A Universal Biographical Dictionary: Containing the Lives of the Most Celebrated Characters of Every Age and Nation ...Grigg & Elliot, 1842 - 444 oldal |
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... critic , and wrote above 50 comedies , but there are only 11 it is used to this day for the same purpose , but ... critics . Growing dropsical , he found , no Ecclesiazusæ or Female Orators , The Thesmo- other remedy than to starve ...
... critic , and wrote above 50 comedies , but there are only 11 it is used to this day for the same purpose , but ... critics . Growing dropsical , he found , no Ecclesiazusæ or Female Orators , The Thesmo- other remedy than to starve ...
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... critic , and pro- fessor of the Greek language in the university of Cambridge , was born in London , 1654. He published editions of Euripides , Anacreon , and BARLOW , William , bishop of different dio- Homer ; a life of Edward III ...
... critic , and pro- fessor of the Greek language in the university of Cambridge , was born in London , 1654. He published editions of Euripides , Anacreon , and BARLOW , William , bishop of different dio- Homer ; a life of Edward III ...
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... critic and grammarian , nephew to the foregoing , born a Lanlugany , in Shropshire , 1650 , died 1723. He published excellent editions of " Anacreon " and " Horace , " was author of a " Latin Gram- mar , " 1679 , and of a Glossary of ...
... critic and grammarian , nephew to the foregoing , born a Lanlugany , in Shropshire , 1650 , died 1723. He published excellent editions of " Anacreon " and " Horace , " was author of a " Latin Gram- mar , " 1679 , and of a Glossary of ...
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... critic , BELLAY , John du , bishop of Bayonne and and miscellaneous writer , and for several years of Paris , was engaged as a negotiator between one of the librarians of the British museum , was Henry VIII . of England and the pope ...
... critic , BELLAY , John du , bishop of Bayonne and and miscellaneous writer , and for several years of Paris , was engaged as a negotiator between one of the librarians of the British museum , was Henry VIII . of England and the pope ...
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... critic and divine , born at Wakefield , Yorkshire , in 1662 , died 1742. His literary character is known in all parts of Europe wherever learning is known . In his private character , he was hearty , sin- cere , and warm in his ...
... critic and divine , born at Wakefield , Yorkshire , in 1662 , died 1742. His literary character is known in all parts of Europe wherever learning is known . In his private character , he was hearty , sin- cere , and warm in his ...
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198. oldal - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
185. oldal - Among the rest was a large collection of original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. Richard III. and Henry VII. by such of the Paston family...
235. oldal - Revisal of Shakspeare's Text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics are particularly considered,
54. oldal - Thou hast tasted of prosperity and adversity; thou knowest what it is to be banished thy native country, to be over-ruled, as well as to rule, and sit upon the throne; and being oppressed, thou hast reason to know how hateful the oppressor is both to God and man...
28. oldal - I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, " God forbid, sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the king turned, and said to the bishop of Winchester, " well, my lord, what say you?" " Sir," replied the bishop, " I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
249. oldal - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
185. oldal - 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 satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
185. oldal - 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...
156. oldal - a singular person, whose life was one contradiction. He wrote against popery, and embraced it; he was a zealous opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it...
10. oldal - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness : it neither found them nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son.