Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Boywer, Printer, F.S.A. and Many of His Learned Friends; an Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in this Kingdom During the Last Century; and Biographical Anecdotes of a Considerable Number of Eminent Writers and Ingenious Artists; with a Very Copious Index, Том 5author, 1812 |
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... published any Debates relative to this House above these twelve months ; that there was a speech or two relating to the other House , put in about the latter end of last year . " Being asked , " how he came to take upon him to publish ...
... published any Debates relative to this House above these twelve months ; that there was a speech or two relating to the other House , put in about the latter end of last year . " Being asked , " how he came to take upon him to publish ...
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... published * " In a letter to that lady , Jan. 14 , 1756 , Johnson says , " To every joy is appended a sorrow . The name of Mrs. Carter introduces the memory of Cave . Poor dear Cave ! I owed him much : for to him I owed that I have ...
... published * " In a letter to that lady , Jan. 14 , 1756 , Johnson says , " To every joy is appended a sorrow . The name of Mrs. Carter introduces the memory of Cave . Poor dear Cave ! I owed him much : for to him I owed that I have ...
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... published these and other poems of his writing , in an octavo volume , Lond . 1739 ; and has therein given proofs of an exuberant fancy and a happy invention . Some years after he entered into holy orders . A farther account of him may ...
... published these and other poems of his writing , in an octavo volume , Lond . 1739 ; and has therein given proofs of an exuberant fancy and a happy invention . Some years after he entered into holy orders . A farther account of him may ...
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... published upon the occasion of his being acquitted by an ignoramus jury . This piece was well furnished with wit , and , being published at the critical time , sold well . Books have their time of life as well as we ; They live by ...
... published upon the occasion of his being acquitted by an ignoramus jury . This piece was well furnished with wit , and , being published at the critical time , sold well . Books have their time of life as well as we ; They live by ...
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... published by Consent of the Earl of Warrington . " " " Dr. Burthogg's Essay on Reason , and the Nature of Spirits ; dedicated to Mr. Locke . " - " The Tigurine Liturgy ; published by the Approbation of Six learned Prelates ...
... published by Consent of the Earl of Warrington . " " " Dr. Burthogg's Essay on Reason , and the Nature of Spirits ; dedicated to Mr. Locke . " - " The Tigurine Liturgy ; published by the Approbation of Six learned Prelates ...
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;: Comprizing ..., Том 5 John Nichols Повний перегляд - 1812 |
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Сторінка 79 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Сторінка 625 - To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit. But his knowledge was too multifarious to be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be always cautious.
Сторінка 625 - ... impatience of opposition disposed him to treat his adversaries with such contemptuous superiority as made his readers commonly his enemies, and excited against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman Emperor's determination, oderint dum metuant; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade.
Сторінка 625 - ... perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit.
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