Letters of Humphrey Prideaux, Sometime Dean of Norwich, to John Ellis, Sometime Under-secretary of State, 1674-1722

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Camden Society, 1875 - 225 pages
 

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Page iii - Government ; and although very frequently, both in public and in private, discourses have been purposely introduced, to the disparagement of his master, the Earl of Shaftesbury, his party, and designs, he could never be provoked to take any notice, or discover in word or look the least concern ; so that I believe there is not in the world such a master of taciturnity and passion.
Page 19 - A Discourse concerning the Idolatry of the Church of Rome ; wherein that charge is justified, and the pretended Refutation of Dr. Stillingfleet's Discourse is answered.
Page xii - that he was an old man, had one foote in the grave, that he should mind his latter end, and not trouble the world any more with his papers,
Page ii - I have for divers years had an eye upon him : but so close has his guard been on himself, that after several strict inquiries, I may confidently affirm, there is not any man in the college, however familiar with him, who has heard him speak a word either against or so much as concerning the government...
Page 50 - In which an Account is given of THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE CIVIL WARS OF SCOTLAND, with other great Transactions both in ENGLAND AND GERMANY, from the Year 1625, to the Year 1652. Together with many LETTERS, INSTRUCTIONS, AND OTHER PAPERS, Written by King Charles the I.
Page 215 - WE, the Auditors appointed to audit the Accounts of the Camden Society, report to the Society, that the Treasurer has exhibited to us an account of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Society...
Page 25 - Willis was a plain man, a man of no carriage, little discourse, complaisance, or society, yet for his deep insight, happy researches in natural and experimental philosophy, anatomy, and chemistry, for his wonderful success and repute in his practice, the natural smoothness, pure elegancy, delightful unaffected neatness of Latin style, none scarce hath equalled, much less outdone, him, how great soever.
Page ix - The English Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New. Translated out of the Original Tongues by Special Command of...
Page xv - bestowed several hundred of pounds in repairing it and making it a fit habitation for the Muses, which being done, he, by his great interest among the gentry, made it flourish with hopeful sprouts.' This, at any rate, was a respectable if not a distinguished career ; but Prideaux loses no opportunity of retailing things discreditable to Ellis's old tutor ; against whom it is clear they both had a spite. If he preaches a sermon on an Oxford Alderman, Prideaux finds out that it is an old vamped-up...
Page xiii - ... the chiefe sharers ; which I hope will give them noe encouragement to come again. Neither, I suppose, will the University for the future permit them here, if they can be kept out, since they were guilty of such great rudenesses before they left us, going about the town in the night breakeing of windows, and committeing many other unpardonable rudenesses.

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