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... Niceron , village his father Elias Puffendorf was minifter . He disco- T. XVII . vered early a propensity to letters , and at a proper age was sent to universities ; where he was supported by the gene- rofity of a Saxon nobleman , who ...
... Niceron , village his father Elias Puffendorf was minifter . He disco- T. XVII . vered early a propensity to letters , and at a proper age was sent to universities ; where he was supported by the gene- rofity of a Saxon nobleman , who ...
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... emendationibus Laurentii Rhodomanni ; & adnotamentis selectis Claudii Daus- queii . Curante Joanne Cornelio de Pauw , qui suas etiam emendationes addidit . Baillet 1 RABE- 1 Niceron , Τ . ΧΧΧΙΙ . re of Rabelais , QUINTUS CALABER . 67.
... emendationibus Laurentii Rhodomanni ; & adnotamentis selectis Claudii Daus- queii . Curante Joanne Cornelio de Pauw , qui suas etiam emendationes addidit . Baillet 1 RABE- 1 Niceron , Τ . ΧΧΧΙΙ . re of Rabelais , QUINTUS CALABER . 67.
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New and general biographical dictionary. Niceron , Τ . ΧΧΧΙΙ . re of Rabelais , prefixed to ( ai tranflation of her . Maks teaux ad 1708. in two vol . by Mr.Mot- 8vo . R R. ABELAIS ( FRANCIS ) a celebrated French wit , was the son of an ...
New and general biographical dictionary. Niceron , Τ . ΧΧΧΙΙ . re of Rabelais , prefixed to ( ai tranflation of her . Maks teaux ad 1708. in two vol . by Mr.Mot- 8vo . R R. ABELAIS ( FRANCIS ) a celebrated French wit , was the son of an ...
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... Niceron , where he gave the greatest proofs of uncominon abilities and T. XVIII . genius . During three years continuance there , he made a most rapid progress in the Greek and Latin tongues , and in all polite literature . His genius ...
... Niceron , where he gave the greatest proofs of uncominon abilities and T. XVIII . genius . During three years continuance there , he made a most rapid progress in the Greek and Latin tongues , and in all polite literature . His genius ...
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... Niceron , mar and claffical literature in his own country , he went to tom . 6 . Parma to study philosophy ; and , afterwards applying himself to phyfic , took a doctor's degree there in 1659. Then he went to Rome , for the fake of ...
... Niceron , mar and claffical literature in his own country , he went to tom . 6 . Parma to study philosophy ; and , afterwards applying himself to phyfic , took a doctor's degree there in 1659. Then he went to Rome , for the fake of ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Æschylus afterwards almoſt alſo ancient anſwer becauſe beſt biſhop born buſineſs cauſe Chriſtian church compoſed death defire deſign died diftinguiſhed diſcourſe divine duke earl edition England Engliſh eſpecially eſteem faid fame father fent fince finiſhed firſt folio fome foon France French friendſhip fuffer genius Greek himſelf hiſtory honor houſe intitled juſt king laſt Latin learned letters liſhed lived lord maſter moſt Niceron obſerved occafion Oxford painter Paris paſſages paſſed perſon philoſopher phyſician pieces pleaſed poems poet poetry pope preſent prince printed progreſs publiſhed Pythagoras queen Quintilian raiſed reaſon religion repreſented Rome ſaid ſame ſays ſcholar ſchool ſciences ſecond ſeems ſenſe ſent ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhe ſhewed ſhort ſhould ſkill ſmall ſome ſon ſoon Sophocles ſpeak ſpent ſpirit ſtate ſtile ſtill ſtudy ſubject ſucceeded ſuch ſuppoſed theſe things thoſe tranſlated univerſity uſe verſes verſion viſit volumes whoſe writings wrote
Passagens conhecidas
Página 348 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Página 501 - Caesar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies ? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise ? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others...
Página 348 - Triumph, my Britain! Thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time; And all the muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines, Which were so richly spun and woven so fit As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.
Página 341 - His characters are so much nature herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have a constant resemblance, which...
Página 501 - Oh ! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale...
Página 464 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Página 483 - He Has vindicated Eloquence and Wit. His candid Stile like a clean Stream does slide, And his bright Fancy all the way Does like the Sun-shine in it play ; It does like Thames, the best of Rivers, glide, Where the God does not rudely overturn, But gently pour the Crystal Urn, And with judicious hand does the whole Current Guide. T' has all the Beauties Nature can impart, And all the comely Dress without the paint of Art.
Página 345 - I believe they meant those which had lain ever since the author's days in the playhouse, and had from time to time been cut, or added to, arbitrarily.
Página 344 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
Página 338 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and amongst them some that made a frequent practice of deerstealing engaged him with them more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote near Stratford.