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], 1814 |
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... probably attained promotion had he not died soon after , on Oct. 2 , 1661. He was buried in the church of Broad Hinton in Wiltshire , the manor of which he had bought some years before . His works consist chiefly of speeches and argu ...
... probably attained promotion had he not died soon after , on Oct. 2 , 1661. He was buried in the church of Broad Hinton in Wiltshire , the manor of which he had bought some years before . His works consist chiefly of speeches and argu ...
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... probably have done . But afterwards , both in conversation and by letters , he attacked his antagonist's assertion , that Aristotle had more advantages for know- ledge than the royal society , or all the present age had or could have ...
... probably have done . But afterwards , both in conversation and by letters , he attacked his antagonist's assertion , that Aristotle had more advantages for know- ledge than the royal society , or all the present age had or could have ...
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... probably seen some part of " Leonidas , " which was begun when he was young , and had been submitted in specimens to many of his friends . This poem was first published in 1737 , in a 4to volume , con- sisting of nine books . Its ...
... probably seen some part of " Leonidas , " which was begun when he was young , and had been submitted in specimens to many of his friends . This poem was first published in 1737 , in a 4to volume , con- sisting of nine books . Its ...
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... probably well understood at that time . By the death of that most illustrious personage , he no doubt lost a powerful patron . In 1753 , he began to try his talents in dramatic com- position , and produced the tragedy of " Boadicea ...
... probably well understood at that time . By the death of that most illustrious personage , he no doubt lost a powerful patron . In 1753 , he began to try his talents in dramatic com- position , and produced the tragedy of " Boadicea ...
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... his " Leonidas , " in two vols . 12mo , extended from nine books to twelve , and the atten- tion now bestowed on it , recalling his youthful ideas , strengthened by time and observation , probably suggested “ The GLOVER . 25.
... his " Leonidas , " in two vols . 12mo , extended from nine books to twelve , and the atten- tion now bestowed on it , recalling his youthful ideas , strengthened by time and observation , probably suggested “ The GLOVER . 25.
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Seite 318 - I must do it, as it were in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways which I will not name for the...
Seite 149 - A New and Full Method of settling the Canonical Authority of the New Testament.
Seite 317 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Seite 81 - No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.
Seite 82 - Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class.
Seite 119 - So that all things considered there have not, since the primitive times of Christianity, been many among the sons of men to whom that glorious character of the Son of God might be better applied, that he went about doing good...
Seite 60 - A Catalogue of the Bishops of England since the first planting of the Christian Religion in this Island ; together with a brief history of their lives and memorable actions, as near as can be gathered from antiquity.
Seite 127 - SEPULCHRAL monuments in Great Britain applied to illustrate the history of families, manners, habits, and arts, at the different periods from the Norman Conquest to the seventeenth century.
Seite 248 - Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him ; and his example kept others from taking any thing ill, or at least seeming to do so. In a word, a brighter courage, and a gentler disposition, were never married together to make the most cheerful and innocent conversation.
Seite 24 - A short Account of the late Application to Parliament made by the Merchants of London upon the neglect of their Trade : with the Substance of the Evidence thereupon, as summed up by Mr. Glover.