The English Gentleman's Library Manual: Or, A Guide to the Formation of a Library of Select Literature; Accompanied with Original Notices, Biographical and Critical, of Authors and BooksW. Goodhugh, 1827 - 392페이지 |
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... Poems , by several of the present wits , in octavo . A Sermon preached at S. P. T. by the late Usurper , Oliver Crom- well , quarto , price 3d Nathaniel Crouch was the compiler of a number of little books which were hawked about in the ...
... Poems , by several of the present wits , in octavo . A Sermon preached at S. P. T. by the late Usurper , Oliver Crom- well , quarto , price 3d Nathaniel Crouch was the compiler of a number of little books which were hawked about in the ...
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... poem , sup- posed to have been written by William Shipper , which , from its viru- lent abuse of the opposite party , was extremely popular among the Tories . By his success in trade , Tonson had acquired a sufficient sum to purchase an ...
... poem , sup- posed to have been written by William Shipper , which , from its viru- lent abuse of the opposite party , was extremely popular among the Tories . By his success in trade , Tonson had acquired a sufficient sum to purchase an ...
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... Poems , in the preface of which , they were attributed to a lady of quality , Mr. Pope , or Mr. Gay . Curll was , on many accounts , obnoxious to Pope . The mode of revenge , however , does as little credit to Pope's philosophy and good ...
... Poems , in the preface of which , they were attributed to a lady of quality , Mr. Pope , or Mr. Gay . Curll was , on many accounts , obnoxious to Pope . The mode of revenge , however , does as little credit to Pope's philosophy and good ...
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... poems ; he excused himself . by declaring that one of his authors ( Mr. Oldmixon by name , ) gave the copies to the press , and wrote the preface . Upon this , Mr. Pope , being to all appearances satisfied , very civilly drank a glass ...
... poems ; he excused himself . by declaring that one of his authors ( Mr. Oldmixon by name , ) gave the copies to the press , and wrote the preface . Upon this , Mr. Pope , being to all appearances satisfied , very civilly drank a glass ...
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... poems and proposed prizes for the best performances . The first prize was fifty pounds , for which , being but newly acquainted with wealth , and thinking the influence of fifty pounds irresistible , he expected the first authors in the ...
... poems and proposed prizes for the best performances . The first prize was fifty pounds , for which , being but newly acquainted with wealth , and thinking the influence of fifty pounds irresistible , he expected the first authors in the ...
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105 페이지 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
138 페이지 - I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
10 페이지 - My advice, however, is, that you attempt, from time to time, an original sermon; and, in the labour of composition, do not burden your mind with too much at once; do not exact from yourself at one effort of excogitation, propriety of thought and elegance of expression. Invent first, and then embellish.
303 페이지 - Why, Sir, that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use ; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors." He then called to the boy, "What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts ? " " Sir (said the boy), I would give what I have.
234 페이지 - ... still to draw a tear of pity, or a throb of admiration, from the hearts of a forgetful generation. The body of their poetry, probably, can never be revived ; but some sparks of its spirit may yet be preserved in a narrower and feebler frame.
45 페이지 - I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation; English, Scotch, and Irish, Whig and Tory, churchman and sectary, free-thinker and religionist, patriot and courtier, united in their rage against the man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I and the Earl of Strafford...
135 페이지 - Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. Before his time they were careless of arrangement, and did not mind whether a sentence ended with an important word or an insignificant word, or with what part of speech it was concluded.
96 페이지 - Life of Andrew Melville. Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Scotland in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Crown 8vo, 6s. History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Italy in the Sixteenth Century.
139 페이지 - OF all the men distinguished in this or any other age, Dr. Johnson has left upon posterity the strongest and most vivid impression, so far as person, manners, disposition, and conversation are concerned.
28 페이지 - Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little...