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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... house to a river , called Fibrenus ; which was divided into two equal ftreams by a little ifland , covered with trees and a portico , contrived both for ftudy and exercise , whi- ther Cicero ufed to retire , when he had any particular ...
... house to a river , called Fibrenus ; which was divided into two equal ftreams by a little ifland , covered with trees and a portico , contrived both for ftudy and exercise , whi- ther Cicero ufed to retire , when he had any particular ...
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... house ; informing them not only of the defign , but nam- ing the men who were to execute it , and the very hour when they would be at his gate . All which fell out exactly as he foretold ; for the two knights came before break of day ...
... house ; informing them not only of the defign , but nam- ing the men who were to execute it , and the very hour when they would be at his gate . All which fell out exactly as he foretold ; for the two knights came before break of day ...
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... house coft him near 30,000l . and feems to have been one of the nobleft in Rome . It was built about 30 years before , by the famous tribune M. Livius Drufus ; on which occafion we are told , that when the architect promifed to build it ...
... house coft him near 30,000l . and feems to have been one of the nobleft in Rome . It was built about 30 years before , by the famous tribune M. Livius Drufus ; on which occafion we are told , that when the architect promifed to build it ...
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... house , which could not yet be done without the fuffrage of the people . Cæfar was at the bottom of the fcheme , and Pompey fecretly favoured it : not that they intended to ruin Cicero , but to keep him only un- der the lafh ; and if ...
... house , which could not yet be done without the fuffrage of the people . Cæfar was at the bottom of the fcheme , and Pompey fecretly favoured it : not that they intended to ruin Cicero , but to keep him only un- der the lafh ; and if ...
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... houses , which laft were built up again by himself with more magnificence than be- fore . But he had domeftic grievances about this time , which touched him very nearly ; and which , as he fignifies obfcurely to Atticus , were of too ...
... houses , which laft were built up again by himself with more magnificence than be- fore . But he had domeftic grievances about this time , which touched him very nearly ; and which , as he fignifies obfcurely to Atticus , were of too ...
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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.