A Critical Dictionary of English Literature: And British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century. Containing Thirty Thousand Biographies and Literary Notices, with Forty Indexes of Subjects, Volume 1J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1858 |
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... copy of all the corrections he made with his own hand on the poem . They were inserted in the margin of his printed copy , which afterwards passed into the hands of a gentle- man , from a friend of whom , and of my own , a very ...
... copy of all the corrections he made with his own hand on the poem . They were inserted in the margin of his printed copy , which afterwards passed into the hands of a gentle- man , from a friend of whom , and of my own , a very ...
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... copy of it to each of his bishops , whose names were severally inserted in the translator's preface . Three of the original copies thus sent are still preserved , ad- dressed to Wulfsige , Bishop of Sherborne , ( in the Public Library ...
... copy of it to each of his bishops , whose names were severally inserted in the translator's preface . Three of the original copies thus sent are still preserved , ad- dressed to Wulfsige , Bishop of Sherborne , ( in the Public Library ...
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... copy son of the same name , ) De Educatione Accipitrum . Per- haps the Aluredus Anglicus , mentioned by Boston of Bury as Cardinal Ottoboni's chaplain , and as the author of the treatise on music , and the Commentary on Boethius , was a ...
... copy son of the same name , ) De Educatione Accipitrum . Per- haps the Aluredus Anglicus , mentioned by Boston of Bury as Cardinal Ottoboni's chaplain , and as the author of the treatise on music , and the Commentary on Boethius , was a ...
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... copies were sold . It appeared three years after- wards , under the title of A Sure Guide to Heaven , when 50,000 ... copy was placed in King's , one in Eton College Library , and one by his will was to be given to Mr. Speaker Onslow ...
... copies were sold . It appeared three years after- wards , under the title of A Sure Guide to Heaven , when 50,000 ... copy was placed in King's , one in Eton College Library , and one by his will was to be given to Mr. Speaker Onslow ...
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... COPY .. .. It has long been accounted a crack article in the most finished col- lection . A perfect copy runs hard upon twenty guineas . " - DIBDIN . Royal Genealogies , or the Genealog . Tables of Emperors , Kings , and Princes , from ...
... COPY .. .. It has long been accounted a crack article in the most finished col- lection . A perfect copy runs hard upon twenty guineas . " - DIBDIN . Royal Genealogies , or the Genealog . Tables of Emperors , Kings , and Princes , from ...
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature: And British and ..., Volume 2 Samuel Austin Allibone Visualização integral - 1870 |
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature: And British and ..., Volume 3 Samuel Austin Allibone Visualização integral - 1871 |
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Página 270 - BRYANT, JACOB. A new system ; or, An analysis of ancient mythology: wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable ; and to reduce the truth to its original purity.
Página 176 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Página 11 - If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead, under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
Página 176 - So much understanding, so much knowledge, so much innocence, and such humility, I did not think had been the portion of any but angels, till I saw this gentleman...
Página 52 - History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815.
Página 226 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud. By T. BOWDLEB, Esq. FRS New Edition, in Volumes for the Pocket ; with 36 Wood Engravings, from Designs by Smirke, Howard, and other Artists.
Página 243 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Página 90 - ... My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place, or honours : but I have and do reverence him, for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed, that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want. Neither could I condole in a word or syllable for him, as knowing no accident could do harm to virtue,...
Página 11 - LIBRARY. What a world of wit is here packed up together ! I know not whether this sight doth more dismay or comfort me ; it dismays me to think that here is so much that I cannot know ; it comforts me to think that this variety yields so good helps to know what I should. There is no truer word than that of Solomon — there is no end of making many books...
Página 11 - ... ancient Worthies of Learning, whether human or divine, and confer with them of all my doubts ! that I can, at pleasure, summon whole synods of reverend Fathers and acute Doctors from all the coasts of the earth, to give their well-studied judgments, in all points of question, which I propose ! Neither can I cast my eye casually upon any of these silent masters, but I must learn somewhat.