Memoirs of the life and times of Daniel De Foe, containing a review of his writings, and his opinions upon a variety of important matters, Հատոր 21830 |
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... learning suffered in the contest , each party having its array of writers , who par- took of the common appetite for slander and falsehood . Amidst the violence of faction , private character was often unjustly assailed , and a sordid ...
... learning suffered in the contest , each party having its array of writers , who par- took of the common appetite for slander and falsehood . Amidst the violence of faction , private character was often unjustly assailed , and a sordid ...
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... learning ; whilst Atterbury and others had advocated the contrary side with equal acuteness and ability . But an appeal to precedent , upon a subject that involved the dearest rights of mankind , and was to be decided by reason rather ...
... learning ; whilst Atterbury and others had advocated the contrary side with equal acuteness and ability . But an appeal to precedent , upon a subject that involved the dearest rights of mankind , and was to be decided by reason rather ...
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... learning . In allusion to this scheme , De Foe says , " To suggest that the difference between the Church of England , and the Gallican Church of Rome is but small , and that the Church of England may be easily reconciled , is a horrid ...
... learning . In allusion to this scheme , De Foe says , " To suggest that the difference between the Church of England , and the Gallican Church of Rome is but small , and that the Church of England may be easily reconciled , is a horrid ...
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... learning , being altogether unfit for such a task , and no way a match to your talent that way . But he desires , in the name of himself and a great many honest good Christians , who would be glad to see this case decided , that you ...
... learning , being altogether unfit for such a task , and no way a match to your talent that way . But he desires , in the name of himself and a great many honest good Christians , who would be glad to see this case decided , that you ...
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... learning and abilities , and of an excellent character ; but in his contro- versy with De Foe he gained no credit . Instead of entering regularly into the argument , he rather avoids it , and con- tents himself with an indirect apology ...
... learning and abilities , and of an excellent character ; but in his contro- versy with De Foe he gained no credit . Instead of entering regularly into the argument , he rather avoids it , and con- tents himself with an indirect apology ...
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Էջ 266 - Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets ; I have slain them by the words of my mouth : and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
Էջ 408 - A True Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next Day after her Death, to one Mrs Bargrave, at Canterbury, the 8th of September 1705...
Էջ 54 - If one severe law was made and punctually executed, that whoever was found at a conventicle should be banished the nation, and the preacher be hanged, we should soon see an end of the tale; they would all come to church; and one age would make us all one again.
Էջ 267 - The Storm ; or a Collection of the most remarkable Casualties and Disasters which happened in the late dreadful Tempest, both by Sea and Land. " The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Էջ 284 - An argument, proving that, according to the covenant of eternal life, revealed in the scriptures, man may be translated from hence into that eternal life without passing through death, although the human nature of Christ himself could not thus be translated till he had passed through death," printed originally in 1700, and reprinted several years since.
Էջ 62 - He is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion and dark: brown coloured hair, but wears a wig; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth : was born in London, and for many years was a hose-factor in Freeman's Yard, in Cornhill ; and now is owner of the brick and pantile " works near Tilbury Fort in Essex...
Էջ 202 - That general knowledge which now circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance; and in the female world, any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured.
Էջ 204 - Before the Tatler and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no masters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the savageness of neglect, or the impertinence of civility; to show when to speak, or to be silent; how to refuse, or how to comply.
Էջ 267 - The Storm; or, a Collection of the most remarkable Casualties and Disasters which happen'd in the late Dreadful Tempest, both by Sea and Land. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, original calf (rebacked}, ye 1704. £2 10s *** With the folding leaf " A List of such of Her Majesty's Ships, with their Commanders' Names, as were cast away by the Violent Storm.