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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... became what he himself wished to be - a Poet ; and , as if to belie , at setting out , his father's pre- diction , he commenced at the age of thirty , with satire , which let loose against him the crowd of writers whom he attacked , but ...
... became what he himself wished to be - a Poet ; and , as if to belie , at setting out , his father's pre- diction , he commenced at the age of thirty , with satire , which let loose against him the crowd of writers whom he attacked , but ...
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... became the protector and apologist of the most caustic of all writers . Though we attach less value to the satires of Boileau than to his other works , and think not very highly of his conduct to his patron , yet it must be allowed that ...
... became the protector and apologist of the most caustic of all writers . Though we attach less value to the satires of Boileau than to his other works , and think not very highly of his conduct to his patron , yet it must be allowed that ...
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... became the prey of distress , and sunk into despon- dency . The shortest way to rid himself at once of his load of misery seemed to him to be death , on which he speculated with the despair of a man who has none of the consolations of ...
... became the prey of distress , and sunk into despon- dency . The shortest way to rid himself at once of his load of misery seemed to him to be death , on which he speculated with the despair of a man who has none of the consolations of ...
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... became distinguished as a teacher , both in the Netherlands , and in other countries . What entitles him to notice here , is the share he had in that voluminous work , the " Lives of the Saints , " or " Acta Sanctorum . " The history of ...
... became distinguished as a teacher , both in the Netherlands , and in other countries . What entitles him to notice here , is the share he had in that voluminous work , the " Lives of the Saints , " or " Acta Sanctorum . " The history of ...
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... became respected . He was a Carmelite of Paris , who , having preached some- what freely in St. Bartholomew's church , forsook his order , and fled into Italy , where he set up for a physician , and married ; but soon after committed ...
... became respected . He was a Carmelite of Paris , who , having preached some- what freely in St. Bartholomew's church , forsook his order , and fled into Italy , where he set up for a physician , and married ; but soon after committed ...
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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.