Anecdotes of Some Distingushed Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries, Volum 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1796 |
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... good advice it gives , seems par- ticularly fuited to the fituation of affairs in thefe times of alarm and danger * . * In the Summer of 1794 . B4 MY < 6 MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN , " HIS Majestie DISTINGUISHED PERSONS . 7.
... good advice it gives , seems par- ticularly fuited to the fituation of affairs in thefe times of alarm and danger * . * In the Summer of 1794 . B4 MY < 6 MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN , " HIS Majestie DISTINGUISHED PERSONS . 7.
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... seem to you no " lefs than a miracle , that my habitation is " inter vivos . I was loth to affright you with a " letter from my hands , therefore I made bold with a friend to transcribe thefe lines . " I know that you are fenfible of my ...
... seem to you no " lefs than a miracle , that my habitation is " inter vivos . I was loth to affright you with a " letter from my hands , therefore I made bold with a friend to transcribe thefe lines . " I know that you are fenfible of my ...
Side 86
... him all agree in representing him as a man of a very fagacious and penetrating coun- tenance , and of a body much extenuated by men- tal labour and fatigue . SAMUEL : SAMUEL BUTLER . IT seems strange that Charles the 86 ANECDOTES OF SOME.
... him all agree in representing him as a man of a very fagacious and penetrating coun- tenance , and of a body much extenuated by men- tal labour and fatigue . SAMUEL : SAMUEL BUTLER . IT seems strange that Charles the 86 ANECDOTES OF SOME.
Side 87
... seems strange that Charles the Second and his Ministers should have taken no notice of But- ler , whofe writings have contributed more than the efforts of all the other Writers of that time to make the Puritans ridiculous . Wood fays ...
... seems strange that Charles the Second and his Ministers should have taken no notice of But- ler , whofe writings have contributed more than the efforts of all the other Writers of that time to make the Puritans ridiculous . Wood fays ...
Side 97
... seems " that his Highness + ( who fees a good way be- " fore him ) had layd fometime fince a perfect " foundation of Government I mean by the The Earl of Devonshire , + Oliver Cromwell . VOL . II . H " Mai " Ma : Gen's reducing us to ...
... seems " that his Highness + ( who fees a good way be- " fore him ) had layd fometime fince a perfect " foundation of Government I mean by the The Earl of Devonshire , + Oliver Cromwell . VOL . II . H " Mai " Ma : Gen's reducing us to ...
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Side 326 - What the back-ground is in painting, in architecture is the real ground on which the building is erected ; and no architect took greater care than he that his work should not appear crude and hard : that is, it did not abruptly start out of the ground without expectation or preparation.
Side 365 - ... them in a superior manner did not always preserve, when they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape.
Side 20 - Turks' man of war tacked about, and we continued our course. But when your father saw it convenient to retreat, looking upon me, he blessed himself, and snatched me up in his arms, saying, ' Good God, that love can make this change !' and though he seemingly chid me, he would laugh at it as often as he remembered that voyage.
Side 62 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Side 47 - ... make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their...
Side 49 - It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him; together with a lively briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination.
Side 16 - ... if I would ask my husband privately, he would tell me what he found in the packet, and I might tell her. I, that was young and innocent, and to that day had never in my mouth
Side 19 - ... which would make the Turks think we were a man-of-war, but if they saw women they would take us for merchants and board us. He went upon...
Side 324 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Side 48 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.