...accompanied by his son George, then seventeen. He returned to England in the year 1775, and soon after, the university of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of doctor of laws. After his return he published, conjointly with his son, a botanical work in Latin, containing the characters...

...accompanied by bis son George, then seventeen. He returned to England in the year 1775, and soon after the University of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. After his return, he published, conjointly with his son, a botanical work in Latin, containing the...

...wrote several excellent papers in the " Adventurer ;" and published some political pamphlets. In 1775 the university of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of doctor of laws by diploma, " virum illustrem, in omni humaniorum literarum genere eruditum, omniumque scientiarum...

...1662 he was nominated secretary of state, in the place of Sir Edward Nicholas. September 28th, 1663, the university of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of doctor of laws ; and the March following he was created baron of Arlington in Middlesex, and almost the sole management...

...captain Cook, then ready to proceed on his second voyage. He returned to England in 1775, and soon after the university of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of doctor of laws. An account of the voyage having been published in English and German by his son George, in which the...

...an interview with the king and queen, which resulted in a pension of two hundred pounds per annum; the university of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of doctor of laws, and Reynolds painted his portrait in an allegorical picture, in which Beattie was seen by the side of an...

...than if he had never been unduly depreciated. Honours gathered round him thick in his old age. In 1839 the University of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws amid the enthusiastic plaudits of an unusually crowded Theatre. In 1842 he was permitted to resign...

...than if he had never been unduly depreciated. Honors gathered round him thick in his old age. In 1839 the University of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws amid the enthusiastic plaudits of an unusually crowded Theatre. In 1842 he was permitted to resign...

...Christian truth, he secured the esteem and confidence of Doctor Johnson, Hurd, and other eminent writers. The University of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws; and George III., as a mark of the high value he attached to the work, honoured him with an interview, and...

...an interview with the king and queen, which resulted in a pension of two hundred pounds per annum ; the university of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of doctor of laws, and Reynolds painted his portrait in an allegorical picture, in which Beattie was seen by the side of an...