Flowers of Literature, for 1806: Or, Characteristic Sketches of Human Nature, and Modern Manners. To which are Added, a General View of Literature During that Period; Portraits and Biographical Notices of Eminent Literary, and Political Characters; with Notes, Historical, Critical, and ExplanatoryB. Crosby and Company, 1807 - 528 pages |
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... writers , stood forth . He published a sermon , which he had preached Nov. 29 , 1761 , before the univer- sity of Cambridge , and entitled , " The Character of David , King of Israel , impartially stated . " It was this discourse , we ...
... writers , stood forth . He published a sermon , which he had preached Nov. 29 , 1761 , before the univer- sity of Cambridge , and entitled , " The Character of David , King of Israel , impartially stated . " It was this discourse , we ...
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... writers nor readers appear to be aware of all the requisites of an historian , nor of the research and labour which ... writing of history con- sists ; though many , when they have proceeded thus far in their labours , sit down with the ...
... writers nor readers appear to be aware of all the requisites of an historian , nor of the research and labour which ... writing of history con- sists ; though many , when they have proceeded thus far in their labours , sit down with the ...
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... WRITERS OF MEMOIRS . Here and there I see a inaster line , I feel and I confess the power divine . " LADY M. W. MONTAGU . One of the most pleasing , most instructive , and most elegant specimens of biography ... writing xlii INTRODUCTION .
... WRITERS OF MEMOIRS . Here and there I see a inaster line , I feel and I confess the power divine . " LADY M. W. MONTAGU . One of the most pleasing , most instructive , and most elegant specimens of biography ... writing xlii INTRODUCTION .
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... writing his own life been discussed . " Among the ancients , " observes a contemporary author , " Pliny and Cicero ... writer of his own life is the most competent to the undertaking , as he possesses the first qualification of an ...
... writing his own life been discussed . " Among the ancients , " observes a contemporary author , " Pliny and Cicero ... writer of his own life is the most competent to the undertaking , as he possesses the first qualification of an ...
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... writing which generally abounds with anecdote . We are not aware , whether Mr. Young may have derived his taste from those savages whom travellers describe as being constantly rubbed with grease ; xlviii INTRODUCTION .
... writing which generally abounds with anecdote . We are not aware , whether Mr. Young may have derived his taste from those savages whom travellers describe as being constantly rubbed with grease ; xlviii INTRODUCTION .
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