Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius, Natives of Great Britain and Ireland, During the Last Three Centuries: Indicative of Their Manners, Opinions, Habits, and Peculiarities, Interspersed with Reflections, and Historical and Literary IllustrationsJ. Cundee, 1808 - Всего страниц: 552 |
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... conversation , their fami- liar habits and most retired privacies . It is thus only that Biography can be of practical use , for the great end of moral and intellectual improvement . This has been the principal aim in the compilation of ...
... conversation , their fami- liar habits and most retired privacies . It is thus only that Biography can be of practical use , for the great end of moral and intellectual improvement . This has been the principal aim in the compilation of ...
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... conversation , their fami- liar habits and most retired privacies . It is thus only that Biography can be of practical use , for the great end of moral and intellectual improvement . This has been the principal aim in the compilation of ...
... conversation , their fami- liar habits and most retired privacies . It is thus only that Biography can be of practical use , for the great end of moral and intellectual improvement . This has been the principal aim in the compilation of ...
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... conversation were such , thatthe king would hardly suffer him to be away from him ; to extricate himself from which attendance , he had recourse to an artifice which which is thus related by a biographer : - " 4 SIR THOMAS MORE .
... conversation were such , thatthe king would hardly suffer him to be away from him ; to extricate himself from which attendance , he had recourse to an artifice which which is thus related by a biographer : - " 4 SIR THOMAS MORE .
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... conversation respecting matrimony , observed , that the choice of a wife might be com- pared to that of a man's putting his hand into a bag full of snakes , among which was one eel ; " where he may , " says he , " chance to light upon ...
... conversation respecting matrimony , observed , that the choice of a wife might be com- pared to that of a man's putting his hand into a bag full of snakes , among which was one eel ; " where he may , " says he , " chance to light upon ...
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... conversation . Queen Elizabeth , being one day at the lord keeper's , took particular notice of Francis , and asked him his age , to whom he elegantly replied , ' that he was just two years younger than her ma- jesty's happy reign ...
... conversation . Queen Elizabeth , being one day at the lord keeper's , took particular notice of Francis , and asked him his age , to whom he elegantly replied , ' that he was just two years younger than her ma- jesty's happy reign ...
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Стр. 490 - Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Стр. 491 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Стр. 491 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Стр. 490 - World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the...
Стр. 490 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Стр. 188 - I have a particular reason," says he, " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for some years, as I went from time to time to visit him, in parcels of ten, twenty, or thirty verses at a time (which, being written by whatever hand came next, might possibly want correction as to the orthography and pointing...
Стр. 290 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Стр. 81 - Oxford. And I do now give you ten groats, to bear your charges to Exeter ; and here is ten groats more, which I charge you to deliver to your Mother and tell her I send her a Bishop's benediction with it, and beg the continuance of her prayers for me. And if you bring my horse back to me, I will give you ten groats more, to carry you on foot to the College : and so God bless you, good Richard.
Стр. 76 - He had disparaged himself by so dirty an employment,' his answer was, 'That the thought of what he had done would prove music to him at midnight; and that the omission of it would have upbraided and made discord in his conscience, whensoever he should pass by that place: for if I be...
Стр. 256 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, 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.