A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland: With Lists of Their Works, Volume 3J. Scott, 1806 |
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... lord Middlesex , he said to him in great choler , " Stenny , you are a fool , + Granger's Biog . Hist . vol . ii . p . 131 . › Worthies , ut sup . and will shortly repent this folly ; and will find 2 EARL OF MIDDLESEX .
... lord Middlesex , he said to him in great choler , " Stenny , you are a fool , + Granger's Biog . Hist . vol . ii . p . 131 . › Worthies , ut sup . and will shortly repent this folly ; and will find 2 EARL OF MIDDLESEX .
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... Granger was content to retail the character of Wither at second hand ; and it is certainly much more convenient to condemn an author in this summary way by a witty quotation , than to be at the trouble of perusing his works , in order ...
... Granger was content to retail the character of Wither at second hand ; and it is certainly much more convenient to condemn an author in this summary way by a witty quotation , than to be at the trouble of perusing his works , in order ...
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... Granger has aptly described lord Herbert as a man who was at once wise and capricious ; who redressed wrongs , and quar- relled for punctilios ; hated bigotry in religion , and was himself a bigot to philosophy ; exposed himself to such ...
... Granger has aptly described lord Herbert as a man who was at once wise and capricious ; who redressed wrongs , and quar- relled for punctilios ; hated bigotry in religion , and was himself a bigot to philosophy ; exposed himself to such ...
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... Granger speaks of him also as a distinguished favourite with Henrietta Maria , the queen of Charles the first , upon whose heart his handsome person , gallant behaviour , and courtly ad- dress , are thought to have made an early ...
... Granger speaks of him also as a distinguished favourite with Henrietta Maria , the queen of Charles the first , upon whose heart his handsome person , gallant behaviour , and courtly ad- dress , are thought to have made an early ...
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... Granger mentions her as the last person in the British dominions , who yielded to the republican party . 6 See also the Somers ' Tracts , Coll . II . vol . ii . p . 507 . " The History and Antiquities of the Isle of Man JAMES , EARL OF ...
... Granger mentions her as the last person in the British dominions , who yielded to the republican party . 6 See also the Somers ' Tracts , Coll . II . vol . ii . p . 507 . " The History and Antiquities of the Isle of Man JAMES , EARL OF ...
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A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland ..., Volume 3 Horace Walpole Affichage du livre entier - 1812 |
A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland ... Horace Walpole Affichage du livre entier - 1806 |
A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland ..., Volume 3 Horace Walpole Affichage du livre entier - 1806 |
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Page 92 - A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected...
Page 304 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 260 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes. How safe is treason, and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will!
Page 251 - Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 334 - ... and he was endless in consultations ; for when after much discourse a point was settled, if he could find a new jest to make even that which was suggested by himself seem ridiculous, he could not hold, but would study to raise the credit of his wit, though it made others call his judgment in question.
Page 102 - Exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum.
Page 160 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 242 - My dear mistress has a heart Soft as those kind looks she gave me, When, with love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did enslave me. But her constancy's so weak She's so wild and apt to wander, That my jealous heart would break, Should we live one day asunder.
Page 171 - Besides that, he was amorous in poetry and music, to which he indulged the greatest part of his time; and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure, which he enjoyed in a full and ample fortune, but honour and ambition to serve the king when he saw him in distress, and abandoned by most of those who were in the highest degree obliged to him, and by him.
Page 36 - I scorn your proffers. I disdain your favor. I abhor your treason ; and am so far from delivering up this island to your advantage, that I will keep it, to the utmost of my power, to your destruction.