New Biographies of Illustrious MenWhittemore, Niles, and Hall, 1857 - 408 psl. |
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... probably a regular contributor to the Review , and that in the twelve years which had then elapsed since the publication of the article on Mil- ton he had furnished many others . I therefore set myself to explore ab initio the bound ...
... probably a regular contributor to the Review , and that in the twelve years which had then elapsed since the publication of the article on Mil- ton he had furnished many others . I therefore set myself to explore ab initio the bound ...
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... probably at some later time that he purposed compiling a Dictionary of the English language . In 1699 a considerable collection of his Latin verses was published at Oxford , in the " Musæ Anglicanæ . ” These appear to have interested ...
... probably at some later time that he purposed compiling a Dictionary of the English language . In 1699 a considerable collection of his Latin verses was published at Oxford , in the " Musæ Anglicanæ . ” These appear to have interested ...
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... probably as good as any that ever was prompted by no more worthy inspiration . It has indeed neither the fiery spirit which Dryden threw into occasional pieces of the sort , nor the exquisite polish that would have been given by Pope ...
... probably as good as any that ever was prompted by no more worthy inspiration . It has indeed neither the fiery spirit which Dryden threw into occasional pieces of the sort , nor the exquisite polish that would have been given by Pope ...
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... probably written in whole or chiefly by Addison . It contributes very little to his fame . From September 1715 , to June 1716 , he defended the Hanoverian succession , and the proceedings of the government in regard to the rebellion ...
... probably written in whole or chiefly by Addison . It contributes very little to his fame . From September 1715 , to June 1716 , he defended the Hanoverian succession , and the proceedings of the government in regard to the rebellion ...
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... probably erroneous . There are better grounds for believing the as- sertion , transmitted from Addison's own time , that the mar- riage was unhappy . The Countess is said to have been proud as well as violent , and to have supposed that ...
... probably erroneous . There are better grounds for believing the as- sertion , transmitted from Addison's own time , that the mar- riage was unhappy . The Countess is said to have been proud as well as violent , and to have supposed that ...
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Addison admiration afterwards Aldus Manutius appeared Atterbury Bacon Bakerian lecture became booksellers Butler celebrated character chemical Christianity confessed Crichton criticism Davy death Descartes discovery doubt early Edinburgh Review edition eloquence eminent England English Epicurus essays fame father French Gassendi gave genius Gibbon Goldsmith grace Greek historian Homer honor Horace Hudson Bay Company Hume Iliad intellectual James Crichton Johnson language Latin Lausanne lazaretto learned less letters literary literature lived London Lord manner Memoirs ment mind moral nature never OLIVER GOLDSMITH original person philosopher Pisistratus poems poet political popular probably published Rasselas reader reason received remarkable safety-lamp says seems society sometimes soon spirit style success taste theism thing THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY thought tion took Tory truth Vicar of Wakefield volumes Whig writings wrote young youth
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261 psl. - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
67 psl. - This he refused, saying, in his melancholy way, that " it was too late for him to try to support a falling church.
39 psl. - I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends...
230 psl. - His narratives were always amusing, his descriptions always picturesque, his humour rich and joyous, yet not without an occasional tinge of amiable sadness. About everything that he wrote, serious or sportive, there was a certain natural grace and decorum...
326 psl. - It would be easy, on the other hand, to name several writers of the nineteenth century of whom the least successful has received forty thousand pounds from the booksellers. But Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of the dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Literature had ceased to flourish under the patronage of the great, and had not begun to flourish under the patronage of the public.
39 psl. - I have taken all knowledge to be my province; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities; the other with blind experiments and auricular traditions and impostures, hath committed so many spoils; I hope I should bring in industrious observations, grounded conclusions, and profitable inventions and discoveries ; the best state of that province. This, whether it be curiosity, or vain glory, or nature, or, if one take it...
286 psl. - France. I admire his eloquence, I approve his politics, I adore his chivalry, and I can almost excuse his reverence for church establishments.
158 psl. - Probably no man ever went through more physical suffering than Mr. Hall ; he was a fine example of the triumph of the higher powers of mind exalted by religion, over the infirmities of the body.
235 psl. - England, by which he made £600; a History of Greece, for which he received £250; a Natural History, for which the booksellers covenanted to [570 pay him 800 guineas. These works he produced without any elaborate research, by merely selecting, abridging, and translating into his own clear, pure, and flowing language what he found in books well known to the world, but too bulky or too dry for boys and girls. He committed some strange blunders; for he knew nothing with accuracy. Thus in his History...
398 psl. - Every one who is acquainted either with the philosophers or critics, knows that there is nothing yet established in either of these two sciences, and that they contain little more than endless disputes, even in the most fundamental articles.