Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, 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, Band 9author, 1815 |
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... dear Sir , & c . SAMUEL JOHNSON . March 18 , 1752. " Mr. Boswell thus characterizes Dr. Taylor , in a visit which he paid to him in March 1776 , with his friend Dr. Johnson : " There came for us an equipage properly suited to a wealthy ...
... dear Sir , & c . SAMUEL JOHNSON . March 18 , 1752. " Mr. Boswell thus characterizes Dr. Taylor , in a visit which he paid to him in March 1776 , with his friend Dr. Johnson : " There came for us an equipage properly suited to a wealthy ...
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... Dear Sir , What can be the reason that I hear nothing from you ? I hope nothing disables you from writing . What I have seen , and what I have felt , gives me reason to fear every thing . Do not omit giving me the com- fort of knowing ...
... Dear Sir , What can be the reason that I hear nothing from you ? I hope nothing disables you from writing . What I have seen , and what I have felt , gives me reason to fear every thing . Do not omit giving me the com- fort of knowing ...
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... DEAR SIR , Claybrook , Jan. 5 , 1789 . " Lest you should think me dilatory , I write to acquaint you that the proofs would have been returned to you ere now , had it not been for the accession of fresh materials . The history of the ...
... DEAR SIR , Claybrook , Jan. 5 , 1789 . " Lest you should think me dilatory , I write to acquaint you that the proofs would have been returned to you ere now , had it not been for the accession of fresh materials . The history of the ...
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... dear Sir , your faithful humble servant , A. MACAULAY . " Claybrook , July 29 , 1789 . " DEAR SIK , " I hope to send you , in the course of a few days , Claybrook , and the fruits of our last researches , corrected , with considerable ...
... dear Sir , your faithful humble servant , A. MACAULAY . " Claybrook , July 29 , 1789 . " DEAR SIK , " I hope to send you , in the course of a few days , Claybrook , and the fruits of our last researches , corrected , with considerable ...
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... DEAR SIR , Rothley Vicarage , Feb. 20 , 1798 . " I am now as comfortably situated as a Country Parson can reasonably desire ; and no ambitious dreams disturb my repose , notwithstanding the following passage in a letter from a friend in ...
... DEAR SIR , Rothley Vicarage , Feb. 20 , 1798 . " I am now as comfortably situated as a Country Parson can reasonably desire ; and no ambitious dreams disturb my repose , notwithstanding the following passage in a letter from a friend in ...
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Seite 543 - Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law...
Seite 518 - A Demonstration of the gross and fundamental Errors of a late Book, called " A plain Account of the Nature and End of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper," affectionately addressed to all Orders of Men, and more especially to all the younger Clergy, 8vo.
Seite 115 - Stood in himself collected, while each part, Motion, each act won audience ere the tongue...
Seite 239 - Committee of the Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical men.
Seite 574 - There is no learning that this man hath not searched into, nothing too hard for his understanding : this man, indeed, deserves the name of an author: his books will get reverence by age, for there is in them such seeds of eternity, that if the rest be like this, they shall last till the last fire shall consume all learning.
Seite 61 - O ! my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot avoid. It is vain to look round and round for that help which cannot be had. Yet we hope and hope, and fancy that he who has lived to-day may live to-morrow.
Seite 240 - ... in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season ! " To this vigorous and animated delineation, I shall now add a few particulars from my own observation and reflection.
Seite 340 - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters ; These men see the works of the LORD : and His wonders in the deep.
Seite 290 - Ghost: a Sermon, preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's, on Whitsunday, 1867.
Seite 677 - Sermons were composed, may be learned from the excellent volume which he has given to the public ; but how they were delivered, can be known only to those that heard them ; for as he appeared in the pulpit, words will not easily describe him. His delivery, though unconstrained, was not negligent, and though forcible, was not turbulent ; disdaining anxious nicety of emphasis, and laboured artifice of action...