The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 31J. Nichols, 1817 - Biography |
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... translation of Corneille's Pompey ; and is said to have added his help to that of Cowley in the original draught of the Rehearsal . The care of his fortune , which Clarendon imputes to him in a degree little less than criminal , was ...
... translation of Corneille's Pompey ; and is said to have added his help to that of Cowley in the original draught of the Rehearsal . The care of his fortune , which Clarendon imputes to him in a degree little less than criminal , was ...
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... translation of Homer without raptures His opinion concerning the duty of a poet is contained in his declaration , that " he would blot from this works any line , that did not contain some motive to virtue . " For his merit as a poet ...
... translation of Homer without raptures His opinion concerning the duty of a poet is contained in his declaration , that " he would blot from this works any line , that did not contain some motive to virtue . " For his merit as a poet ...
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... translated out of French into English . ' Tis true , that af- terwards some other letters of other persons , which had been occasionally intercepted , were brought to my hands ; some of which I did decypher , and some of them I did not ...
... translated out of French into English . ' Tis true , that af- terwards some other letters of other persons , which had been occasionally intercepted , were brought to my hands ; some of which I did decypher , and some of them I did not ...
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... translation of part of Hentzner's Travels , lord Whitworth's account of Russia , Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury , & c . By limiting the number of copies of each work , and part- ing with them only as presents , he created a species of ...
... translation of part of Hentzner's Travels , lord Whitworth's account of Russia , Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury , & c . By limiting the number of copies of each work , and part- ing with them only as presents , he created a species of ...
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... translation joined therewith , and an apparatus fitted to each for the better understanding of those tongues . In this great work , so far as related to the correcting of it at the press , and the col- lating of copies , he had the ...
... translation joined therewith , and an apparatus fitted to each for the better understanding of those tongues . In this great work , so far as related to the correcting of it at the press , and the col- lating of copies , he had the ...
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Page 436 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words : "I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore; and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Page 69 - But why then publish * Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I could write...
Page 119 - ... perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit.
Page 440 - I might, perhaps, have accepted of less ; but that Paul Whitehead had a little before got ten guineas for a poem and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead.
Page 22 - ... enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, so to cover them that they were not taken notice of to his reproach ; — viz., a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree ; an abjectness and want of courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking ; an insinuation and servile flattery to the height the vainest and most imperious nature could be contented with...
Page 266 - Table, and ordered by the King to deliver his official Opinion on the point ; stated in the most precise terms, that any such Assemblage might be dispersed by military force, without waiting for Forms, or reading the Act in Question. " Is that your Declaration of the Law, as Attorney-general ?" said the King. Wedderburn answering decidedly in the affirmative, " Then so let it be done,
Page 194 - ... the learned author of the Essay on the Life and Writings of Pope; a book which teaches how the brow of criticism may be smoothed, and how she may be enabled, with all her severity, to attract and to delight.
Page 297 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver iis out of thine hand, O king.
Page 36 - Church government by Archbishops, Bishops, their Chancellors and Commissaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy), superstition, heresy, schism, profaneness, and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound doctrine and the power of godliness...
Page 396 - Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery, he early fixed his residence in his native village, where he spent the greater part of his life in literary occupations, and especially in the study of nature. This he followed with patient assiduity, and a mind ever open to the lessons of piety and benevolence which such a study is so well calculated to afford. Though several occasions offered of settling upon a college living, he could never persuade himself to...