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Page 2675
... took place . In the trying fituation of jailor , Mr. Lambert's hu- mane and benevolent difpofition , not only procured him the grateful acknowledgements ( frequently expreffed by tears ) of the numerous prisoners under his care , but ...
... took place . In the trying fituation of jailor , Mr. Lambert's hu- mane and benevolent difpofition , not only procured him the grateful acknowledgements ( frequently expreffed by tears ) of the numerous prisoners under his care , but ...
Page 2690
... took up the coffin of Louis XV . who died roth of May 1774 , aged 64 years . It had been placed at the entrance of the vault over the fteps , in a niche formed in the thick part of the wall a little on the right hand of the entrance ...
... took up the coffin of Louis XV . who died roth of May 1774 , aged 64 years . It had been placed at the entrance of the vault over the fteps , in a niche formed in the thick part of the wall a little on the right hand of the entrance ...
Page 2697
... took a ftable , which he turned into a houfe ; of which more hereafter . Some time after he became an excellent chemift , and , perhaps , per formed fuch things in that profeffion , as had never been done before , by the help of a ...
... took a ftable , which he turned into a houfe ; of which more hereafter . Some time after he became an excellent chemift , and , perhaps , per formed fuch things in that profeffion , as had never been done before , by the help of a ...
Page 2700
... took to his bed , and in a few days died : leav- ing his friend , Mr. Robe , to enjoy the fruits of his mirth . He died in September , 1714 : by the parish books he was buried the ift of October . Britton's wife furvived her husband ...
... took to his bed , and in a few days died : leav- ing his friend , Mr. Robe , to enjoy the fruits of his mirth . He died in September , 1714 : by the parish books he was buried the ift of October . Britton's wife furvived her husband ...
Page 2716
... took up her refidence at Norwood , a place famed for the refort of her vagabond subjects . For farther particulars of this remarkable Gipfey , fee page 2189 , vol . 4 , of this Work , where there is her Portrait , Died in the year 1741 ...
... took up her refidence at Norwood , a place famed for the refort of her vagabond subjects . For farther particulars of this remarkable Gipfey , fee page 2189 , vol . 4 , of this Work , where there is her Portrait , Died in the year 1741 ...
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Page 3052 - And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
Page 2823 - ... are kept, who has taken a cerastes with his naked hand from a number of others lying at the bottom of the tub, has put it upon his bare head, covered it with the common red cap he wears, then taken it out, put it in his breast, and tied it about his neck like a necklace ; after which it has been applied to a hen, and bit it, which has died in a few minutes...
Page 2817 - To you, who knew him, it cannot be necessary for me to expatiate on the independence of his integrity, his humanity, probity, or benevolence, which every living creature participated; on the affability of his...
Page 2869 - s hand in both his own. After evening prayers, when his grand-children were brought to his bed-side, he spoke to them separately, and exhorted them to continue to love each other, &c.
Page 2824 - They take the cerastes in their hands at all times, put them in their bosoms, and throw them to one another, as children do apples or balls, without having irritated them by this usage so much as to bite. The Arabs have not this secret...
Page 2704 - Ambaflador, who was of the fame Family, attefted more than once in Converfation, when he refided in England. Cornaro, who was the Author of the little Treatife I am mentioning, was of an infirm Conftitution, till about forty, when by obftinately...
Page 2920 - Farewell, great painter of mankind ! Who reach'd the noblest point of art, Whose pictured morals charm the mind, And through the eye correct the heart. If Genius fire thee, reader, stay, If nature touch thee, drop a tear, If neither move thee — turn away — For Hogarth's honour'd dust lies here.
Page 2921 - I have shown that his views were more generous and extensive. Mirth coloured his pictures, but benevolence designed them. He smiled like Socrates, that men might not be offended at his lectures, and might learn to laugh at their own follies.
Page 2797 - In the year 1742 certain members of the Royal Society of London, and of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris, proposed that, in order to facilitate a comparison of the scientific operations carried on in the two countries, accurate standards of the measures and weights of both should be prepared and preserved in the archives of each of these societies. This proposition having been approved...
Page 2702 - Discourses, wherein he acquaints us with the irregularity of his youth, his reformation of manners, and the hopes he entertained of living a long time. Nor was he mistaken in his expectation, for he resigned his last breath without any agony, sitting in an elbow chair, being above a hundred years old.