Biographia Hibernica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of Ireland, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 1J. Warren, 1821 - Ireland |
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... afterwards published a small tract , entitled " Seasonable Advice to the contend- ing Parties in the North , " to which was prefixed a preface composed by the Reverend Messrs . Weld , Boyse , and Chappin , of Dublin . The design of this ...
... afterwards published a small tract , entitled " Seasonable Advice to the contend- ing Parties in the North , " to which was prefixed a preface composed by the Reverend Messrs . Weld , Boyse , and Chappin , of Dublin . The design of this ...
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... afterwards sent to the academy , at Daventry , which was then under the superintendance of Dr. Caleb Ashworth , who had been appointed tutor on the decease of that emi- nent divine , Dr. Philip Doddridge . He pursued his stu- dies in ...
... afterwards sent to the academy , at Daventry , which was then under the superintendance of Dr. Caleb Ashworth , who had been appointed tutor on the decease of that emi- nent divine , Dr. Philip Doddridge . He pursued his stu- dies in ...
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... afterwards thought proper to abandon the king's party and reconcile himself to his adversaries , into the favour and confidence of whom he was soon admitted . In 1645 he was appointed , by the parliament , one of their commissioners in ...
... afterwards thought proper to abandon the king's party and reconcile himself to his adversaries , into the favour and confidence of whom he was soon admitted . In 1645 he was appointed , by the parliament , one of their commissioners in ...
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... afterwards professor of divinity . He died there about 1690. Peter Talbot gives him the character of " a good father , but an incau- tious writer ; " and the Abbé de la Berthier , in his parallel of the Doctrines of the Pagans and ...
... afterwards professor of divinity . He died there about 1690. Peter Talbot gives him the character of " a good father , but an incau- tious writer ; " and the Abbé de la Berthier , in his parallel of the Doctrines of the Pagans and ...
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... afterwards re- vised and enlarged , and published under the title of Theologia Tripartita Universa , sive Resolutiones Pole- micæ , Practicæ , Controversiarum et Questionum etiam recentissimarum , quæ in Scholâ et in Praxi per omnia ...
... afterwards re- vised and enlarged , and published under the title of Theologia Tripartita Universa , sive Resolutiones Pole- micæ , Practicæ , Controversiarum et Questionum etiam recentissimarum , quæ in Scholâ et in Praxi per omnia ...
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Page 342 - 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...
Page 243 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed, a cabinet so variously inlaid, such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement, — here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white, patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, — that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to...
Page 342 - 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 — his soul walks abroad in...
Page 94 - So much understanding, so much knowledge, so much innocence, and such humility, I did not think had been the portion of any but angels, till I saw this gentleman.
Page 323 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 283 - I shall consider you as the assassin : I shall treat you as such ; and wherever I meet you, I shall pistol you, though you stood behind the king's chair ; and I tell it you in his majesty's presence, that you may be sure I shall not fail of performance.
Page 62 - Barry, that the arms with which the ill dispositions of the world are to be combated, and the qualities by which it is to be reconciled to us, and we reconciled to it, are moderation, gentleness, a little indulgence to others, and a great deal of distrust of ourselves; which are not qualities of a mean spirit, as some may possibly think them; but virtues of a great and noble kind, and such as dignify our nature as much as they contribute to our repose and fortune. For nothing can be so unworthy of...
Page 314 - Yes, my good lord, I see you do not forget them ; I see their sacred forms passing in sad review before your memory ; I see your pained and softened fancy recalling those happy meetings, where the innocent enjoyment of social mirth became expanded into the nobler warmth of social virtue, and the horizon of the board became enlarged into the horizon of man...
Page 342 - What then remains ? The liberty of the press ONLY; that sacred palladium, which no influence, no power, no minister, no government, which nothing but the depravity, or folly, or corruption of a jury, can ever destroy.
Page 345 - I will not relinquish the confidence that this day will be the period of his sufferings ; and, however mercilessly he has been hitherto pursued, that your verdict will send him home to the arms of his family and the wishes of his country. But if, which Heaven forbid ! it hath still been unfortunately determined, that because he has not bent to power and authority, because he would not bow down before the golden calf and worship it, he is to be bound and cast into the furnace, I do trust in God there...