The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest to the Present Time, Volume 29Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols and Son, 1816 - Biography |
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... piece entitled " The Sad One , " added considerably to his fame , although they have not been able to perpetuate it . The first only was printed in his life - time . All his plays , we are told , were acted with applause , and he spared ...
... piece entitled " The Sad One , " added considerably to his fame , although they have not been able to perpetuate it . The first only was printed in his life - time . All his plays , we are told , were acted with applause , and he spared ...
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... ment , and was not stimulated by ambition , or anxious for fame . His pieces were sent loose about the world ; and not having been collected until after his death , they are probably less correct than he left them . Many of SUCKLING .
... ment , and was not stimulated by ambition , or anxious for fame . His pieces were sent loose about the world ; and not having been collected until after his death , they are probably less correct than he left them . Many of SUCKLING .
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... pieces as were thought degrading to his memory , and insulting to public decency * . But whatever opinion is ... piece affords a pre- sumption that he was even now no stranger to those re- flections which elevate the human character ...
... pieces as were thought degrading to his memory , and insulting to public decency * . But whatever opinion is ... piece affords a pre- sumption that he was even now no stranger to those re- flections which elevate the human character ...
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... pieces of his are cited by various authors ; and the lives of Terence , Horace , Juvenal , Per- sius , and Lucan , have usually gone under his name , and been printed at the end of his works , though it is not ab- solutely certain that ...
... pieces of his are cited by various authors ; and the lives of Terence , Horace , Juvenal , Per- sius , and Lucan , have usually gone under his name , and been printed at the end of his works , though it is not ab- solutely certain that ...
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... pieces of money which I put into his hand , admitted me ; and my friend carried me to his apartment , where two inhuman priests , whom I heard mention Sicilian vespers , wanted to force me from him , that they might cut me in pieces ...
... pieces of money which I put into his hand , admitted me ; and my friend carried me to his apartment , where two inhuman priests , whom I heard mention Sicilian vespers , wanted to force me from him , that they might cut me in pieces ...
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Page 174 - This great Prelate had the good humour of a gentleman, the eloquence of an orator, the fancy of a poet, the acuteness of a school-man, the profoundness of a philosopher, the wisdom of a Chancellor, the sagacity of a prophet, the reason of an angel, and the piety of a saint...
Page 121 - Studentship for three years after their degree. Students therefore who are elected previous to admission at any College, can hold them eight years.
Page 108 - It is a singular fact that the will of the donor was made on the very day on which the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the College, Mr.
Page 188 - The only work Taylor published, was the " History of Gavelkind, with the etymology thereof; containing also an assertion, that our English laws are, for the most part, those that were used by the ancient Brytains, notwithstanding the several conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans. With some observations and remarks upon many especial occurrences of British and English history. To which is added, a short history of William the conqueror, written in Latin by an anonymous author in the...
Page 73 - I now transmit to you in his own hand, being willing that of so great a work the history should be known, and that each writer should receive his due proportion of praise from posterity. I recommend to you to preserve this scrap of literary intelligence, in Mr. Swinton's own hand, or to deposit it in the Museum, that the veracity of the account may never be doubted. I am, sir, your most humble servant, Dec. 6, 1784. SAM. JOHNSON.
Page 52 - ... at the same time extremely fond of the infant, she stole him on shipboard unknown to his mother and uncle, and carried him with her to Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three years. For, when the matter was discovered, his mother sent orders by all means not to hazard a second voyage till he could be better able to bear it.
Page 68 - Hie depositum est corpus JONATHAN SWIFT, STP Hujus Ecclesiae Cathedralis Decani Ubi saeva indignatio Ulterius cor lacerare nequit, Abi viator Et imitare, si poteris, Strenuum pro virili libertatis vindicem.
Page 63 - Heaven intends, Take pity on your pitying friends ! Nor let your ills affect your mind, To fancy they can be unkind. Me, surely me, you ought to spare, Who gladly would your suffering share ; Or give my scrap of life to you, And think it far beneath your due ; You, to whose care so oft I owe That I'm alive to tell you so.