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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... Poets , 241 . Thomson , 256 . Notices respecting the Family and Connections of Thomson , 256 . TRANSLATIONS , 304 . LOUNGING Books , 306 . PHILOLOGY , 308 . Study of Languages , 311 . ENCYCLOPÆDIAS , 314 . VOYAGES AND TRAVELS , 315 . In ...
... Poets , 241 . Thomson , 256 . Notices respecting the Family and Connections of Thomson , 256 . TRANSLATIONS , 304 . LOUNGING Books , 306 . PHILOLOGY , 308 . Study of Languages , 311 . ENCYCLOPÆDIAS , 314 . VOYAGES AND TRAVELS , 315 . In ...
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... poets witty , the mathema- tics subtle , natural philosophy deep , moral , grave , logic and rhetoric able to contend . Lord Bacon . A writer in the 63rd number of the Quarterly Review , justly complains of our poverty in works of ...
... poets witty , the mathema- tics subtle , natural philosophy deep , moral , grave , logic and rhetoric able to contend . Lord Bacon . A writer in the 63rd number of the Quarterly Review , justly complains of our poverty in works of ...
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... , Chrono- logical , and Geographical Atlas , by Lavoisne , coloured , folio , 67 6s TOONE . The Chronological Historian , 2 vols . 8vo . 1 / 12s 6d 1 Greek Literature . They who study the poets only MODERN HISTORY . 35.
... , Chrono- logical , and Geographical Atlas , by Lavoisne , coloured , folio , 67 6s TOONE . The Chronological Historian , 2 vols . 8vo . 1 / 12s 6d 1 Greek Literature . They who study the poets only MODERN HISTORY . 35.
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... poets only , resemble him , who , captivated with the enjoyments of the fountain , reposes himself by it without regard- ing the fertility of the surrounding field and the luxuriance of the fruit which are the products of its expanding ...
... poets only , resemble him , who , captivated with the enjoyments of the fountain , reposes himself by it without regard- ing the fertility of the surrounding field and the luxuriance of the fruit which are the products of its expanding ...
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... The most eloquent old history we have , is that by Samuel Daniel , a poet of no mean rank . Though he wrote more than half a century before Milton , his style appears much more modern . His Continuator , Trussel , is HISTORY . 43.
... The most eloquent old history we have , is that by Samuel Daniel , a poet of no mean rank . Though he wrote more than half a century before Milton , his style appears much more modern . His Continuator , Trussel , is HISTORY . 43.
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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...