The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of Departed Merit: Containing Complete and Impartial Accounts of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, But More Particularly of Those who Have Signalized Themselves in America. In Four Volumes. Embellished with a Number of Portraits of the Most Distinguished Characters, Engraved from Original Drawings, Volume 2Johnson & Stryker, at the Literary Printing-Office No. 29 Gold-Street, 1801 |
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... occasion for his services . " This strange and unexpected blow , was soon after fol- lowed by his being committed to the tower , on an ac- cusation of high treason , which , however , was after- wards found to be a false and malicious ...
... occasion for his services . " This strange and unexpected blow , was soon after fol- lowed by his being committed to the tower , on an ac- cusation of high treason , which , however , was after- wards found to be a false and malicious ...
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... occasion , gave an uncommon testimony of their respect for the Duke , by sending their speaker to Brussels , on pur- pose to compliment him : and , on his first appear- ance , in the house of Lords , he , likewise , received the thanks ...
... occasion , gave an uncommon testimony of their respect for the Duke , by sending their speaker to Brussels , on pur- pose to compliment him : and , on his first appear- ance , in the house of Lords , he , likewise , received the thanks ...
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... in very obscure terms , acquainted him with her having no farther occasion for his services , and dismissed him from all his employments . His situation became now extremely unpleasant , in his native 10 NEW BIOGRAPHICAL.
... in very obscure terms , acquainted him with her having no farther occasion for his services , and dismissed him from all his employments . His situation became now extremely unpleasant , in his native 10 NEW BIOGRAPHICAL.
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... occasions deficient in strength . Though the services , which he had performed to his country were very considerable , yet he is too much his own panegy- rist . Ancient manners , which imposed fewer res- traints on the side of decorum ...
... occasions deficient in strength . Though the services , which he had performed to his country were very considerable , yet he is too much his own panegy- rist . Ancient manners , which imposed fewer res- traints on the side of decorum ...
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... occasion to trouble the reader . Whatever may be objected against the orthodoxy of Dr. Clarke's religious creed , it is obvious from his numerous writings , that he was a man of so profound and critical learning , as to stand almost ...
... occasion to trouble the reader . Whatever may be objected against the orthodoxy of Dr. Clarke's religious creed , it is obvious from his numerous writings , that he was a man of so profound and critical learning , as to stand almost ...
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Page 426 - Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it, with what more you may think proper.
Page 405 - Society for alleviating the miseries of public prisons ; and the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, the relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and the improvement of the condition of the African race.
Page 410 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 129 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
Page 407 - My fine crabtree walking-stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty, I give to my friend, and the friend of mankind, General Washington. If it were a sceptre, he has merited it and would become it.
Page 118 - Sir (addressing himself to the Speaker), I, who rise only to give my opinion on the Bill now depending, am so confounded that I am unable to express the least of what I proposed to say, what must the condition of that man be, who, without any assistance, is pleading for his life, and under apprehension of being deprived of it...
Page 263 - I have heard him frequently own with pleasure, that if he had any talent for English prose, it was owing to his having often read the writings of the great archhishop Tillotson.
Page 432 - I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry ; for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day.
Page 14 - He was always cool ; and nobody ever observed the least variation in his countenance : he could refuse more gracefully than other people could grant ; and those who went away from him the most dissatisfied, as to the substance of their business, were yet personally charmed with him, and, in some degree, comforted by his manner.
Page 83 - Nigna took up the branch of a tree with red berries perfectly fresh. The clouds around the setting sun assumed a new appearance ; the air was more mild and warm, and during the night the wind became unequal and variable.