The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Statesmen ... 4
The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Statesmen ... 4
Thomas Mortimer
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He took great pleafure in reading * fome of the ancieftt poets, ^nd efpecially Virgil,^ * with whofe works he was exceedingly delighted, * He was laborioufly ftudious, regular, and virtuous * in his life, and had a ftrong fenfe of religion. In * his familiar conyerfation there was a mixture of * gravity atid chearfulnefs ; he expreffed himfelf * with great perfpicuity, and with rnuch grace and 'dignity; and was eminent for his great candour * and moderation. He never endeavoured to detraft • . ...' from SAMUEL COOPER. ^213 * from the merit of other men ; but appeared al- ^ ways to think tliat the^ virtues of others were to * be imitated, and not envied. And in the contro- * verfy which was occafioned by his difcovery of the ^ circulation, he feemed much more folicitous to * difcover truth, than to obtain fame. In the latter * part of his life he was greatly afflifted with the * gout* He married the daughter of Launcelot * Browne, doftor of phyfic, but had no children * by her/ An elegant and correft edition of Dr.
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