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Pagina 43
... master . " He copies with so much fidelity , that he can be hardly said to invent ; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original , that it is difficult to suppose them not merely the product of imagination . " An attempt has been ...
... master . " He copies with so much fidelity , that he can be hardly said to invent ; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original , that it is difficult to suppose them not merely the product of imagination . " An attempt has been ...
Pagina 47
... master : political foresight and attachment to the established church warned him not to co - operate in the king's imprudent measures . He does not appear to have been embarrassed by an over - gene- rous and enthusiastic temper ; and ...
... master : political foresight and attachment to the established church warned him not to co - operate in the king's imprudent measures . He does not appear to have been embarrassed by an over - gene- rous and enthusiastic temper ; and ...
Pagina 57
... Master of the Ord- nance ; but he was not admitted to take a leading part in the measures of government . In May , 1716 , he was struck by palsy ; but he recovered the pos- session of his bodily and mental powers , and con- tinued to ...
... Master of the Ord- nance ; but he was not admitted to take a leading part in the measures of government . In May , 1716 , he was struck by palsy ; but he recovered the pos- session of his bodily and mental powers , and con- tinued to ...
Pagina 61
... Master of Arts on the 12th of December in the same year . Of the subjects which engaged his active and ver- satile mind at this time , one of the chief was the VOL . III . E science of Anatomy ; and he is , on apparently WREN . 61.
... Master of Arts on the 12th of December in the same year . Of the subjects which engaged his active and ver- satile mind at this time , one of the chief was the VOL . III . E science of Anatomy ; and he is , on apparently WREN . 61.
Pagina 69
... master - mason , Mr. Thomas Strong , on the 21st of June . From this time the building proceeded steadily till its completion in 1710 ; in which year the high- est stone of the lantern on the cupola was laid by Mr. Christopher Wren ...
... master - mason , Mr. Thomas Strong , on the 21st of June . From this time the building proceeded steadily till its completion in 1710 ; in which year the high- est stone of the lantern on the cupola was laid by Mr. Christopher Wren ...
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Abbé acquainted Addison admiration afterwards appeared appointed army became Bentley Brindley Buffon celebrated character church College commenced composed conduct continued court Daguesseau death Defoe discovery Dollond Duke Dunciad early edition employed England English father favour formed Frederic French friends genius Halley Handel Hogarth honour House Ingria King l'Epée labours letters Linnæus lived London Lord Lord Somers Louis XIV manner Marlborough master memoir ment merit method of fluxions mind Mozart natural never Newton nutation object observed obtained occasion opera Oxford Parliament Penn person Peter Dollond philosophical political Pope Pope's possessed principles published racter Rake's Progress received remarkable residence Robinson Crusoe Rousseau Royal Society Russia says Senesino sent ship Somers soon stars success Sweden Swift talents taste tion took Trinity College Voltaire Whig Wren writings
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Pagina 168 - His Tale of a Tub has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that, is not true of anything else which he has written.
Pagina 274 - Pitt was then one of the poor; and to him Heaven directed a portion of the wealth of the haughty Dowager. She left him a legacy of ten thousand pounds, in consideration of " the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country.
Pagina 107 - The Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England Examined and Asserted ; the other, The Freeholder's Plea against the Stock-jobbing Elections of Parliament-men.
Pagina 15 - An Act for the Amendment of the Law and the better Advancement of Justice...
Pagina 284 - I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America.
Pagina 494 - His talents of every kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters, his social virtues in all the relations and all the habitudes of life, rendered him the centre of a very great and unparalleled variety of agreeable societies, which will be dissipated by his death. He had too much merit not to excite some jealousy, too much innocence to provoke any enmity. The loss of no man of his time can be felt with more sincere, general, and unmixed sorrow.
Pagina 44 - It is not uncommon, for those who have grown wise by the labour of others, to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects, but by the lights which he afforded them.
Pagina 242 - Millar told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book.
Pagina 149 - Miscellany, in a volume which began with the pastorals of Philips, and ended with those of Pope. The same year was written the Essay on Criticism ; a work which displays such extent of comprehension, such nicety of distinction, such acquaintance with mankind, and such knowledge both of ancient and modern learning, as are not often attained by the maturest age and longest experience. It was published about two years afterwards ; and being praised by Addison in the Spectator* with sufficient liberality,...
Pagina 195 - But soon, ah soon, rebellion will commence, If music meanly borrows aid from sense : Strong in new arms, lo ! giant Handel stands, Like bold Briareus, with a hundred hands ; To stir, to rouse, to shake the soul he comes, And Jove's own thunders follow Mars's drums, Arrest him, empress ; or you sleep no more...