The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1815 |
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... translate so many things out of Greek and Hebrew , he was not accurately skilled in either of those languages ; and did not reason clearly , consistently , and precisely , upon any subject . This has been shewn in part already by Le ...
... translate so many things out of Greek and Hebrew , he was not accurately skilled in either of those languages ; and did not reason clearly , consistently , and precisely , upon any subject . This has been shewn in part already by Le ...
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... translation of Don Quixote , which he produced , as Pope used to say of him , without under- standing Spanish . Warburton added a supplement to the preface of Jervas's translation , on the origin of romances of chivalry , which was ...
... translation of Don Quixote , which he produced , as Pope used to say of him , without under- standing Spanish . Warburton added a supplement to the preface of Jervas's translation , on the origin of romances of chivalry , which was ...
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... translated into Latin . His style is simple , insinuating , and affecting , though now a little antiquated . He published also a translation of Grotius's tract " De Veritate Religionis Christianæ . " JEWEI . ( JOHN ) , a learned prelate ...
... translated into Latin . His style is simple , insinuating , and affecting , though now a little antiquated . He published also a translation of Grotius's tract " De Veritate Religionis Christianæ . " JEWEI . ( JOHN ) , a learned prelate ...
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... translation of it was printed at Oxford , in 1614 , 8vo . was likewise translated into Welsh , Oxford , 1571. The Eng- lish translation by the lady Bacon , wife to sir Nicolas Ba- con , was entitled " An Apology or Answer in Defence of ...
... translation of it was printed at Oxford , in 1614 , 8vo . was likewise translated into Welsh , Oxford , 1571. The Eng- lish translation by the lady Bacon , wife to sir Nicolas Ba- con , was entitled " An Apology or Answer in Defence of ...
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... Translation re- tained in our Common Prayer - Book , " published in 1706 . The next book he wrote was the " Clergyman's Vade - Me- cum , " 1708 , which went through five editions , and was followed , in 1709 , by a second part . In 1710 ...
... Translation re- tained in our Common Prayer - Book , " published in 1706 . The next book he wrote was the " Clergyman's Vade - Me- cum , " 1708 , which went through five editions , and was followed , in 1709 , by a second part . In 1710 ...
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Էջ 151 - Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances.
Էջ 70 - Some time in March I finished the ' Lives of the Poets,' which I wrote in my usual way, dilatorily and hastily, unwilling to work, and working with vigour and haste.
Էջ 416 - This often betrayed him into indecent and undutiful expressions with respect to the queen's person and conduct. Those very qualities, however, which now render his character less amiable, fitted him to be the instrument of providence for advancing the reformation among a fierce people, and enabled him to face dangers, and to surmount opposition, from which a person of a more gentle spirit would have been apt to shrink back.
Էջ 14 - Oh lasting as those colours may they shine, Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line ; New graces yearly like thy works display, • Soft without weakness, without glaring gay; Led by some rule, that guides, but not constrains; And finish'd more through happiness than pains.
Էջ 311 - He was soliciting the earl of Arran to speak to his brother the duke of Ormond, to get a chaplain's place established in the garrison of Hull for Mr. Fiddes, a 'clergyman in that neighbourhood, who had lately been in gaol, and published sermons to pay fees.
Էջ 28 - Her unexperienced mind, working day and night on this favourite object, mistook the impulses of passion for heavenly inspirations; and she fancied that she saw visions, and heard voices, exhorting her to reestablish the throne of France, and to expel the foreign invaders.
Էջ 131 - But what appears to me," adds his lordship, " more particularly to have enabled him to employ his talents so much to his own and the public advantage, was the regular allotment of his time to particular occupations, and a scrupulous adherence to the distribution which he had fixed : hence all his studies were pursued without interruption or confusion.
Էջ 318 - The State of the printed Hebrew Text of the Old Testament considered.
Էջ 313 - Parochial Antiquities Attempted in the History of Ambrosden, Burcester, and other Adjacent Parts in the Counties of Oxford and Bucks.
Էջ 406 - But none of our writers can, in my opinion justly contest the superiority of Knolles, who, in his history of the Turks, has displayed all the excellencies that narration can admit.