General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions and professions, chiefly composed by J. Aikin and W. Enfield, Nide 41803 |
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... English historian , or rather chronicler , was born in London in the fifteenth century . He was brought up to com- merce , in which he became sufficiently eminent to be chosen sheriff of the city in 1493. He ranks among the few men of ...
... English historian , or rather chronicler , was born in London in the fifteenth century . He was brought up to com- merce , in which he became sufficiently eminent to be chosen sheriff of the city in 1493. He ranks among the few men of ...
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... English poets ; but it would not be easy to find a more uncouth rhymster . According to bishop Tanner's judgment , how- ever , he was " Poeta haud infelicis ingenii . " He died in 1512. His Chronicle was first printed in 1516 , folio ...
... English poets ; but it would not be easy to find a more uncouth rhymster . According to bishop Tanner's judgment , how- ever , he was " Poeta haud infelicis ingenii . " He died in 1512. His Chronicle was first printed in 1516 , folio ...
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... English versification , was the son of sir Tho- mas Fairfax , of Denton in Yorkshire . It has been generally supposed that his birth was ille- gitimate : but the writer of his life in the Biogr . Britan . from the authority of Douglas's ...
... English versification , was the son of sir Tho- mas Fairfax , of Denton in Yorkshire . It has been generally supposed that his birth was ille- gitimate : but the writer of his life in the Biogr . Britan . from the authority of Douglas's ...
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... English poetry . It is cer- tain that the performance of Fairfax gave high delight in his time ; and Waller , who is ac- counted so great an improver of English versi fication , professedly formed his manner upon it . The harmony of his ...
... English poetry . It is cer- tain that the performance of Fairfax gave high delight in his time ; and Waller , who is ac- counted so great an improver of English versi fication , professedly formed his manner upon it . The harmony of his ...
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... English council of state had resolved to anticipate them by carrying the war into their country , Fairfax , though first approving the design , was induced by his wife and the presbyterian ministers to regard it as unlawful ; and he ...
... English council of state had resolved to anticipate them by carrying the war into their country , Fairfax , though first approving the design , was induced by his wife and the presbyterian ministers to regard it as unlawful ; and he ...
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Sivu 307 - The love of study, a passion which derives fresh vigour from enjoyment, supplies each day, each hour, with a perpetual source of independent and rational pleasure; and I am not sensible of any decay of the mental faculties.
Sivu 304 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a schoolboy would have been ashamed.
Sivu 165 - Do you sincerely declare, that you love mankind in general; of what profession or religion soever? Answer. I do. 3. Do you think any person ought to be harmed in his body, name or goods, for mere speculative opinions, or his external way of worship? Answer. No. 4. Do you love truth for truth's sake, and will you endeavour impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others?
Sivu 73 - Yea, is he yet so lusty ? Well, let the pope send him a hat when he will, Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders then ; for I will leave him never a head to set it on.
Sivu 305 - After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation.
Sivu 144 - Thou seest how young people go together into vanity, and old people into the earth ; thou must forsake all, both young and old, and keep out of all, and be as a stranger unto all.
Sivu 307 - There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species.
Sivu 112 - ... the degree of doctor of divinity was conferred upon him by the university of Glasgow.
Sivu 406 - Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, that hath fought for his country, queen, religion, and honour...
Sivu 304 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life.