Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Boywer, Printer, F.S.A. and Many of His Learned Friends; an Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in this Kingdom During the Last Century; and Biographical Anecdotes of a Considerable Number of Eminent Writers and Ingenious Artists; with a Very Copious Index, Volume 5author, 1812 - Authors, English |
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... contain the oldest Parliamentary speeches , are assuredly the most curious . The first volume of the Commons ' Journals contains several important Debates during the interesting period from the accession of James I. till the cessation ...
... contain the oldest Parliamentary speeches , are assuredly the most curious . The first volume of the Commons ' Journals contains several important Debates during the interesting period from the accession of James I. till the cessation ...
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... contain more satisfactory information . " The Gentleman's Magazine seon after furnished the publick with still more finished Debates , which were first compiled by Guthrie , then by Johnson , and afterwards by Hawkesworth . The success ...
... contain more satisfactory information . " The Gentleman's Magazine seon after furnished the publick with still more finished Debates , which were first compiled by Guthrie , then by Johnson , and afterwards by Hawkesworth . The success ...
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... containing a succinct Account of the Philosophy of Mr. Leibnitz on the System of the Fatalists , with a Confutation of their Opinions , and an Illustration of the Doctrine of Free - will ? [ with what else you think proper . ] " It will ...
... containing a succinct Account of the Philosophy of Mr. Leibnitz on the System of the Fatalists , with a Confutation of their Opinions , and an Illustration of the Doctrine of Free - will ? [ with what else you think proper . ] " It will ...
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... containing some account of Savage . † Articles , perhaps , intended for the Magazine . This , Mr. Malone thinks , might perhaps have been the Runic Inscription , Gent . Mag . XII . 132. But I much doubt it , though unable to ascertain ...
... containing some account of Savage . † Articles , perhaps , intended for the Magazine . This , Mr. Malone thinks , might perhaps have been the Runic Inscription , Gent . Mag . XII . 132. But I much doubt it , though unable to ascertain ...
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... containing the Geography , and History , as well Natural as Civil , of those countries . Lately published at Paris by Pere du Halde , Jesuit , in 4 volumes , folio , and now reduced to 2 in English ; with several neces- sary ...
... containing the Geography , and History , as well Natural as Civil , of those countries . Lately published at Paris by Pere du Halde , Jesuit , in 4 volumes , folio , and now reduced to 2 in English ; with several neces- sary ...
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Page 541 - ... you have made my system as clear as I ought to have done, and could not. It is indeed the same system as mine, but illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than I did before, and so will every man else. I know I meant just what you explain ; but I did not explain my own meaning so well as you. You understand me as well as I do myself; but you express me better than I could express myself.
Page 543 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come ; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Page 667 - Strutt's Sports and Pastimes of the People of England; including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
Page 667 - DRESSES AND HABITS OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, from the Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time ; with an Historical and Critical Inquiry into every branch of Costume.
Page 666 - Angel-cynnan : or a compleat view of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c., of the Inhabitants of England, from the arrival of the Saxons...
Page 79 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Page 625 - To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit. But his knowledge was too multifarious to be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be always cautious.
Page 625 - ... impatience of opposition disposed him to treat his adversaries with such contemptuous superiority as made his readers commonly his enemies, and excited against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman Emperor's determination, oderint dum metuant; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade.
Page 625 - ... perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit.
Page 2 - Holyock, to whose care most of the neighbouring families, even of the highest rank, entrusted their sons. He had judgment to discover, and, for some time, -generosity to encourage the genius of young Cave ; and was so well pleased with his quick progress in the school, that he declared his resolution to breed him for the University, and recommend him as a servitor to some of his scholars of high rank.