The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines, Patriots, Statemen, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accention of Henry VIII, to the Present Time, Volume 5J. Mawman, 1816 - Great Britain |
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... father , though he had designed him for the church , was unwilling to divert him from indulging his passion for the ... father's warm approbation engaged in the study of theology . In his hours of amusement , he ran through many volumes ...
... father , though he had designed him for the church , was unwilling to divert him from indulging his passion for the ... father's warm approbation engaged in the study of theology . In his hours of amusement , he ran through many volumes ...
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... father , he visited England ; and after six months ' stay at Cambridge * and Oxford , and a visit to Lon- don ... Fathers strongly recommended him to Drs . Fell , Pocock , and Wallis . The latter giving him a letter of introduction to ...
... father , he visited England ; and after six months ' stay at Cambridge * and Oxford , and a visit to Lon- don ... Fathers strongly recommended him to Drs . Fell , Pocock , and Wallis . The latter giving him a letter of introduction to ...
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... father's and her uncle's ministry . This led him to compose his Memoirs of the Dukes of Hamilton , ' and occasioned his being invited to London by the Earl of Lauderdale , who offered to furnish him with several important anec- dotes ...
... father's and her uncle's ministry . This led him to compose his Memoirs of the Dukes of Hamilton , ' and occasioned his being invited to London by the Earl of Lauderdale , who offered to furnish him with several important anec- dotes ...
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... father's History of the Reformation . ' His youngest , Thomas , brought up to the law , by his dissipated youth gave his father great uneasiness . He , however , allied letters with pleasure ; and wrote numerous pamphlets in behalf of ...
... father's History of the Reformation . ' His youngest , Thomas , brought up to the law , by his dissipated youth gave his father great uneasiness . He , however , allied letters with pleasure ; and wrote numerous pamphlets in behalf of ...
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... father's books , for Mr. Street's Caroline Tables , ' he set himself to compute the places of the planets . He spent some part of his time , indeed , in astrological studies ; but it was only with the view of rendering them subser ...
... father's books , for Mr. Street's Caroline Tables , ' he set himself to compute the places of the planets . He spent some part of his time , indeed , in astrological studies ; but it was only with the view of rendering them subser ...
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Page 436 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 464 - If the flights of Dryden therefore, are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.
Page 424 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 431 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
Page 24 - I judge it as certain and clear a truth, as can any where be delivered, that the invisible things of God are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and godhead.
Page 424 - the cooling western breeze,' In the next line, it 'whispers through the trees;' If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep...
Page 132 - No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness; and, if I may use expressions yet more awful, of having turned many to righteousness.
Page 463 - There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Poetry was not the sole praise of either: for both excelled likewise in prose; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform.
Page 139 - Ev'n the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, And trodden weeds send out a rich perfume. Bear me, some god, to Baia's gentle seats, Or cover me in Umbria's green retreats ; Where western gales eternally reside, And all the seasons lavish all their pride ; Blossoms, and fruits, and flowers together rise, And the whole year in gay confusion lies.
Page 158 - Soft peace she brings wherever she arrives; She builds our quiet as she forms our lives; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven.