The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1814 |
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... formed the design of a magnificent and beautiful monument for Guido Tarlati , bishop of Arezzo , who had been the head of the Ghibeline faction in Tuscany and in 1334 he undertook the famous tower of Sancta Maria del Fiore ; for which ...
... formed the design of a magnificent and beautiful monument for Guido Tarlati , bishop of Arezzo , who had been the head of the Ghibeline faction in Tuscany and in 1334 he undertook the famous tower of Sancta Maria del Fiore ; for which ...
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... formed his judgment of proportions . Whoever inspected his pallet would find it covered with a greater variety of tints than almost any of his , contemporaries employed . Mr. Moore was his first patron , and with him he went a tour into ...
... formed his judgment of proportions . Whoever inspected his pallet would find it covered with a greater variety of tints than almost any of his , contemporaries employed . Mr. Moore was his first patron , and with him he went a tour into ...
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... formed his taste . The doctor has in his possession some of his earliest , and many of his finest , drawings . He painted two pictures in oil ; the first was a view in Wales , which was exhibited , and much noticed , in 1801 ; and the ...
... formed his taste . The doctor has in his possession some of his earliest , and many of his finest , drawings . He painted two pictures in oil ; the first was a view in Wales , which was exhibited , and much noticed , in 1801 ; and the ...
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... formed of its success from the reputation of an author who had acquired so much praise from his " Leonidas . " At the rehearsal , he read his " Boadicea " to the actors , but his manner of conveying the meaning of his poem was very ...
... formed of its success from the reputation of an author who had acquired so much praise from his " Leonidas . " At the rehearsal , he read his " Boadicea " to the actors , but his manner of conveying the meaning of his poem was very ...
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... formed his own character upon the best models of the Greek writers , he lived as if he had been bred a disciple of Socrates , or companion of Aristides . Hence his poli- tical turn of mind , hence his unwarped affection and active zeal ...
... formed his own character upon the best models of the Greek writers , he lived as if he had been bred a disciple of Socrates , or companion of Aristides . Hence his poli- tical turn of mind , hence his unwarped affection and active zeal ...
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Σελίδα 318 - I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips and bobs, and other ways which I will not name for the honour I bear them, so without measure misordered that I think myself in hell till time come that I must go to Mr.
Σελίδα 149 - A New and Full Method of settling the Canonical Authority of the New Testament.
Σελίδα 81 - No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.
Σελίδα 317 - and tell you a truth which perchance ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me is that he sent me so sharp and severe parents and so gentle a schoolmaster.
Σελίδα 318 - ... as God made the world; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the...
Σελίδα 60 - A Catalogue of the Bishops of England since the first planting of the Christian Religion in this Island ; together with a brief history of their lives and memorable actions, as near as can be gathered from antiquity.
Σελίδα 404 - In those very writings which Grotius is gravely blamed for having quoted. The usages and laws of nations, the events of history, the opinions of philosophers, the sentiments of orators and poets, as well as the observation of common life, are, in truth, the materials out of which the science of morality is formed ; and those who neglect them are justly chargeable with a vain attempt to philosophize without regard to fact and experience, the sole foundation of all true philosophy.
Σελίδα 169 - Langton's having told me, that this poem, when read in manuscript at sir Joshua Reynolds's, had made all the assembled wits burst into a laugh, when, after much blank-verse pomp, the poet began a new paragraph thus : Now, Muse, let's sing of rats.
Σελίδα 309 - Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney.