Universal Biography: Containing a Copious Account, Critical and Historical, of the Life and Character, Labors and Actions of Eminent Persons, in All Ages and Countries, Conditions and Professions ...E. Sargeant, 1810 |
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Page 4 - Sir, (added he) go back to those who sent you, and acquaint them, that no officer of mine shall attend soldiers ; and let them know at the same time, that the laws of this kingdom are not to be executed by the sword : these matters belong to the civil power, and you have nothing to do with them.
Page 5 - There be, that tell me, that there is a certain cunning fellow in Scotland, called George Monk, who is said to lie in wait there to introduce Charles Stuart : I pray you use your diligence to apprehend him, and send him up to me.
Page 7 - ... his residence at, Rickmansworth, where he employed himself zealously in promoting the cause of the Friends by his preaching, as well as by his writings. In 1677, he went, with George Fox and Robert Barclay, to the continent on a religious excursion ; and, after visiting Amsterdam and the other chief towns of Holland, they proceeded to the court of Princess Elizabeth, the granddaughter of James I., at Herwerden or Herford, where they were received with great kindness and hospitality. Soon after...
Page 2 - Luther's life," says Bishop Atterbury, " was a continued warfare. He was engaged against the united forces of the Papal world, and he stood the shock of them bravely, both with courage and success. . He was a man certainly of high endowments of mind, and great virtues. He had a vast understanding, which raised him to a pitch of learning unknown to the age in which he lived. His knowledge in Scripture was admirable, his elocution manly, and his way of reasoning, with all the subtility that the plain...
Page 4 - I will take care that you, and every soldier of your party, shall be hanged. Sir, (added he) go back to those who sent you, and...
Page 6 - The History of England from the Revolution to the present time, in a series of Letters to the Rev. Dr. Wilson, Rector of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, and prebendary of Westminster,
Page 8 - Misna," he expressly says, that there was no book written in any language, upon the subject of philosophy, which he had not read entirely through. This wonderful rabbi died in Egypt, in 1204, when he was seventy years of age, and was buried with his nation in the land of Upper Galilee. The Jews and Egyptians bewailed his death for three whole days, and called the year in which he died " Lamentum lamentabile," as the highest honour they could confer upon his name. See the preface of John Buxtorf the...
Page 3 - ... all his powerful energies into action, and the strong faculties of his soul were vigilantly exerted in the midst of the fury of battle, to make every accident contribute to the triumph of his crew, and to the glory of his country.