A New and 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 of Time to the Present Period ...G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798 |
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... says another : and upon his replying with fome in- dignation , No , I come from Sicily ; a third , who ftood by , and had a mind to be thought wiser , faid prefently , How ! did not you know that Cicero was quæftor of Syracufe ? Upon ...
... says another : and upon his replying with fome in- dignation , No , I come from Sicily ; a third , who ftood by , and had a mind to be thought wiser , faid prefently , How ! did not you know that Cicero was quæftor of Syracufe ? Upon ...
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... say for his client . Verres , defpairing of all defence , fubmitted im mediately , without expecting the sentence , to a voluntary exile ; where he lived many years , forgotten and deferted by all his friends , He is faid to have been ...
... say for his client . Verres , defpairing of all defence , fubmitted im mediately , without expecting the sentence , to a voluntary exile ; where he lived many years , forgotten and deferted by all his friends , He is faid to have been ...
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... says , " to be one of the molt glorious actions of his life , and to afford undeniable conviction that he was in carneft in his religion . " In 1728 was published , " A letter from Dr. Clarke to Mr. Benjamin Hoadly , F. R. S. occafioned ...
... says , " to be one of the molt glorious actions of his life , and to afford undeniable conviction that he was in carneft in his religion . " In 1728 was published , " A letter from Dr. Clarke to Mr. Benjamin Hoadly , F. R. S. occafioned ...
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... says , that he was a heathen ; and Paulus Orofius the hiftorian , who like- wife flourished about that time , fays the fame . Gyraldus there- fore justly blames the ignorant credulity of Barthius and others , who have imputed thefe ...
... says , that he was a heathen ; and Paulus Orofius the hiftorian , who like- wife flourished about that time , fays the fame . Gyraldus there- fore justly blames the ignorant credulity of Barthius and others , who have imputed thefe ...
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... says , there is no more neceflity for anfwering always the calumnies of critics than of divines . The truth is , he plainly faw that he had given fome reason for the exceptions that were made , and therefore thought it better to be ...
... says , there is no more neceflity for anfwering always the calumnies of critics than of divines . The truth is , he plainly faw that he had given fome reason for the exceptions that were made , and therefore thought it better to be ...
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Página 205 - Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted aisle; We'll listenLeonora. Hark! Almeria. No, all is hush'd and still as death, — Tis dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity!
Página 137 - ... because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Página 205 - And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Página 318 - ... to lie Spenser's works; this I happened to fall upon, and was infinitely delighted with the stories of the knights and giants and monsters and brave houses which I found everywhere there...
Página 503 - Davenant. It being forbidden him in the rebellious times to act tragedies and comedies, because they contained some matter of scandal to those good people who could more easily dispossess their lawful sovereign than endure a wanton jest, he was forced to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue writ in verse, and performed in recitative music.
Página 477 - His unusual dress and figure, when he was in London, never failed to draw after him a great crowd of boys, and other young people, who constantly attended at his lodgings, and followed him with huzzas, as he went to court, or returned from it. As he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their civilities...
Página 150 - By degrees I gained his confidence ; and one day was admitted to him when he was immured by a bailiff that was prowling in the street. On this occasion recourse was had to the booksellers, who, on the credit of a translation of Aristotle's Poetics...
Página 477 - ... attended at his lodgings, and followed him with huzzas, as he went to court, or returned from it. As he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their civilities, when he left them at the door, to go...
Página 142 - The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...
Página 204 - His scenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or passion : his personages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smartness is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations.