A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland: With Lists of Their Works, Volume 1J. Scott, 1806 - English literature |
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... sent of some curiosity , though perhaps of no great value . This singular CATALOGUE 2 contains an account of no fewer than ten - 2 [ " The author of this work ( say the Critical Reviewers ) is modest enough to call it a Catalogue ; but ...
... sent of some curiosity , though perhaps of no great value . This singular CATALOGUE 2 contains an account of no fewer than ten - 2 [ " The author of this work ( say the Critical Reviewers ) is modest enough to call it a Catalogue ; but ...
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... sent to the princess Stephanetta , wife of Hugh de Baux , and daughter of Gisbert the second count of Provence . 8 He says afterwards , in a chapter expressly written on this king , that residing in the court of Raimond Berlinghieri ...
... sent to the princess Stephanetta , wife of Hugh de Baux , and daughter of Gisbert the second count of Provence . 8 He says afterwards , in a chapter expressly written on this king , that residing in the court of Raimond Berlinghieri ...
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... bishop Percy's erudite Essay on the ancient Minstrels , prefixed to his Reliques of English Poetry , vol . i . p . xxxv . ] + This note was sent from Florence with the sonnet .. membran . in folio , p . 184. , ben 6 RICHARD THE FIRST .
... bishop Percy's erudite Essay on the ancient Minstrels , prefixed to his Reliques of English Poetry , vol . i . p . xxxv . ] + This note was sent from Florence with the sonnet .. membran . in folio , p . 184. , ben 6 RICHARD THE FIRST .
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... sent to Rome during the pro- ceedings on his first divorce , in which he had set down the reasons for dissolving his mar- riage , and the scruples of his conscience ; but I cannot find that it exists , or was ever print- ed . It was ...
... sent to Rome during the pro- ceedings on his first divorce , in which he had set down the reasons for dissolving his mar- riage , and the scruples of his conscience ; but I cannot find that it exists , or was ever print- ed . It was ...
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... sent unto hym by the same ; and also the Copy of the foresayd Luthers Letter , in such order as here after foloweth : " First ; a Preface of our Soveraygne Lorde the Kynge , unto all his faithfull and enterely beloved Subjectes ...
... sent unto hym by the same ; and also the Copy of the foresayd Luthers Letter , in such order as here after foloweth : " First ; a Preface of our Soveraygne Lorde the Kynge , unto all his faithfull and enterely beloved Subjectes ...
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Page 147 - But habitudes of those that live ; Who, lighting him, did greater lights receive; He drain'd from all, and all they knew. His apprehension quick, his judgment true : That the most learn'd with shame confess, His knowledge more, his reading only less.
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Page 132 - To conclude, he was the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best friend, the best husband, the best father, and the best Christian, that the age in which he lived produced.
Page 146 - tis, oh then, that I think there's no Hell Like loving too well. But when I consider the truth of her heart, Such an innocent passion, so kind without art, I fear I have wronged her, and hope she may be So full of true love to be jealous of me.
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Page viii - Scaliger compares to the labours of the anvil and the mine ; that what is obvious is not always known, and what is known is not always present ; that sudden fits of inadvertency will surprise vigilance, slight avocations will seduce attention, and casual eclipses of the mind will darken learning ; and that the writer shall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need for that which yesterday he knew with intuitive...
Page 112 - Power of it to move Affections ; the Style utterly unknown to the Ancients, who could not conceive what Kingly Eloquence was, in respect of which those noted Demagogi were but Hirelings, and Triobulary Rhetoricians.
Page 130 - Some historians have rashly questioned the good faith of this prince: But, for this reproach, the most malignant scrutiny of his conduct, which, in every circumstance is now thoroughly known, affords not any reasonable foundation.
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Page 264 - Now cease, my lute, this is the last 'Labour, that thou and I shall waste ; And ended is that we begun : Now is this song both sung and past ; My lute, be still, for I have done.