A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland: With Lists of Their Works, Том 3J. Scott, 1806 |
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... Lord Orford remarks , in an advertisement to the Life of Lord Herbert , that his Reign of Henry the Eighth is allowed to be a masterpiece of historic biography . Bishop Nicolson , in his English historical Library , commends it above ...
... Lord Orford remarks , in an advertisement to the Life of Lord Herbert , that his Reign of Henry the Eighth is allowed to be a masterpiece of historic biography . Bishop Nicolson , in his English historical Library , commends it above ...
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... Lord Orford's expression of wonder , " remarks Sir E. Brydges , " is very ill - natured and very ill founded . Many obvious and satisfactory reasons might be alleged for the fondness that a biographer feels for his subject . Familiarity ...
... Lord Orford's expression of wonder , " remarks Sir E. Brydges , " is very ill - natured and very ill founded . Many obvious and satisfactory reasons might be alleged for the fondness that a biographer feels for his subject . Familiarity ...
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... Lord Herbert of Cherbury . " Lord Orford's reflection cannot but remind his readers of the maxims of Rochefaucault . ] 8 [ The title runs thus : " Occasional Verses of Edward Lord Herbert , Baron of Cherbury and Castle - island , who ...
... Lord Herbert of Cherbury . " Lord Orford's reflection cannot but remind his readers of the maxims of Rochefaucault . ] 8 [ The title runs thus : " Occasional Verses of Edward Lord Herbert , Baron of Cherbury and Castle - island , who ...
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... lord Orford ; who observes , it is 6 Its fortuitous discovery is thus described : " The manu- script , " says lord Orford , “ was in great danger of being lost to the world : Henry , lord Herbert , grandson of the author , died in 1691 ...
... lord Orford ; who observes , it is 6 Its fortuitous discovery is thus described : " The manu- script , " says lord Orford , “ was in great danger of being lost to the world : Henry , lord Herbert , grandson of the author , died in 1691 ...
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... lord Orford in his proper place2 , was a younger son of Robert , earl of Dorset , and born in London 1590. In 1605 he entered as a nobleman of Christ- church , Oxon , where he spent three years or more , says Wood3 , and afterwards ...
... lord Orford in his proper place2 , was a younger son of Robert , earl of Dorset , and born in London 1590. In 1605 he entered as a nobleman of Christ- church , Oxon , where he spent three years or more , says Wood3 , and afterwards ...
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Сторінка 92 - A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected...
Сторінка 304 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Сторінка 260 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes. How safe is treason, and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will!
Сторінка 251 - Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Сторінка 334 - ... and he was endless in consultations ; for when after much discourse a point was settled, if he could find a new jest to make even that which was suggested by himself seem ridiculous, he could not hold, but would study to raise the credit of his wit, though it made others call his judgment in question.
Сторінка 102 - Exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum.
Сторінка 160 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Сторінка 242 - My dear mistress has a heart Soft as those kind looks she gave me, When, with love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did enslave me. But her constancy's so weak She's so wild and apt to wander, That my jealous heart would break, Should we live one day asunder.
Сторінка 171 - Besides that, he was amorous in poetry and music, to which he indulged the greatest part of his time; and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure, which he enjoyed in a full and ample fortune, but honour and ambition to serve the king when he saw him in distress, and abandoned by most of those who were in the highest degree obliged to him, and by him.
Сторінка 36 - I scorn your proffers. I disdain your favor. I abhor your treason ; and am so far from delivering up this island to your advantage, that I will keep it, to the utmost of my power, to your destruction.