The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of Departed Merit: Containing Complete and Impartial Accounts of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, But More Particularly of Those who Have Signalized Themselves in America. In Four Volumes. Embellished with a Number of Portraits of the Most Distinguished Characters, Engraved from Original Drawings, 3-4. kötetJohnson & Stryker, at the Literary Printing-Office No. 29 Gold-Street, 1802 |
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... pieces were always taken from sacred history , it was by some thought to be a pro- fanation to set them to music and perform them at a play house . In consequence of this prejudice , the oratorios met with very indifferent success ; and ...
... pieces were always taken from sacred history , it was by some thought to be a pro- fanation to set them to music and perform them at a play house . In consequence of this prejudice , the oratorios met with very indifferent success ; and ...
35. oldal
... Piece . " He published , besides , " Remarks on Lord Bolingbroke's Letters on History , " 8 vo . " Theron and Aspasio ; or , a Series of Dialogues and Letters on the most important subjects , " 2 vols . " Sermons " -Eleven Letters to ...
... Piece . " He published , besides , " Remarks on Lord Bolingbroke's Letters on History , " 8 vo . " Theron and Aspasio ; or , a Series of Dialogues and Letters on the most important subjects , " 2 vols . " Sermons " -Eleven Letters to ...
40. oldal
... pieces , to be found in the collection of his works . He died in 1679 , aged 92 . As to his character and manners , they were re- markably singular . " He was a humourist , and no- body could account for him . " His professed rule of ...
... pieces , to be found in the collection of his works . He died in 1679 , aged 92 . As to his character and manners , they were re- markably singular . " He was a humourist , and no- body could account for him . " His professed rule of ...
42. oldal
... piece the more valuable was , that it exhibited an exact likeness of the man , with the portrait of his an- tagonist , and the figures in caricature of the principal persons gathered round him .. Hogarth began business on his own ...
... piece the more valuable was , that it exhibited an exact likeness of the man , with the portrait of his an- tagonist , and the figures in caricature of the principal persons gathered round him .. Hogarth began business on his own ...
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... pieces . I hope you will have no rea- son to repent engaging with an antagonist , who , per- haps , in strictness you might have ventured to ne- glect . I own to you that I never felt so violent an inclination to defend myself as at ...
... pieces . I hope you will have no rea- son to repent engaging with an antagonist , who , per- haps , in strictness you might have ventured to ne- glect . I own to you that I never felt so violent an inclination to defend myself as at ...
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