A Biographical History of England, from the Revolution to the End of George I's Reign: Being a Continuation of the Rev. J. Granger's Work ; Consisting of Characters Disposed in Different Classes; and Adapted to a Methodical Catalogue of Engraved British Heads ; Interspersed with a Variety of Anecdotes, and Memoirs of a Great Number of Persons, Volume 3W. Richardson, 1806 |
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Page 389 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 28 - I live a rent-charge on his providence: But you, whom every muse and grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains; and oh defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue; But shade those laurels which descend to you: And take for tribute what these lines express; You merit more; nor could my love do less.
Page 222 - In the north aisle of Westminster Abbey is a handsome monument erected to his memory, admirably well cut, having his bust thereon, in white marble, with the following concise but energetic inscription on the tablet beneath : — Sacred To those virtues That adorn a Christian and a soldier, This marble perpetuates the memory of Lientenant-General Joshua Guest, Who closed a service of sixty years, By faithfully defending Edinburgh Caatle Against the rebels in 1745.
Page 244 - Robin and I are two honest men. He is for King George, and I for King James; but those men with long cravats (meaning Sandys, Sir John Rushout, Gibbon, and others) only desire places, either under King George or King James.
Page 275 - Tell me from whom, fat-headed Scot, Thou didst thy system learn? From Hippocrate thou hadst it not, Nor Celsus, nor Pitcairn. Suppose we own that milk is good, And say the same of grass; The one for babes is only food, The other for an ass. Doctor, one new prescription try (A friend's advice forgive), Eat grass, reduce thyself, and die. Thy patients then may live.
Page 257 - London," 1728, folio. His principal effort in favour of Socicianism was entitled " The Scripture account of the attributes and worship of God, and of the character and offices of Jesus Christ, by a candid Enquirer after Truth.
Page 459 - The former was an amiable youth, brave, open, generous, hospitable, and humane. His fate drew tears from the spectators, and was a great misfortune to the country in which he lived. He gave bread to multitudes of people whom he employed on his estate ; the poor, the widow, and the orphan rejoiced in his bounty.* Kenmuir was a virtuous nobleman, calm, sensible, resolute, and resigned.
Page 153 - Who will whip a clergyman ?" The court answered, " We pay no deference to your cloth, because you are a disgrace to it, and have no right to wear it : besides, we do not look upon you as a clergyman, in that you have produced no proof of your ordination, but from Dr. Hickes, under the denomination of the bishop of Thetford, which is illegal, and not according to the constitution of this kingdom, which has no such bishop.
Page 332 - one of the greatest ornaments of the age in which he lived." He wrote several books, and translated some part of the Iliad, under the title of
Page 191 - It was an extraordinary event, that lord Macclesfield, one of the great ornaments of the peerage, who had so long presided at the administration of justice, should himself be arraigned as a criminal; be convicted of mal-practices ; and sentenced to pay a fine of 30,0001. as a punishment for his offence : that a second lord chancellor of England should be impeached by the grand Inquest of the nation, for corruption of office.; and be, like his great predecessor, lord St. Albans, found guilty of the...