A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 4John Walker Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... admired Discourses upon the Use and Intent of Prophecy , which did so much service to the cause of Christianity , then openly attacked by some daring unbelievers . Upon the accession of his late majesty to the throne , he was soon ...
... admired Discourses upon the Use and Intent of Prophecy , which did so much service to the cause of Christianity , then openly attacked by some daring unbelievers . Upon the accession of his late majesty to the throne , he was soon ...
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... admired for the purity and elegance of his Latin poetry , and a man of distinguished genius . It is said , Hare went between Lord T. and Dr. B. Į thought Dr. Gooch was the person ; perhaps both . The " envious and malignant suggestion ...
... admired for the purity and elegance of his Latin poetry , and a man of distinguished genius . It is said , Hare went between Lord T. and Dr. B. Į thought Dr. Gooch was the person ; perhaps both . The " envious and malignant suggestion ...
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... was not content to acquire admiration , but was arbitrary , and would command it . His fondness for satire was so prevalent a passion , that no H 3 Dean Swift . 101 Character of DEAN SWIFT From the MSS a Gentleman lately deceased, at ...
... was not content to acquire admiration , but was arbitrary , and would command it . His fondness for satire was so prevalent a passion , that no H 3 Dean Swift . 101 Character of DEAN SWIFT From the MSS a Gentleman lately deceased, at ...
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... admired for his excellent manner of preaching in that chapel , which , by the way , he had learned from Bishop Fleetwood , whose domestic chaplain he had been . One of his auditors being charmed with his eloquence , Bishop Burnet ...
... admired for his excellent manner of preaching in that chapel , which , by the way , he had learned from Bishop Fleetwood , whose domestic chaplain he had been . One of his auditors being charmed with his eloquence , Bishop Burnet ...
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... admired , more talked of , & c . He said , Clarke was ex- tremely ready and clever , very clear and strong in all his arguments and expressions , and also very modest in his address to the Professor , & c . Dr. Yarborough told me ...
... admired , more talked of , & c . He said , Clarke was ex- tremely ready and clever , very clear and strong in all his arguments and expressions , and also very modest in his address to the Professor , & c . Dr. Yarborough told me ...
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Page 377 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
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Page 32 - Divi Britannici, being a Remark upon the Lives of all the Kings of this Isle, from the year of the world 2855, unto the year of grace 1660, fol.
Page 163 - If such a correspondence will be agreeable to you, be pleased to inform me in two posts, •what the conditions are on which you shall expect it. Your late ofFer|" gives me no reason to distrust your generosity. If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper, I have other designs to impart, if I could be secure from having others reap the advantage of what I should hint.
Page 117 - Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Page 472 - An attempt towards an improved version, a metrical arrangement, and an explanation of the Twelve Minor Prophets...
Page 381 - Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ; the friend whom he declared to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse.
Page 59 - The Connexion of the Roman, Saxon, and English Coins; deducing the Antiquities, Customs, and Manners, of each People to modern Times ; particularly the Origin of Feudal Tenures, and of Parliaments; illustrated throughout with Critical and Historical Remarks on. various Authors, both Sacred and Profane.
Page 91 - The rest of the trade are content to take their refuse, with which, and the fresh scum of the press, they furnish one side of a shop, which serves for the sign of a bookseller, rather than a real one; but, instead of selling, deal as factors and procure what the country divines and gentry send for; of whom each hath his book-factor, and, when wanting anything, writes to his bookseller, and pays his bill.
Page 145 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walk'd innoxious through his age.