Bibliomania, Or, Book Madness ; a Bibliographical Romance, in Six Parts ; Illustrated with Cuts, Volume 1 |
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... given us- and it is , in mistaking and misapplying these ta- lents . I speak with reference to the individual himself , and not to the public . You may remem- ber how grievously ALFONSO bore the lot which public criticism , with one ...
... given us- and it is , in mistaking and misapplying these ta- lents . I speak with reference to the individual himself , and not to the public . You may remem- ber how grievously ALFONSO bore the lot which public criticism , with one ...
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... the best . It should not be forgotten that Brucker , in his Hist . Crit . Phil . has given a masterly account of Agrippa , and an analysis of his works , 6 der in his panegyrical peroration by his cheerings : * 24 THE EVENING WALK .
... the best . It should not be forgotten that Brucker , in his Hist . Crit . Phil . has given a masterly account of Agrippa , and an analysis of his works , 6 der in his panegyrical peroration by his cheerings : * 24 THE EVENING WALK .
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... given birth to , and the university that had directed the studies of , its illustrious author , put forth an inelegant reprint of it in 4to , 1599 - from which some excerpts will be found in the ensuing pages --but in the meantime the ...
... given birth to , and the university that had directed the studies of , its illustrious author , put forth an inelegant reprint of it in 4to , 1599 - from which some excerpts will be found in the ensuing pages --but in the meantime the ...
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... given many proofs of his attachment to those studies , and of his reward of such merit , as attracted the notice of his illus- trious predecessor . It is with pain that I am com- pelled to avow the paucity of publications in our own ...
... given many proofs of his attachment to those studies , and of his reward of such merit , as attracted the notice of his illus- trious predecessor . It is with pain that I am com- pelled to avow the paucity of publications in our own ...
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... given the title at length ( a sufficiently tempting one ! ) calling the work very rare , ' and the preface of Neander ( which is twice the length of the work ) curious and erudite . ' See his Catalog . Libror . Ra- rior , p . 614 , edit ...
... given the title at length ( a sufficiently tempting one ! ) calling the work very rare , ' and the preface of Neander ( which is twice the length of the work ) curious and erudite . ' See his Catalog . Libror . Ra- rior , p . 614 , edit ...
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Page 701 - A Parallel in the manner of Plutarch, between a most celebrated man of Florence, and one, scarce ever heard of, in England...
Page 479 - Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung ! Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Page 158 - Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they,
Page 124 - Now, all amid the rigours of the year, In the wild depth of Winter, while without The ceaseless winds blow ice, be my retreat, Between the groaning forest and the shore Beat by the boundless multitude of waves, A rural, shelter'd, solitary scene; Where ruddy fire and beaming tapers join, To cheer the gloom. There studious let me sit, And hold high converse with the mighty dead...
Page 454 - It has been confidently related, with many embellishments, that Johnson one day knocked Osborne down in his shop, with a folio, and put his foot upon his neck. The simple truth I had from Johnson himself. " Sir, he was impertinent to me, and I beat him. But it was not in his shop : it was in my own chamber.
Page 294 - I know a merchantman, which shall at this time be nameless, that bought the contents of two noble libraries for forty shillings...
Page 452 - tis a soul like thine : A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all anger, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.
Page 561 - William Shake-speare, His True Chronicle History of the life and death of King Lear, and his three Daughters.
Page 694 - Lichfield at a very early hour, without mentioning to any of the family whither he was going. The day passed without the return of the illustrious guest, and the party began to be very uneasy on his account, when, just before the supper-hour, the door opened, and the Doctor stalked into the room.
Page 395 - Britain was a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned authors ; and men went thither as to a market. This drew to the place a mighty trade ; the rather because the shops were spacious, and the learned gladly resorted to them, where they seldom failed to meet with agreeable conversation. And the booksellers themselves were knowing and conversible men, with whom, for the sake of bookish knowledge, the greatest wits were pleased to converse.