Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Boywer, Printer, F.S.A. and Many of His Learned Friends; an Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in this Kingdom During the Last Century; and Biographical Anecdotes of a Considerable Number of Eminent Writers and Ingenious Artists; with a Very Copious Index, Volume 2author, 1812 |
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Pagina 11
... thought you wd have now desired what you be- fore so deliberately refused , I wd certainly have preferred you to any other bookseller . All I cd now do was to speak to Mr. Gil- liver , as you requested , to give you the share you wd ...
... thought you wd have now desired what you be- fore so deliberately refused , I wd certainly have preferred you to any other bookseller . All I cd now do was to speak to Mr. Gil- liver , as you requested , to give you the share you wd ...
Pagina 31
... thought would be more universally read , out of dislike to the Bishop ; but , be- sides that I cared not to be at the pains of Englishing it , I thought it beneath the subject to print it in any other language but that in which his was ...
... thought would be more universally read , out of dislike to the Bishop ; but , be- sides that I cared not to be at the pains of Englishing it , I thought it beneath the subject to print it in any other language but that in which his was ...
Pagina 38
... thought ! ) can worn - out paintings please , Can mouldering fragments charın the sense like these ? Can proud antiques , those dear - bought , trifling toys , Resemble happier youth's substantial joys ? Can time - worn statues such a ...
... thought ! ) can worn - out paintings please , Can mouldering fragments charın the sense like these ? Can proud antiques , those dear - bought , trifling toys , Resemble happier youth's substantial joys ? Can time - worn statues such a ...
Pagina 40
... thought most adviseable that he should take refuge in England ; but he was in so little haste on this occasion , that he made a slow journey to Calais in a stage - coach ; and was detained there some time by a contrary wind , so that he ...
... thought most adviseable that he should take refuge in England ; but he was in so little haste on this occasion , that he made a slow journey to Calais in a stage - coach ; and was detained there some time by a contrary wind , so that he ...
Pagina 41
... thought there was no reason to wonder at , or blame my conduct . I convinced them of that point , and I believe there is an end of it . I shewed the Lieutenant the picture of Pere Cou- rayer hanging up in my room ; told him I had ...
... thought there was no reason to wonder at , or blame my conduct . I convinced them of that point , and I believe there is an end of it . I shewed the Lieutenant the picture of Pere Cou- rayer hanging up in my room ; told him I had ...
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Pagina 171 - Remarks on the Epistles of Cicero to Brutus, and of Brutus to Cicero, in a letter to a friend.
Pagina 101 - I therefore preached again,' says he, ' in the evening, and went home, never more surprised at any incident in my life. All behaved quite well, and were, in some degree, affected. The earl of Chesterfield thanked me, and said, ' Sir, I will not tell you what I shall tell others, how I approve of you ;