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, Volume 27Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1816 |
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... taste for study . It does not appear , however , that his riches increased with his reputation , and this occasioned his projecting a paper - manufactory in Holland , which ended like some of the schemes of ingenious men ; Sabbathier ...
... taste for study . It does not appear , however , that his riches increased with his reputation , and this occasioned his projecting a paper - manufactory in Holland , which ended like some of the schemes of ingenious men ; Sabbathier ...
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... so masterly , yet so new and natural , that there was nothing left for criticism to censure , though in- numerable beauties to point out and admire . He had a 1 taste so exquisite , and so totally free from pedantry 12 SACCHINI . 1 ...
... so masterly , yet so new and natural , that there was nothing left for criticism to censure , though in- numerable beauties to point out and admire . He had a 1 taste so exquisite , and so totally free from pedantry 12 SACCHINI . 1 ...
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... taste so exquisite , and so totally free from pedantry , that he was frequently new without effort ; never thinking of himself or his fame for any particular excellence , but totally occupied with the ideas of the poet , and the pro ...
... taste so exquisite , and so totally free from pedantry , that he was frequently new without effort ; never thinking of himself or his fame for any particular excellence , but totally occupied with the ideas of the poet , and the pro ...
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... taste and talents to the Temple , where he wrote his tragedy of " Gorboduc , ” which was exhibited in the great hall by the students of that so- ciety , as part of a Christmas entertainment , and afterwards before queen Elizabeth at ...
... taste and talents to the Temple , where he wrote his tragedy of " Gorboduc , ” which was exhibited in the great hall by the students of that so- ciety , as part of a Christmas entertainment , and afterwards before queen Elizabeth at ...
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... taste and learning never forsook him , but appeared in the exercise of his more formal political functions . He was , says War- ton , frequently disgusted at the pedantry and official bar- barity of style , in which the public letters ...
... taste and learning never forsook him , but appeared in the exercise of his more formal political functions . He was , says War- ton , frequently disgusted at the pedantry and official bar- barity of style , in which the public letters ...
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