The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 19Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1815 |
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... collection of poems , characteristic of the Roman heroes , published in 1794 , which exhibited much taste and elegance of versification . About the same time he published anonymously , " The Confession of James Baptiste Couteau , " 2 ...
... collection of poems , characteristic of the Roman heroes , published in 1794 , which exhibited much taste and elegance of versification . About the same time he published anonymously , " The Confession of James Baptiste Couteau , " 2 ...
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... collected an excellent library of books ; but Rome , he thought , would not be a proper place to reside in : it was not only too noisy and tu- multuous for him , but as yet had too much of the old leaven of Paganism in it . He had ...
... collected an excellent library of books ; but Rome , he thought , would not be a proper place to reside in : it was not only too noisy and tu- multuous for him , but as yet had too much of the old leaven of Paganism in it . He had ...
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... collected in himself ; and not only contemning , but seeming even desirous of death . The greatest character in ancient story could not possibly go beyond him . If there is any justice in history , this man will be admired by all ...
... collected in himself ; and not only contemning , but seeming even desirous of death . The greatest character in ancient story could not possibly go beyond him . If there is any justice in history , this man will be admired by all ...
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... collection of records in Part III . of Burnet's " History of the Reformation . " JOACHIM , abbot of Corazzo , and afterwards of Flora in Calabria , distinguished for his pretended prophecies and remarkable opinions , was born at Celico ...
... collection of records in Part III . of Burnet's " History of the Reformation . " JOACHIM , abbot of Corazzo , and afterwards of Flora in Calabria , distinguished for his pretended prophecies and remarkable opinions , was born at Celico ...
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... collection of inscriptions , which he dedi- cated to Lorenzo de Medici . He was some time at the court of the emperor Maximilian I. and thence went to France about 1500 , where Louis X. appointed him royal architect . He built at Paris ...
... collection of inscriptions , which he dedi- cated to Lorenzo de Medici . He was some time at the court of the emperor Maximilian I. and thence went to France about 1500 , where Louis X. appointed him royal architect . He built at Paris ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 414 - 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.
Page 187 - Whilst Alypius, assisted by the governor of the province, urged, with vigour and diligence, the execution of the work, horrible balls of fire breaking out near the foundations, with frequent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, from time to time, inaccessible to the scorched and blasted workmen; and the victorious element continuing in this manner obstinately and resolutely bent, as it were, to drive them to a distance, the undertaking was abandoned.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 311 - Parochial Antiquities Attempted in the History of Ambrosden, Burcester, and other Adjacent Parts in the Counties of Oxford and Bucks.
Page 226 - This strange oration is highly praised in Holwell's third part of Interesting Events relating to Bengal. For publishing Modest Remarks on the late Bishop Sherlock's Sermons, he was confined in Clerkenwell Bridewell from June 15, 1756, till June 10, 1758, during which period he published Reasons offered for the Reformation of the House of Correction in Clerkenwell.
Page 49 - Mr Wentworth. Having gone through the rudiments of classic literature, he returned to his father's house, and was probably intended for the trade of a bookseller. He has been heard to say that he could bind a book. At the end of two years, being then about nineteen, he went to assist the studies of a young gentleman, of the name of Corbet, to the university of Oxford ; and on the 31st of October 1728, both were entered of Pembroke College ; Corbet as a gentleman-commoner, and Johnson as a commoner.
Page 156 - ... of every word and action of those about him (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth) . A dissembler of ill parts which...