A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Particularly the British and Irish, from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period : Wherein Their Remarkable Actions Or Sufferings, Their Virtues, Parts, and Learning are Accurately Displayed : with a Catalogue of Their Literary Productions, Volume 2T. Osborne, J. Whiston and B. White, W. Strahan, T. Payne, W. Owen, and W. Johnston [and 7 others], 1761 |
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... formed a defign of writing a complete system of divinity , upon the points of the Chri- ftian faith , upon morality , and upon the church difcipline , and all this fupported by the authority of holy Scripture , by the records of ...
... formed a defign of writing a complete system of divinity , upon the points of the Chri- ftian faith , upon morality , and upon the church difcipline , and all this fupported by the authority of holy Scripture , by the records of ...
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... formed mafs in all the cathedral churches , and prevailed on feveral of the Welsh to join the crufade . He afterwards em- barked at Dover with Hubert bishop of Salisbury , in order to follow king Richard to the Holy Land ; but when he ...
... formed mafs in all the cathedral churches , and prevailed on feveral of the Welsh to join the crufade . He afterwards em- barked at Dover with Hubert bishop of Salisbury , in order to follow king Richard to the Holy Land ; but when he ...
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... formed a defign to tranflate all the works of Ari- ftotle , but nothing of this kind ever appeared , except the Rhetoric , which was published after his death . He was al- so esteemed a good poet , and amongst other poetical pieces was ...
... formed a defign to tranflate all the works of Ari- ftotle , but nothing of this kind ever appeared , except the Rhetoric , which was published after his death . He was al- so esteemed a good poet , and amongst other poetical pieces was ...
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... formed against him in the university . At this time abfolute predeftination in the Calvinistical fenfe was held as the doctrine of the church of England . The chief advocates for it at Cambridge were Dr. Whitacre , Re- gius profeffor of ...
... formed against him in the university . At this time abfolute predeftination in the Calvinistical fenfe was held as the doctrine of the church of England . The chief advocates for it at Cambridge were Dr. Whitacre , Re- gius profeffor of ...
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... formed very early a refolution of difengaging him- felf entirely from worldly affairs and profane ftudies , in or- der to apply himself wholly to the great business of salva- tion : he did not however put this defign in execution till ...
... formed very early a refolution of difengaging him- felf entirely from worldly affairs and profane ftudies , in or- der to apply himself wholly to the great business of salva- tion : he did not however put this defign in execution till ...
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