A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period ...G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798 |
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... these geniufes of the first magni- tude , that was the proper feafon of blooming towards maturity . He was 28 years old , when he fet forward upon his tra- vels to Greece and Afia ; the fashionable tour of all thofe , who travelled ...
... these geniufes of the first magni- tude , that was the proper feafon of blooming towards maturity . He was 28 years old , when he fet forward upon his tra- vels to Greece and Afia ; the fashionable tour of all thofe , who travelled ...
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... These were the competitors ; and in this competition the practice of bribing was carried on as openly and as fhamefully by Antonius and Catiline , as it ufually is at our elections here in England : fo openly , in fhort , that the ...
... These were the competitors ; and in this competition the practice of bribing was carried on as openly and as fhamefully by Antonius and Catiline , as it ufually is at our elections here in England : fo openly , in fhort , that the ...
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... join with his friends in the city . The ambaffadors were examined next ; who declared , that they had received letters to their nation from Lentulus , Cethegus , and and Statius . These letters were produced and read , 24 CICERO .
... join with his friends in the city . The ambaffadors were examined next ; who declared , that they had received letters to their nation from Lentulus , Cethegus , and and Statius . These letters were produced and read , 24 CICERO .
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... These letters were produced and read , which fo dejected and confounded the confpirators , that they had nothing to fay . After the criminals were withdrawn and committed to clofe cuftody , the fenate went into a debate upon the state ...
... These letters were produced and read , which fo dejected and confounded the confpirators , that they had nothing to fay . After the criminals were withdrawn and committed to clofe cuftody , the fenate went into a debate upon the state ...
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... These preferments were , of all others , the most ardently defired by the great , for the advantages they afforded both of acquiring power , and amaffing wealth : yet they had no charms for Cicero , but were indeed difa- greeable to his ...
... These preferments were , of all others , the most ardently defired by the great , for the advantages they afforded both of acquiring power , and amaffing wealth : yet they had no charms for Cicero , but were indeed difa- greeable to his ...
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Страница 205 - Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted aisle; We'll listenLeonora. Hark! Almeria. No, all is hush'd and still as death, — Tis dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity!
Страница 137 - ... 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. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Страница 205 - And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Страница 318 - ... to lie Spenser's works; this I happened to fall upon, and was infinitely delighted with the stories of the knights and giants and monsters and brave houses which I found everywhere there...
Страница 503 - Davenant. It being forbidden him in the rebellious times to act tragedies and comedies, because they contained some matter of scandal to those good people who could more easily dispossess their lawful sovereign than endure a wanton jest, he was forced to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue writ in verse, and performed in recitative music.
Страница 477 - His unusual dress and figure, when he was in London, never failed to draw after him a great crowd of boys, and other young people, who constantly attended at his lodgings, and followed him with huzzas, as he went to court, or returned from it. As he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their civilities...
Страница 150 - By degrees I gained his confidence ; and one day was admitted to him when he was immured by a bailiff that was prowling in the street. On this occasion recourse was had to the booksellers, who, on the credit of a translation of Aristotle's Poetics...
Страница 477 - ... attended at his lodgings, and followed him with huzzas, as he went to court, or returned from it. As he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their civilities, when he left them at the door, to go...
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Страница 204 - His scenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or passion : his personages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smartness is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations.