Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Typographical anecdotes of Mr. Bowyer's press 1699 to 1731. Essays and illustrationsauthor, 1812 |
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... 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 seldom be ...
... 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 seldom be ...
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... soon after became eminent in his profession . He was twice married . By the first wife he had no issue . The second wife was Dorothy daughter of Thomas Dawks , a printer of some celebrity in his day , who in his youth , from 1652 to ...
... soon after became eminent in his profession . He was twice married . By the first wife he had no issue . The second wife was Dorothy daughter of Thomas Dawks , a printer of some celebrity in his day , who in his youth , from 1652 to ...
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... soon after was made Lord Almoner . Mackay , about this period , says , " He is one of the greatest ornaments of the Church of England , of great piety and learning ; a black man , and 55 years old . " - The Archbishop had unpardonably ...
... soon after was made Lord Almoner . Mackay , about this period , says , " He is one of the greatest ornaments of the Church of England , of great piety and learning ; a black man , and 55 years old . " - The Archbishop had unpardonably ...
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... soon after , became chaplain to Sir Joseph Williamson , secretary of state . In 1679 , he was ap- pointed to collate and publish the Alexandrian MS . in St. James's library , and to have for his reward ( as Charles II . promised ) a ...
... soon after , became chaplain to Sir Joseph Williamson , secretary of state . In 1679 , he was ap- pointed to collate and publish the Alexandrian MS . in St. James's library , and to have for his reward ( as Charles II . promised ) a ...
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... , both sacred and civil , the Parliament of Great Britain ; and , very soon after , " The Modern Fanatic ; with a large and true Account A new edition of Bishop Mossom's " Summary of Divine 32 ( 1711 . LITERARY ANECDOTES OF.
... , both sacred and civil , the Parliament of Great Britain ; and , very soon after , " The Modern Fanatic ; with a large and true Account A new edition of Bishop Mossom's " Summary of Divine 32 ( 1711 . LITERARY ANECDOTES OF.
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Page 342 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly, and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Page 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.
Page v - To adjust the minute events of literary history, is tedious and troublesome ; it requires indeed no great force of understanding, but often depends upon enquiries which there is no opportunity of making, or is to be fetched from books and pamphlets not always at hand.
Page 431 - So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous : verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Page 399 - Dr. Swift came into the coffeehouse, and had a bow from every body but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him. When I came to the antichamber to wait, before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests.
Page 400 - 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.
Page 703 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Page 424 - They crack their brains to find out selling subjects and keep hirelings in garrets, at hard meat, to write and correct by the great ; and so puff up an octavo to a sufficient thickness ; and there is six shillings current for an hour and a half's reading, and perhaps never to be read or looked upon after.
Page 445 - Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article in the Greek Text of the NewTestament. By Christopher WORDSWORTH [now DD]. London, 1802. 8vo. Price 4s. 6d. The Doctrine of the Greek Article applied to the Criticism and Illustration of the New Testament.
Page 53 - Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither : the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the LORD.