 He bore all these disgraceful punishments with unshrinking fortitude, and continued to employ nis pen in the same cause until the revolution, when the king offered him the rich deanery of Durham ; but this he refused, as inadequate to his sufferings and...  Hand-book of Universal Biography ... - Page 532by P. Godwin - 1852 - 821 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 856 pages
...resolved the proceedings against him to be null and illegal ; and recommended him to the king, who offered him the rich deanery of Durham : but this he refused as inadequate to his services and sufferings, which he thought merited a bishopric. Through Dr. Tillôtson he obtained a... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 616 pages
...spirit he continued to employ bis pen in the same cause, until the revolution changed his situation. He received a present of £1000, and a pension of £300 per annum, for the life of himself and his 'son. He continued to write in favor of king William with much strength of reason,... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1838 - 862 pages
...unshrinking fortitude; and continued to employ his pen in the same cause, until the Revolution, when the king offered him the rich deanery of Durham: but this he...merited a bishopric. He finally received a present of looo?., and a pension of 3001. per annum for the life of liiin-rii" and his son. Died, 1703. JOHNSON,... | |
 | 1838 - 1050 pages
...parliament resolved the proceedings against him to be null and illegal, and recommended him to the king, who offered him the rich deanery of Durham ; but this he refused, as inadequate to his services and sufferings, which he thought merited a bishopric. The truth was, he was passionate, self-opiniated,... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 414 pages
...silenced ; and he lived to see the Revolution, which placed William of Orange on the throne ; whereupon he received a present of £1000, and a pension of £300 per annum, for the joint lives of himself and his son. He died in 1703. Page 203, line 15. " Dobson." William Dobson,... | |
 | Parke Godwin - 1852 - 844 pages
...unshrinking fortitude, and continued to employ nis pen in the same cause until the revolution, when the king offered him the rich deanery of Durham ; but this...lexicographer, and one of the most distinguished writers of the 18th century, was b. in 1709, at Lichficld, where his father was a bookseller. He completed his education... | |
 | G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852 - 846 pages
...until the revolution, when the king otfcred him tiie rich deanery of Durham ; but this he rcfui-ed, as inadequate to his sufferings and services, which...merited a bishopric. He finally received a present of A.1000, and a pension of £;iOO per annum for the life ot himself and his son. D. 1703. — SAMUEL,... | |
 | Parke Godwin - 1854 - 840 pages
...unshrinking fortitude, and continued to employ his ptn in the same cause until the revolution, when the king offered him the rich deanery of Durham ; but this he refused, as inadequate to his sutfcrings and services, which he thought merited a bishopric. He finally received a present of £1000,... | |
 | Parke Godwin - 1856 - 832 pages
...unshrinking fortitude, and continued to employ his pen in the same cause until the revolution, when the king offered him the rich deanery of Durham; but this he...finally received a present of £1000, and a pension of £800 per annum for the life of himself and his son. D. 1703.—SAMUEL, the celebrated lexicographer,... | |
 | Parke Godwin - 1866 - 994 pages
...unshrinking fortitude, and continued to employ his pen in the same cause until tin; revolution, when the king offered him the rich deanery of Durham ; but this...merited a bishopric. He finally received a present of i 1000, and a pension of £300 per annum for the life ot himself and his son. D. 1703. — SAMUEL,... | |
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