Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century: Containing Thirty Thousand Biographies and Literary Notices, with Forty Indexes of Subjects. A - J, Volumen 1Childs & Peterson, 1859 - 1005 páginas |
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... reference , why should we not have a dictionary of books and authors as well as of words ? Suppose that I wish to know whether Hume or Lingard's History of England , or Spenser's Poems , or Burke's Speeches , or Thomson's Seasons , are ...
... reference , why should we not have a dictionary of books and authors as well as of words ? Suppose that I wish to know whether Hume or Lingard's History of England , or Spenser's Poems , or Burke's Speeches , or Thomson's Seasons , are ...
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... reference . 2. While professing to chronicle only British and American authors , in our College of Letters , we have sometimes overlooked the question of nativity , and enrolled a writer whose insignia of literary nobility could ...
... reference . 2. While professing to chronicle only British and American authors , in our College of Letters , we have sometimes overlooked the question of nativity , and enrolled a writer whose insignia of literary nobility could ...
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... reference which one large volume possesses over a number of smaller ones . We shall now proceed to show the weighty claims which our work presents to the attention of the mem- bers of the various professions , and the public gene- rally ...
... reference which one large volume possesses over a number of smaller ones . We shall now proceed to show the weighty claims which our work presents to the attention of the mem- bers of the various professions , and the public gene- rally ...
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... reference and consultation . It is , therefore , proper to remark , that the author of THE CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE , AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS , has long applied himself to the subject , with con- siderable ...
... reference and consultation . It is , therefore , proper to remark , that the author of THE CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE , AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS , has long applied himself to the subject , with con- siderable ...
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... reference to my life after this life , I can enjoy the life of so many ages be- fore I lived ! That I can be acquainted with the passages of three or four thousand years ago , as if they were the weekly occurrences . Here , without ...
... reference to my life after this life , I can enjoy the life of so many ages be- fore I lived ! That I can be acquainted with the passages of three or four thousand years ago , as if they were the weekly occurrences . Here , without ...
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