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 5author, 1812 |
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... wrote an account of * Of whom , see before , vol . I. p . 73 . This is by no means confined to persons that move in such humble spheres . The appreciating author of the " Decline , & c . " has not only told us , p . 81. c . III . n . 15 ...
... wrote an account of * Of whom , see before , vol . I. p . 73 . This is by no means confined to persons that move in such humble spheres . The appreciating author of the " Decline , & c . " has not only told us , p . 81. c . III . n . 15 ...
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... wrote them himself , from notes which he took , assisted by his memory . " Being asked , " whether he printed no Speeches but such as were so put together by him- self , from his own notes ? " he said , " Sometimes he has had Speeches ...
... wrote them himself , from notes which he took , assisted by his memory . " Being asked , " whether he printed no Speeches but such as were so put together by him- self , from his own notes ? " he said , " Sometimes he has had Speeches ...
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... wrote those Debates with more velocity than any other of his productions ; often three columns of the Magazine within the hour . He once wrote ten pages in one day , and that not a long one , be- ginning perhaps at noon , and ending ...
... wrote those Debates with more velocity than any other of his productions ; often three columns of the Magazine within the hour . He once wrote ten pages in one day , and that not a long one , be- ginning perhaps at noon , and ending ...
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... wrote an answer to your letter , in which you seem to insinuate that I had promised more than I am ready to perform . If I have raised your expectations by any thing that may have escaped my memory , I ain sorry ; and if you remind me ...
... wrote an answer to your letter , in which you seem to insinuate that I had promised more than I am ready to perform . If I have raised your expectations by any thing that may have escaped my memory , I ain sorry ; and if you remind me ...
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... wrote Piscatory Eclogues ; and was a candidate for the fifty pound prize mentioned in Johnson's first letter to Cave , and for other prizes which Cave engaged to pay him who should write the best poem on certain subjects ; in all or ...
... wrote Piscatory Eclogues ; and was a candidate for the fifty pound prize mentioned in Johnson's first letter to Cave , and for other prizes which Cave engaged to pay him who should write the best poem on certain subjects ; in all or ...
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Page 541 - ... you have made my system as clear as I ought to have done, and could not. It is indeed the same system as mine, but illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than I did before, and so will every man else. I know I meant just what you explain ; but I did not explain my own meaning so well as you. You understand me as well as I do myself; but you express me better than I could express myself.
Page 543 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come ; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
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Page 79 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Page 625 - To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit. But his knowledge was too multifarious to be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be always cautious.
Page 625 - ... impatience of opposition disposed him to treat his adversaries with such contemptuous superiority as made his readers commonly his enemies, and excited against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman Emperor's determination, oderint dum metuant; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade.
Page 625 - ... perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit.
Page 2 - Holyock, to whose care most of the neighbouring families, even of the highest rank, entrusted their sons. He had judgment to discover, and, for some time, -generosity to encourage the genius of young Cave ; and was so well pleased with his quick progress in the school, that he declared his resolution to breed him for the University, and recommend him as a servitor to some of his scholars of high rank.