General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, Volume 5G. G. and J. Robinson, 1804 - Biography |
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GENERAL BIOG OR LIVES CRITICAL, Part 1 John 1747-1822 Aikin,William 1741-1797 Enfield No preview available - 2016 |
GENERAL BIOG OR LIVES CRITICAL, Part 1 John 1747-1822 Aikin,William 1741-1797 Enfield No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 252 - To whom the good man replied, "My dear George, if Saints have usually a double share in the miseries of this life, I, that am none, ought not to repine at what my wise Creator hath appointed for me: but labour — as indeed I do daily — to submit mine to his will, and possess my soul in patience and peace.
Page 156 - Being thus doubtful in my chamber, one fair day in the summer, my casement being opened towards the south, the sun shining clear, and no wind stirring, I took my book, De Veritate, in my hand, and kneeling on my knees, devoutly said these words, O THOU eternal God, Author of the light which now shines upon me, and Giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech thee, of...
Page 156 - THOU eternal God, Author of the light which now shines upon me, and Giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech thee, of thy infinite goodness, to pardon a greater request than a sinner ought to make; I am not satisfied enough whether I shall publish this book De Veritate; if it be for thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 371 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 145 - He is a prince of a most royal carriage, and hath a princely heart; and rather than he will miss or want any part of his will he will endanger the one half of his kingdom.
Page 294 - AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL LAZARETTOS IN EUROPE; with various papers relative to the Plague: together with further Observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals; and additional Remarks on the present State of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Page 253 - Scripture, the fathers and schoolmen, and with all law both sacred and civil. And though many others write well, yet in the next age they will be forgotten ; but doubtless there is in every page of Mr. Hooker's book the picture of a divine soul, such pictures of truth and reason, and drawn in so sacred colours, that they shall never fade, but give an immortal memory to the author.
Page 14 - If with all this cost and pains, my purchase is but error, I may safely say, to err hath cost me more than it has many to find the truth : and truth itself shall give me this testimony at last, that if I have missed of her, it is not my fault, but my misfortune.
Page 250 - Richard, I do not give, but lend you my horse; be sure you be honest, and bring my horse back to me at your return this way to Oxford. And I do now give you ten groats to bear your charges to Exeter; and here is ten groats more, which I charge you to deliver to your mother, and tell her, I send her a bishop's benediction with it, and beg the continuance of her prayers for me.
Page 251 - the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light...