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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... Ireland , a place worth about 800l . a year , his son's life being included in the patent with his own . But this he was not long pos- sessed of , for he died in 1664 , leaving his son and one daughter . After this son , the object of ...
... Ireland , a place worth about 800l . a year , his son's life being included in the patent with his own . But this he was not long pos- sessed of , for he died in 1664 , leaving his son and one daughter . After this son , the object of ...
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... Ireland , and took his employment of accountant - general into his own hands , which had , since his father's death , been managed by others for his use . In the discharge of it he behaved with so much diligence and fidelity , that he ...
... Ireland , and took his employment of accountant - general into his own hands , which had , since his father's death , been managed by others for his use . In the discharge of it he behaved with so much diligence and fidelity , that he ...
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... Ireland . He died April 1667 , and his books were sold to Elias Ashmole , who , as Lilly informs us , and we may readily believe , gave more for them than they were worth . ' By BOONEN ( ARNOLD ) , a portrait - painter , was born at ...
... Ireland . He died April 1667 , and his books were sold to Elias Ashmole , who , as Lilly informs us , and we may readily believe , gave more for them than they were worth . ' By BOONEN ( ARNOLD ) , a portrait - painter , was born at ...
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... Ireland , where he practised with success and reputation for some years . Tired at length with the hurry and confusion incident to civil commotions , and hav- ing experienced some losses , he went to Paris , and there passed the ...
... Ireland , where he practised with success and reputation for some years . Tired at length with the hurry and confusion incident to civil commotions , and hav- ing experienced some losses , he went to Paris , and there passed the ...
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... Ireland in 1698 , with Mr. Ashbury , master of the com- pany . Here he was soon distinguished greatly by his theatrical abilities , especially in tragedy , for which he seemed to be formed by nature ; for he had a grave coun- tenance ...
... Ireland in 1698 , with Mr. Ashbury , master of the com- pany . Here he was soon distinguished greatly by his theatrical abilities , especially in tragedy , for which he seemed to be formed by nature ; for he had a grave coun- tenance ...
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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.