 ... though he was neither a statesman nor a soldier, like the first lord Cork, the first lord Orrery, and his own father; the rival of Palladio, like the late lord Burlington ; or the rival of Bacon, like Mr. Robert Boyle ; yet in a general taste for...  Letters from Italy in the Years 1754 and 1755 - Page xxxivby John Boyle Earl of Orrery - 1773 - 267 pagesFull view - About this book
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...note. '* private ftation," though he was neither a ftatefman nor a foldier, like the firft lord Corke, the firft lord Orrery, and his own father, the rival...polite ftudies, he was by no means inferior to his anceftors. " Being much in the great world at the " beginning of his life, he defpifed and *' detefted... | |
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