The General Biographical Dictionary, Հատոր 6J. Nichols, 1812 |
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... soon disgusted him with this profession , which , his eulogist thinks , was a loss to the bar . When M. Dongois , his brother - in - law , register of parliament , took him to his house in order to form him to the style of business , he ...
... soon disgusted him with this profession , which , his eulogist thinks , was a loss to the bar . When M. Dongois , his brother - in - law , register of parliament , took him to his house in order to form him to the style of business , he ...
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... soon became sensible that in order to reach posterity it is not sufficient to supply some ephemeral food to the malignity of contemporaries , but to be the writer of all times and all places . This led him to produce those works which ...
... soon became sensible that in order to reach posterity it is not sufficient to supply some ephemeral food to the malignity of contemporaries , but to be the writer of all times and all places . This led him to produce those works which ...
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... soon made great progress in literature , in the languages , and especially in the knowledge of the Greek . He died October 29 , 1726 , aged 64 , member of the French academy , and of that of belles lettres , and keeper of the king's ...
... soon made great progress in literature , in the languages , and especially in the knowledge of the Greek . He died October 29 , 1726 , aged 64 , member of the French academy , and of that of belles lettres , and keeper of the king's ...
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... soon after closed his prospect of preferment as soon as it was opened in that quarter ; and Mr. Bold framed his plan of life and studies upon a system of rigid economy and strict attention to his professional duties , which never varied ...
... soon after closed his prospect of preferment as soon as it was opened in that quarter ; and Mr. Bold framed his plan of life and studies upon a system of rigid economy and strict attention to his professional duties , which never varied ...
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... soon preferred to the place of maid of honour to the queen . She continued without the least imputation upon her character , till her unfortunate fall gave occasion to some malicious writers to defame her in all the parts of it . Upon ...
... soon preferred to the place of maid of honour to the queen . She continued without the least imputation upon her character , till her unfortunate fall gave occasion to some malicious writers to defame her in all the parts of it . Upon ...
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Էջ 188 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us.
Էջ 83 - Booth's peculiar felicity to be heard and seen the same — whether as the pleased, the grieved, the pitying, the reproachful, or the angry. One would...
Էջ 243 - I love him too with a love of partiality, because he was usher of the fifth form at Westminster, when I passed through it. He was so good-natured, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven...
Էջ 175 - He had thought more than any body supposed, and had a pretty good stock of general learning and knowledge. He had all Dr. Johnson's principles, with some degree of relaxation. He had rather too little, than too much prudence...
Էջ 243 - I love the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all s.
Էջ 380 - Kent, 1735. was bred a surgeon, but devoted much of his time to antiquarian researches, and published, besides other works, an elaborate and valuable " History of Sandwich, with Notices of the other Cinque Ports, and of Richborough.
Էջ 339 - Atalantis ; and in this country he would introduce an observing native, that, upon his return home from his travels made in Europe, should give an account of our countries and manners under feigned names ; and frequently intimate in his relations, or in his answers to questions that should be made him, the reasons of his wondering to find our customs so extravagant, and differing from those of his own country.
Էջ 339 - You put me in mind of ( a fancy of your friend Mr. Boyle, who was saying, that he had thoughts of making a short romantic story, where the scene should be laid in some island of the southern ocean, governed by some such rational laws and customs as those of the Utopia or the New Atalantis.
Էջ 308 - You will excuse, my dear Sir, I am sure, some warmth in an old man on this subject, when I inform you that this unhappy Revolution has cut up by the roots that revenue from the Continent which enabled me to undertake such considerable works in this country. At the same time, as I am laying my case fairly before you, it should not be disguised, that my natural enthusiasm for promoting the Fine Arts (perhaps buoyed up by success) made me improvident. For, had I...
Էջ 376 - He performed not only his own, but also the part assigned to another, with great reputation ; though with no profit, for he had no allowance but his commons. He was also one of the six who met at Stationers...