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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... give ten five pounds to such sub- scribers as they shall by lot fall to . But he is willing to do more : he will be ready to give the whole profits of the undertaking to fall by lot among the first 1000 subscribers , which profits , if ...
... give ten five pounds to such sub- scribers as they shall by lot fall to . But he is willing to do more : he will be ready to give the whole profits of the undertaking to fall by lot among the first 1000 subscribers , which profits , if ...
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... give a taste of what he was engaged in : " Heads of Agreement , assented to by the United Ministers . " - " The Morning Ex- ercises , published by the London Ministers . " - " Malebranche's Search after Truth , which was made English ...
... give a taste of what he was engaged in : " Heads of Agreement , assented to by the United Ministers . " - " The Morning Ex- ercises , published by the London Ministers . " - " Malebranche's Search after Truth , which was made English ...
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... give ourselves a little ease , and refreshment ; for the labours and the travels of the mind are as expensive , and wear the spirits off as fast , as those of the body . However our Society was never formally dissolved . 6 " The old ...
... give ourselves a little ease , and refreshment ; for the labours and the travels of the mind are as expensive , and wear the spirits off as fast , as those of the body . However our Society was never formally dissolved . 6 " The old ...
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... give me the title of Maggot , or Promoter of Learning and Virtue , is left to the candour and judgment of the honest Reader . " After this ample account of himself and of his va- rious Projects , little remains to be added , but the ...
... give me the title of Maggot , or Promoter of Learning and Virtue , is left to the candour and judgment of the honest Reader . " After this ample account of himself and of his va- rious Projects , little remains to be added , but the ...
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... give to his Auction of Books at Dublin in the year 1698 , and the extraordinary and unmerited kindnesses he had received . The Scuffle relates to disputes in trade with Patrick Campbel , a Dublin Bookseller , who was jealous of Dunton's ...
... give to his Auction of Books at Dublin in the year 1698 , and the extraordinary and unmerited kindnesses he had received . The Scuffle relates to disputes in trade with Patrick Campbel , a Dublin Bookseller , who was jealous of Dunton's ...
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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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