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 1author, 1812 |
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... kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradi- tion " and " Lives can only be written from per- sonal knowledge , which is growing every day less , and in a short time is lost for ever . What is known , can ...
... kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradi- tion " and " Lives can only be written from per- sonal knowledge , which is growing every day less , and in a short time is lost for ever . What is known , can ...
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... kind - hearted and respectable Friend Mr. BINDLEY ; who , in a green old age , happily retains his biblio- maniacal spirit , and is as ready to impart knowledge , as he is liberal in the purchase of literary curiosities . I must also ...
... kind - hearted and respectable Friend Mr. BINDLEY ; who , in a green old age , happily retains his biblio- maniacal spirit , and is as ready to impart knowledge , as he is liberal in the purchase of literary curiosities . I must also ...
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... Kind ; and some Attempts made towards the Discovery of a new way of Reasoning , entirely unknown both to the Ancients and Moderns ; written by a Layman § . Vol . I. The Second Edi- tion ; " dedicated to the Grand Committee for Re ...
... Kind ; and some Attempts made towards the Discovery of a new way of Reasoning , entirely unknown both to the Ancients and Moderns ; written by a Layman § . Vol . I. The Second Edi- tion ; " dedicated to the Grand Committee for Re ...
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... kind was in the year 1761 , when His present Majesty honoured the City of London by a Royal Visit , in the mayoralty of Sir Samuel Fludyer , bart . In the latter part of his life Mr. Settle was so reduced as to attend a booth in ...
... kind was in the year 1761 , when His present Majesty honoured the City of London by a Royal Visit , in the mayoralty of Sir Samuel Fludyer , bart . In the latter part of his life Mr. Settle was so reduced as to attend a booth in ...
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... kind permission and assistance , of his friends Mr. Norton and Mr. Rawlins ; where his first employment was the reprinting of the Fifteenth Volume of " Rymer's Foedera , " and " Goodman's Conference ; " both which had been destroyed ...
... kind permission and assistance , of his friends Mr. Norton and Mr. Rawlins ; where his first employment was the reprinting of the Fifteenth Volume of " Rymer's Foedera , " and " Goodman's Conference ; " both which had been destroyed ...
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Page 52 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, and joy in the God of my salvation.
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Page 663 - COLE." f Camdea's Britannia, Cambridgeshire, vol. II. p. 143*. daughter of Theophilus Tuer, of Cambridge, Merchant. He was educated in the College of Eton, and from thence removed to Clare Hall in the University of Cambridge*. In the former part of his life, and while he resided in the University, (which he did for 20 years,) he was in the Commission of the Peace for the County of Cambridge, and acted for many years in that capacity ; and one of his Majesty's Deputy-lieutenants for the said County;...
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