The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1812 |
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... France ; and it may be added , that of all the poets who have preceded or followed him , none was better calculated than himself to be the head of such a school . In fact , the severe and decided correctness which characterizes his ...
... France ; and it may be added , that of all the poets who have preceded or followed him , none was better calculated than himself to be the head of such a school . In fact , the severe and decided correctness which characterizes his ...
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... respect continues to be so ; they are , in France and England , more read and oftener quoted than any other poets . Both were accused of stealing from the ancients ; but says an elegant critic of our nation , those BOILE A U. 9.
... respect continues to be so ; they are , in France and England , more read and oftener quoted than any other poets . Both were accused of stealing from the ancients ; but says an elegant critic of our nation , those BOILE A U. 9.
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... France , " and published it in 1683. This work procured him a pension of a thousand livres granted him by the clergy . He afterwards under- took , at the entreaty of Harlay , archbishop of Paris , the History of that church ; 1690 , 2 ...
... France , " and published it in 1683. This work procured him a pension of a thousand livres granted him by the clergy . He afterwards under- took , at the entreaty of Harlay , archbishop of Paris , the History of that church ; 1690 , 2 ...
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... France , with a pension for his wife and child , if they outlived him . -His Œuvres de Theatre " are in 9 vols . 8vo . His Italian comedy , in which path he is the author of numerous pieces , has not the merit of the above . His early ...
... France , with a pension for his wife and child , if they outlived him . -His Œuvres de Theatre " are in 9 vols . 8vo . His Italian comedy , in which path he is the author of numerous pieces , has not the merit of the above . His early ...
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... France , was also secretary to the marechal de Brissac , and accompanied him into Piémont under Henry II . We have by him , " L'Histoire des Guerres de Piémont , depuis 1550 jusqu'en 1561 ; " Paris , 1607 , 4to , and 8vo . This ...
... France , was also secretary to the marechal de Brissac , and accompanied him into Piémont under Henry II . We have by him , " L'Histoire des Guerres de Piémont , depuis 1550 jusqu'en 1561 ; " Paris , 1607 , 4to , and 8vo . This ...
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Seite 184 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us.
Seite 239 - And with all his drollery there is a mixture of rational and even religious reflection, at times, and always an air of pleasantry, good-nature, and humanity, that makes him, in my mind, one of the most amiable writers in the world.
Seite 171 - He cannot deny himself the vanity of finishing with the encomium of Dr. Johnson, whose friendly partiality to the companion of his Tour represents him as one, " whose acuteness would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation, and civility of manners, are sufficient to counteract the inconveniences of travel, in countries less hospitable than we have passed.
Seite 239 - I love the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him. I love him too with a love of partiality, because he was usher of the fifth form at Westminster, when I passed through it.
Seite 239 - I love him, too, with a love of partiality, because he was usher of the fifth form at -Westminster, when I passed through it He was so good-natured, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven...
Seite 333 - Boyle communicated memorandums concerning his own life, tells us, that what had the greatest weight in determining his judgment was, " the not feeling within himself any motion or tendency of mind which he could safely esteem a call from the Holy Ghost, and so not venturing to take holy orders, lest he should be found to have lied unto it.
Seite 370 - Bible, which task they went through in nine months, having each from the company of stationers during that time thirty shillings a week.
Seite 83 - Booth's peculiar felicity to be heard and seen the same — whether as the pleased, the grieved, the pitying, the reproachful, or the angry. One would...
Seite 269 - A Vindication of the Histories of the Old and New Testament, in answer to the Objections of the late Lord Bolingbroke ; in Two Letters to a young Nobleman, 1752, 8vo, reprinted in 1753.
Seite 84 - Wilks would too frequently break into the time and measure of the harmony by too many spirited accents in one line ; and Booth, by too solemn a regard to harmony, would as often lose the necessary spirit of it : so that (as I have observed) could we have sometimes raised the one and sunk the other, they had both been nearer the mark.