ; and and that ftrong nervous eloquence , for which he was ...
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... natural af- fection to his fon and daughter , and a juft concern for the Pro- teftant intereft , ought to engage his majefty to fupport the new election . The latter was the archbishop's fentiment ; and not being able at that time to ...
... natural af- fection to his fon and daughter , and a juft concern for the Pro- teftant intereft , ought to engage his majefty to fupport the new election . The latter was the archbishop's fentiment ; and not being able at that time to ...
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... natural tone of his voice to an extreme old age . ABERNETHY ( JOHN ) , an eminent diffenting minifter in Ireland , was born Oct. 19 , 1680 : his father a diffenting minister in Colraine , his mother a Walkinshaw of Renfrew- fhire in ...
... natural tone of his voice to an extreme old age . ABERNETHY ( JOHN ) , an eminent diffenting minifter in Ireland , was born Oct. 19 , 1680 : his father a diffenting minister in Colraine , his mother a Walkinshaw of Renfrew- fhire in ...
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... natural perfections of the Deity . After his death the fe- cond volume was published by his friends , on the moral attri- butes . They were printed in Dublin , and reprinted in Lon- don ; and have been fo well received in the learned ...
... natural perfections of the Deity . After his death the fe- cond volume was published by his friends , on the moral attri- butes . They were printed in Dublin , and reprinted in Lon- don ; and have been fo well received in the learned ...
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... natural way : " The temple being little , fays he , and full of people , this , with the wax tapers and burning of incenfe , might heat the air to fuch a degree as to dilute and rarify the balfam , that it might run over the veffel ...
... natural way : " The temple being little , fays he , and full of people , this , with the wax tapers and burning of incenfe , might heat the air to fuch a degree as to dilute and rarify the balfam , that it might run over the veffel ...
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