The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 19Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1815 |
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... written by Dr. Laurence Humfrey , who also wrote an account of his life , to which are prefixed se- veral copies of verses in honour of him . Dr. Jewel was of a thin habit of body , which he exhausted by intense appli- cation to his ...
... written by Dr. Laurence Humfrey , who also wrote an account of his life , to which are prefixed se- veral copies of verses in honour of him . Dr. Jewel was of a thin habit of body , which he exhausted by intense appli- cation to his ...
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... written by a friar named Gerhard , and published in 1250. Joachim died in 1202 , leaving a number of followers , who were called Joachimites . His works have been published in Venice , 1516 , folio , & c . and contain propositions which ...
... written by a friar named Gerhard , and published in 1250. Joachim died in 1202 , leaving a number of followers , who were called Joachimites . His works have been published in Venice , 1516 , folio , & c . and contain propositions which ...
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... writing verses ; so that though his French poems were much admired when their author was living , it now requires great patience to read them . The same cannot , however , be said of his Latin poetry , which is written in a more pure ...
... writing verses ; so that though his French poems were much admired when their author was living , it now requires great patience to read them . The same cannot , however , be said of his Latin poetry , which is written in a more pure ...
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... written to expose the doctrine , then generally received , of passive obedience , was answered by Dr. Hickes , in a piece entitled " Jovian , & c . " to which Johnson drew up a reply , under the title of " Julian's arts to undermine and ...
... written to expose the doctrine , then generally received , of passive obedience , was answered by Dr. Hickes , in a piece entitled " Jovian , & c . " to which Johnson drew up a reply , under the title of " Julian's arts to undermine and ...
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... written by the late Dr. Farmer , and obligingly given to the writer of this life by Mr. Nichols , it appears that he was considered as the conductor or edi- tor of the Magazine for some time , and received an hun- dred pounds per annum ...
... written by the late Dr. Farmer , and obligingly given to the writer of this life by Mr. Nichols , it appears that he was considered as the conductor or edi- tor of the Magazine for some time , and received an hun- dred pounds per annum ...
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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...