The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines, Patriots, Statemen, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accention of Henry VIII, to the Present Time, Volume 6J. Mawman, 1816 |
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Page 48
... racter , that he meditated writing an Eastern Tale , to be entitled The Man who loved to be in Distress . ' 6 By Savage , if we may trust his suspicious evi- dence , he was represented to Johnson , as possess- ing little of the delicacy ...
... racter , that he meditated writing an Eastern Tale , to be entitled The Man who loved to be in Distress . ' 6 By Savage , if we may trust his suspicious evi- dence , he was represented to Johnson , as possess- ing little of the delicacy ...
Page 90
... racter of a clergyman of the name of Cox ; " whether he be a good man , one of parts and learning , and how he is provided for . " - " No one ( he adds ) has recommended him to me : but his father was an ingenious man ; and I saw two ...
... racter of a clergyman of the name of Cox ; " whether he be a good man , one of parts and learning , and how he is provided for . " - " No one ( he adds ) has recommended him to me : but his father was an ingenious man ; and I saw two ...
Page 240
... racter , is worthy of being related . " I was invited , " said Goldsmith , " by my friend Percy to wait upon the Duke , in consequence of the satisfaction he had received from the perusal of one of my productions . I dressed myself in ...
... racter , is worthy of being related . " I was invited , " said Goldsmith , " by my friend Percy to wait upon the Duke , in consequence of the satisfaction he had received from the perusal of one of my productions . I dressed myself in ...
Page 303
... racter must not be considered as having been formed at Oxford . He read there indeed , " solidly , " Ho- mer and Euripides , and now and then a little epi- gram ; but even his favourite study of metaphysics received from him only a ...
... racter must not be considered as having been formed at Oxford . He read there indeed , " solidly , " Ho- mer and Euripides , and now and then a little epi- gram ; but even his favourite study of metaphysics received from him only a ...
Page 320
... racter ; and he obtained for it , likewise , the valuable assistance of the Rev. Thomas Warton .藤 In 1755 , the University of Oxford , at the solici- tation of his friend Warton , conferred upon him the degree of M. A. by diploma ...
... racter ; and he obtained for it , likewise , the valuable assistance of the Rev. Thomas Warton .藤 In 1755 , the University of Oxford , at the solici- tation of his friend Warton , conferred upon him the degree of M. A. by diploma ...
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