The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 18Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1814 |
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Pagina 23
... French . He is advised to complain to the prince that he cannot get paid in the exchequer , and peti- tion that his patent be removed into the haniper , but ob- serves this cannot be done because of the ordinance , ' for ' longe after ...
... French . He is advised to complain to the prince that he cannot get paid in the exchequer , and peti- tion that his patent be removed into the haniper , but ob- serves this cannot be done because of the ordinance , ' for ' longe after ...
Pagina 49
... French ; and an Italian transla- tion was published at Leghorn in 1761 . Hogarth had one failing in common with most people who attain wealth and eminence without the aid of liberal edu- cation . He affected to despise every kind of ...
... French ; and an Italian transla- tion was published at Leghorn in 1761 . Hogarth had one failing in common with most people who attain wealth and eminence without the aid of liberal edu- cation . He affected to despise every kind of ...
Pagina 62
... French . He wrote also a History of Denmark , in 3 vols . 4to , which has been consi- dered as the best that hitherto has been produced , though in some parts rather minute and uninteresting . Two vo- lumes of " Moral Thoughts , " and a ...
... French . He wrote also a History of Denmark , in 3 vols . 4to , which has been consi- dered as the best that hitherto has been produced , though in some parts rather minute and uninteresting . Two vo- lumes of " Moral Thoughts , " and a ...
Pagina 63
... French , German , and Italian languages . When about his twenty - fifth year , he conceived a passion for the stage , and his first performance was in Ireland . He had after- wards an engagement of the same kind in London , but never ...
... French , German , and Italian languages . When about his twenty - fifth year , he conceived a passion for the stage , and his first performance was in Ireland . He had after- wards an engagement of the same kind in London , but never ...
Pagina 72
... French Pharmacopoeia of Brice Bauderon . " A quib- bling epigram upon his translation of Suetonius has often been retailed in jest books : " Philemon with translations does so fill us , He will not let Suetonius be Tranquillus . " He ...
... French Pharmacopoeia of Brice Bauderon . " A quib- bling epigram upon his translation of Suetonius has often been retailed in jest books : " Philemon with translations does so fill us , He will not let Suetonius be Tranquillus . " He ...
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Pagina 249 - He has visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals or...
Pagina 249 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Pagina 304 - Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots.
Pagina 421 - Things Divine and Supernatural Conceived by Analogy with Things Natural and Human (1733) he asserts that knowledge of God's essence and attributes can bo only " analogical
Pagina 457 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend ; but what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Pagina 173 - He arose, fresh as the morning, to his task ; the silence of the night invited him to pursue it : and he can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every Psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneasiness but the last; for then he grieved that his work was done.
Pagina 306 - I now reckon upon a speedy dissolution. I have suffered very little pain from my disorder; and what is more strange...
Pagina 515 - Jewish Antiquities, or a Course of Lectures on the Three first books of Godwin's Moses and Aaron. To which is annexed a Dissertation on the Hebrew Language.
Pagina 29 - A History of English Councils and Convocations, and of the Clergy's sitting in Parliament, in which is also comprehended the History of Parliaments, with an account of our ancient laws.
Pagina 220 - The nation as well as the university," says Bishop Burnet, "looked on all these proceedings with just indignation. It was thought an open piece of robbery and burglary when men, authorized by no legal commission, came and forcibly turned men out of their possession and freehold.