A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volum 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 |
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... given hopes of great mercantile abilities ; but this place he soon left , I know not for what reason , and was bound apprentice to Mr. Collins , a printer of some reputation , and deputy alderman . This was a trade for which men were ...
... given hopes of great mercantile abilities ; but this place he soon left , I know not for what reason , and was bound apprentice to Mr. Collins , a printer of some reputation , and deputy alderman . This was a trade for which men were ...
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... given by members of parliament to their friends ; because he thought such exten- sion of a peculiar right illegal . This raised many complaints , and having stopped , among others , a frank given to the old Duchess of Marlborough , by ...
... given by members of parliament to their friends ; because he thought such exten- sion of a peculiar right illegal . This raised many complaints , and having stopped , among others , a frank given to the old Duchess of Marlborough , by ...
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... given , where both his money and his diligence were employed liberally for others . His enmity was in like manner cool and deliberate ; but though cool , it was not insidious , and though deliberate , not pertinacious . His mental ...
... given , where both his money and his diligence were employed liberally for others . His enmity was in like manner cool and deliberate ; but though cool , it was not insidious , and though deliberate , not pertinacious . His mental ...
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... given them . He too has had his controversies , and those carried on with warmth and spirit ; but without any injury to his temper , or any interruptions to his thoughts and mind . His father lived in more difficult times , had much to ...
... given them . He too has had his controversies , and those carried on with warmth and spirit ; but without any injury to his temper , or any interruptions to his thoughts and mind . His father lived in more difficult times , had much to ...
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... given him a great and an understanding mind , a quick comprehension , and a solid judgment . These advantages of nature he im- proved by much industry and application ; and in the early part of his life had read and digested well the ...
... given him a great and an understanding mind , a quick comprehension , and a solid judgment . These advantages of nature he im- proved by much industry and application ; and in the early part of his life had read and digested well the ...
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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.