Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Հատոր 41835 |
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... translator of Mad . D. 17 Account , p . 19 . Coxe's Marlborough , vol . i . p . 48. Account of the Dutchess of Marl . p . 38 . 9 She called him , The monster , caliban , Dutch abortion . " Coxe , vol . i . p . 48 . " In some of the ...
... translator of Mad . D. 17 Account , p . 19 . Coxe's Marlborough , vol . i . p . 48. Account of the Dutchess of Marl . p . 38 . 9 She called him , The monster , caliban , Dutch abortion . " Coxe , vol . i . p . 48 . " In some of the ...
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... translated into most European languages . It was first published in three vols . 8vo . , London , 1697 . We shall present our readers with one passage from Dampier's nar rative , which sufficiently proves that he was an acute observer ...
... translated into most European languages . It was first published in three vols . 8vo . , London , 1697 . We shall present our readers with one passage from Dampier's nar rative , which sufficiently proves that he was an acute observer ...
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... translation of Machiavelli's works , edition 1680 . Charles , Earl of Halifax . BORN A. D. 1661. — died a . D. 1715 . • CHARLES , earl of Halifax , a native of Horton , in Northampton- shire , was born on the 16th of April , 1661 , and ...
... translation of Machiavelli's works , edition 1680 . Charles , Earl of Halifax . BORN A. D. 1661. — died a . D. 1715 . • CHARLES , earl of Halifax , a native of Horton , in Northampton- shire , was born on the 16th of April , 1661 , and ...
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... translation of the epistles of Dido to Æn- eas , and of Ariadne to Theseus from Ovid ; and soon after , he is sup- posed to have written the poem , entitled ' Dryden's Satire to his Muse , ' a work of very considerable power and much ...
... translation of the epistles of Dido to Æn- eas , and of Ariadne to Theseus from Ovid ; and soon after , he is sup- posed to have written the poem , entitled ' Dryden's Satire to his Muse , ' a work of very considerable power and much ...
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... translated into foreign languages . It received the high appro- bation of the author of the Characteristics , ' who thus writes to Moles- worth , many years after its publication : " You have long had my heart , even before I knew you ...
... translated into foreign languages . It received the high appro- bation of the author of the Characteristics , ' who thus writes to Moles- worth , many years after its publication : " You have long had my heart , even before I knew you ...
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Էջ 75 - An Act for the Amendment of the Law, and the better Advancement of Justice...
Էջ 265 - The cause of Congreve was not tenable: whatever glosses he might use for the defence or palliation of single passages, the general tenour and tendency of his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better ; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be regulated.
Էջ 397 - I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits, as have to do with her.
Էջ 210 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God...
Էջ 56 - Trevor, and who was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles II.
Էջ 275 - The difficulties and discouragements which attend the Study of the Scriptures, in the way of private judgment...
Էջ 398 - I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light.
Էջ 53 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.
Էջ 254 - The university approved the contents of this letter, and accordingly created Mr. AtterburyD.D. Our author's work was entitled, "The Rights, Powers, and Privileges of an English Convocation, stated and vindicated, in answer to a late book of Dr.
Էջ 423 - We were all, at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event ; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say, ' It will do — it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them.