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" Mr. Chillingworth was of a stature little superior to Mr. Hales, (and it was an age in which there were many great and wonderful men of that size... "
Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse - Page 28
by George Colman - 1787
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The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon: ... Containing, (I. An Account of the ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1761 - 302 pages
...Scholars in Europe. MR. CHILLINGWOR.TH was of a Stature little fu- O/M/-.CMperiour to Mr. Hales (and it was an Age, in which ''" there were many great and wonderful Men of that Size) and a Man of fo great a Subtilty of Underftanding, and fo rare a Temper in Debate ; that as it was...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 2

History - 1762 - 578 pages
...Cbarafier ef Mr. ChUlingviortb. MR. Chillingwoith was of a ftature little fiiperiór to Mr. Hales (and it was an age, in which there were many great and wonderful men of that ûze) and a nan of fo great a fub:ilty of underftariding, and fo rare a temper in debate, that as it...
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Characters of Eminent Men in the Reigns of Charles I and II: Including the ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1793 - 268 pages
...ever-memorable Bales, WILLIAM CHILLINGWORTH DIED MDCXLIV. HE was of a stature little superior to Mr. Hales (and it was an age in which there were many great and wonderful men of that size) and a man of so great a subtilty of understanding, and so rare a temper in debate, that as it was impossible...
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The Life of Edward, Earl of Clarendon ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1798 - 326 pages
...Scholars in Europe. •fMr. Cfcn. Mr. Chillingworth was of a Stature little fuperior to iyir. Hales (and it was an Age, in which there were many great and wonderful Men of that Size) and a Man of fo great a Subtilty of Underftanding, and fo rare a Temper in Debate ; that as it was...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 2

History - 1802 - 522 pages
...Character of Mr. Ckillinavorth. MR. Chillrngworth was of a stature little superior to Mr. Hales (and it was an age, in which there were many great and wonderful men of that size) and в man of so great a subtilty of understanding, ¡ind so rare a temper in debate, that as it was...
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 424 pages
...scarce taller than myself; so that in this respect, we may fairly pronounce in favour of the present period, as Lord Clarendon has declared of his own,...not know whether, in this extremity of war, any new raised regiment offers bounty-money for volunteers five feet high ; but we flatter ourselves that,...
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An Essay on the Study and Composition of Biography

James Field Stanfield - Biography - 1813 - 402 pages
...time : Lord Falkland, Sydney, Godolphin, John Hales of Eton, and William Chillingworth. He adds too, " it was an age, in which there •were many great and wonderful men of that size." Still keeping in view the principle of improvement, as well as of observation, we may, in thig stage...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 5

Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1823 - 334 pages
...Clarendon in his own life, that " Mr. Chillingworth was of a stature little superior to Mr. Hales ; and it was an age in which there were many great and wonderful men of THAT SIZE." Lord Falkland, formerly Sir Lucius Carey, was of low stature and smaller than most men ; and of Sidney...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 5

Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1823 - 342 pages
...Clarendon in his own life, that " Mr. Chillingworth was of a stature little superior to Mr. Hales ; and it was an age in which there were many great and wonderful men of THAT SIZE." Lord Falkland, formerly Sir Lucius Carey, was of low stature and smaller than most men ; and of Sidney...
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Calvinism and Arminianism compared in their principles and tendency: or The ...

James Nichols - 1824 - 554 pages
...the greatest scholars in Europe. Mr. Chillingworth was of a stature little superior to Mr. Hales, and it was an age in which there were many great and wonderful men of that size." •It is probable, that, in this conversation, the Archbishop had pointed out to him the disregard...
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