A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volum 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 |
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... ancient authors , both Greek and Latin , the philosophers , poets , and orators ; from whence he acquired that correct and ele- gant style , which appears in all his compositions . His know- ledge in divinity was obtained from the study ...
... ancient authors , both Greek and Latin , the philosophers , poets , and orators ; from whence he acquired that correct and ele- gant style , which appears in all his compositions . His know- ledge in divinity was obtained from the study ...
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... ancient family in Lincolnshire ; born in the year 1687 ; admitted of Bene't College , Cambridge , in 1703 ; he took the degree of M. B. in 1709 , and practised physic at Boston , in Lincolnshire ; he became a fellow of the Antiquarian ...
... ancient family in Lincolnshire ; born in the year 1687 ; admitted of Bene't College , Cambridge , in 1703 ; he took the degree of M. B. in 1709 , and practised physic at Boston , in Lincolnshire ; he became a fellow of the Antiquarian ...
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... ancient learning , and excellent observations . He closed the last scene of his life with completing a long and laborious work on ancient British coins , in parti- cular of Cunobelin , on which he felicitated himself to have from them ...
... ancient learning , and excellent observations . He closed the last scene of his life with completing a long and laborious work on ancient British coins , in parti- cular of Cunobelin , on which he felicitated himself to have from them ...
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... ancient people , from their own know- Jedge , or unquestionable tradition . Some are alive , who were his school - fellows ; several are but lately dead , from whom , I apprehend , a larger information might have been expected . But I ...
... ancient people , from their own know- Jedge , or unquestionable tradition . Some are alive , who were his school - fellows ; several are but lately dead , from whom , I apprehend , a larger information might have been expected . But I ...
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... ancient and wealthy family in our neighbourhood , of the same stem as the Welbies of Gedney , to whom I am related . " Sir Isaac Newton was born at Wolsthorp , a hamlet of Colsterworth , six miles south of Grantham , in the great road ...
... ancient and wealthy family in our neighbourhood , of the same stem as the Welbies of Gedney , to whom I am related . " Sir Isaac Newton was born at Wolsthorp , a hamlet of Colsterworth , six miles south of Grantham , in the great road ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 386 - Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand: His manners were gentle, complying, and bland; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Pàgina 383 - 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.
Pàgina 592 - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Pàgina 165 - 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.
Pàgina 387 - 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.
Pàgina 383 - He possessed the theory as perfectly as the practice of his art. To be such a painter, he was a profound and penetrating philosopher.
Pàgina 376 - Dejecting prospect ! soon the hapless hour May come ; perhaps this moment it impends, Which drives me forth to penury and cold, Naked, and beat by all the storms of heaven, Friendless and guideless to explore my way ; Till on cold earth this poor unshelter'd head Reclining, vainly from the ruthless blast Respite I beg, and in the shock expire.
Pàgina 478 - An Attempt towards an improved Version, a metrical Arrangement, and an Explanation of the Twelve Minor Prophets...
Pàgina 92 - ... half's reading, and perhaps never to be read or looked upon after. One that would go higher must take his fortune at blank walls and corners of streets, or repair to the sign of Bateman, Innys, and one or two more where are best choice and better pennyworths.
Pàgina 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.