A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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Page 43
... volumes of the Spectator to him . Swift calls him " a profligate rogue , without religion or morals , but cunning enough , yet without abilities of any kind . " He was a staunch whig , and of course every thing that was bad in the ...
... volumes of the Spectator to him . Swift calls him " a profligate rogue , without religion or morals , but cunning enough , yet without abilities of any kind . " He was a staunch whig , and of course every thing that was bad in the ...
Page 88
... volumes 8vo . , by his nephew , George Ayscough , Esq . His History of Henry the Second ' is a very impartial and valuable work . anxiety with regard to the correctness of this production appears to have been remarkable . The whole work ...
... volumes 8vo . , by his nephew , George Ayscough , Esq . His History of Henry the Second ' is a very impartial and valuable work . anxiety with regard to the correctness of this production appears to have been remarkable . The whole work ...
Page 96
... volumes ; but they have lost much of their interest , in consequence of the subjects on which he wrote being for the most part of a temporary nature . His biographer , Dr Maty , describes him as having been a nobleman unequalled , in ...
... volumes ; but they have lost much of their interest , in consequence of the subjects on which he wrote being for the most part of a temporary nature . His biographer , Dr Maty , describes him as having been a nobleman unequalled , in ...
Page 100
... volumes , in 1726 ; and , in 1730 , re- ceived the degree of D. D. , by diploma from Oxford , on account of the service he had rendered religion by the culture of natural knowledge . In the same year he published his Christo - Theology ...
... volumes , in 1726 ; and , in 1730 , re- ceived the degree of D. D. , by diploma from Oxford , on account of the service he had rendered religion by the culture of natural knowledge . In the same year he published his Christo - Theology ...
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... volumes of his sermons in 1745. Dr Zachary Grey considered Snape as " by far the most powerful opponent Bishop Hoadly had " Daniel Neal . BORN A. D. 1678. - died a . D. 1743 . DANIEL NEAL , the historian of the puritans , was born in ...
... volumes of his sermons in 1745. Dr Zachary Grey considered Snape as " by far the most powerful opponent Bishop Hoadly had " Daniel Neal . BORN A. D. 1678. - died a . D. 1743 . DANIEL NEAL , the historian of the puritans , was born in ...
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