Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, 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 1author, 1812 |
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... paper of 1709 , that there were then actually published every week 55 regular papers 3 " besides a vast number of Postscripts , and other scandalous and .seditious papers and pamphlets , that were hawked about the streets . " Many of ...
... paper of 1709 , that there were then actually published every week 55 regular papers 3 " besides a vast number of Postscripts , and other scandalous and .seditious papers and pamphlets , that were hawked about the streets . " Many of ...
Pagina 44
... paper , called " The Briton , " Feb. 19 , 1724 , speaks of him as then just dead ; and adds , " he was a man of tall stature , red face , short black hair , lived in the city , and had a numerous poetical issue ; but shared the ...
... paper , called " The Briton , " Feb. 19 , 1724 , speaks of him as then just dead ; and adds , " he was a man of tall stature , red face , short black hair , lived in the city , and had a numerous poetical issue ; but shared the ...
Pagina 47
... paper " for the Curious . " § In speaking of the fifth Discourse of Bp . Bull , concerning the State of Man before the Fall , & c . ( which had long been in the hands of Dr. Fowler , Bishop of Gloucester , ) Mr. Nelson says , " Whatever ...
... paper " for the Curious . " § In speaking of the fifth Discourse of Bp . Bull , concerning the State of Man before the Fall , & c . ( which had long been in the hands of Dr. Fowler , Bishop of Gloucester , ) Mr. Nelson says , " Whatever ...
Pagina 56
... paper , and reprinted the said 18 sheets , to make good the number . And whereas Richard Smith , proprietor of the paper mentioned in the annexed accompt to be burnt [ to the amount of 136l . 11s . ] did , on the 6th of February , 1712 ...
... paper , and reprinted the said 18 sheets , to make good the number . And whereas Richard Smith , proprietor of the paper mentioned in the annexed accompt to be burnt [ to the amount of 136l . 11s . ] did , on the 6th of February , 1712 ...
Pagina 57
... paper . Mr. Howel's copy of his third volume of his Sy- nopsis Canonum ; and several other books . " The following authentic papers are a proof of the general benevolence of that age , and will shew the very high opinion that was ...
... paper . Mr. Howel's copy of his third volume of his Sy- nopsis Canonum ; and several other books . " The following authentic papers are a proof of the general benevolence of that age , and will shew the very high opinion that was ...
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Pagina 344 - Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
Pagina 180 - ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE , Of YORK. MARINER: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of the Great River of OROONOQUE; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. WITH An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by PYRATES. Written by Himself.
Pagina 22 - An English-Saxon Homily on the Birth-day of St. Gregory, anciently used in the English-Saxon Church, giving an account of the Conversion of the English from Paganism to Christianity; translated into modern English, with Notes, &c. by Elizabeth Elstob, 8vo.
Pagina 57 - The Difference between an absolute and limited Monarchy, as it more particularly regards the English Constitution...
Pagina 78 - It is unpleasant to relate that the bookseller, after all his hopes and all his liberality, was, by a very unjust and illegal action, defrauded of his profit '. An edition of the English Iliad...
Pagina 127 - Anglicantf ; or, an Essay towards deducing a regular Succession of all the principal Dignitaries in each Cathedral, Collegiate Church, or Chapel (now in being), in those Parts of Great Britain called England and Wales, from the first Erection thereof to the present Year 1715 ; containing...
Pagina 385 - Dr. Swift came into the coffee-house, and had a bow' from every body but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him. When I came to the anti-chamber to wait before prayers, Dr.
Pagina 212 - Attick, the Roman, and especially the Jewish, with an Appendix concerning our old English Money and Measures of Content.
Pagina 386 - Davenant to be sent abroad, and took out his pocket-book and wrote down several things as memoranda to do for him. He turned to the fire and took out his gold watch, and telling him the time of day, complained it was very late. A gentleman said he was too fast. 'How can I help it...
Pagina 386 - Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope, a papist, who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe; for, says he, the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.