A New and 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 of Time to the Present Period ...G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798 |
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... character , we will here add that which he drew for himfelf in 1696 ; and fent to the count of Grammont , together with that nobleman's epitaph , who had been dangerously ill , but was then perfectly recovered . " If , ' " fays he ...
... character , we will here add that which he drew for himfelf in 1696 ; and fent to the count of Grammont , together with that nobleman's epitaph , who had been dangerously ill , but was then perfectly recovered . " If , ' " fays he ...
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... characters ? His laft editor Barnes obferves , that , to fup- port the character of Sifyphus , he was obliged to make him reason as an atheift ; and that therefore Plutarch had no juft caufe to fufpect there the artifices of an author ...
... characters ? His laft editor Barnes obferves , that , to fup- port the character of Sifyphus , he was obliged to make him reason as an atheift ; and that therefore Plutarch had no juft caufe to fufpect there the artifices of an author ...
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... character appears to have been refpectable , the duke acted a generous part in providing for a man who had conferred an obligation on him . The first - rate poets were either of principles very different from the government , or thought ...
... character appears to have been refpectable , the duke acted a generous part in providing for a man who had conferred an obligation on him . The first - rate poets were either of principles very different from the government , or thought ...
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... character , who fpent fo much of his life in read- ing and writing books , fhould never compofe any thing relat- ing to his profeffion ; for we do not know that he ever did . His " Commentaries upon the Periegefis of Dionyfius , " were ...
... character , who fpent fo much of his life in read- ing and writing books , fhould never compofe any thing relat- ing to his profeffion ; for we do not know that he ever did . His " Commentaries upon the Periegefis of Dionyfius , " were ...
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... character of his writings , and an account of a work by him on the state of the dead [ N ] . EUTHYCRATES , a celebrated Greek fculptor , fon and difciple of Lyfippus , " who imitating , " fays Pliny , " rather . " the perfeverance ...
... character of his writings , and an account of a work by him on the state of the dead [ N ] . EUTHYCRATES , a celebrated Greek fculptor , fon and difciple of Lyfippus , " who imitating , " fays Pliny , " rather . " the perfeverance ...
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Página 220 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out.
Página 270 - I desired him to let me have threepenny-worth of bread of some kind or other. He gave me three large rolls. I was surprised at receiving so much : I took them, however, and having no room in my pockets, I walked on with a roll under each arm, eating the third.
Página 87 - It is easily known out of what purse this black penny came. The Papists railing on him for a Heretick, and therefore he must also be a coward, though indeed he was a man of arms, every inch of him, and as valiant as any in his age.
Página 115 - This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfy'd, Thank'd heaven that he had liv'd, and that he dy'd.
Página 269 - A man is sometimes more generous when he has little than when he has much money, probably because, in the first case, he is desirous of concealing his poverty. I walked towards the top of the street, looking eagerly on both sides, till I came to Market Street, where I met a child with a loaf of bread.
Página 220 - I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased, and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.* He upon one occasion experienced, in an extraordinary degree, the efficacy of...
Página 156 - Scots, when the king first marched against them, had given him much credit. In a word, he had very great authority with all the discontented party throughout the kingdom, and a good reputation with many who were not [discontented,] who believed him to be a wise man and of a very useful temper, in an age of license, and one who would still adhere to the law.
Página 403 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written, books of letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests.
Página 342 - And thus began Literary Journals, which have been continued from that time to this under various titles, and by various authors ; among whom are the illuftrious names of Bayle and Le Clerc.
Página 371 - Schism, he cries, has turned the nation's brain, But eyes will open, and to church again ! Thou great infallible, forbear to roar, Thy bulls and errors are revered no more : When doctrines meet with general approbation, It is not heresy, but reformation.