A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volum 4

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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814

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Anecdotes of Mr ROBERT SCOTT and Observa tions on the Booksellers of Little Britain at the latter end of the Seventeenth Century
91
Brief Memoirs of THOMAS COXETER
92
Biographical Memoirs of Sir SIMON BAsker VILLE M D and GEORGE BATE M D
94
Biographical Memoirs of ABRAHAM SHARP
96
Character of Dean SWIFT From the MSS of a Gentleman lately deceased at Dublin
101
Anecdotes of GILBERT WEST Bishop Burnet Bishop ATTERBURY Archbishop HERRING Doctor DODDRIDGE and Mr JAMES HERVEY
102
Anecdotes relative to Doctor SAMUEL CLARKE XXIII Particulars in the early Life of ATTERBURY
112
Anecdotes of Bishop THOMAS Doctor Yarbo ROUGH Archbishop TILLOTSON Bishop LLOYD Doctor SOUTH Mr WHISTON and Mr GUY XXV...
114
ROGER LONG and Mr SAMUEL RICHARDSON
120
Anecdotes of ARTHUR COLLINS
127
Anecdotes of the Rev Doctor JOHN FOSTER of Eton XXVIII Anecdotes of Mr W AYSCOUGH and Dr DEERING XXIX Particulars relative to Presi...
139
A short Account of CHARLES ROGERS
144
Anecdotes of STRYPE the Historian
147
Anecdotes of Lord BOLINGBROKE Earl of STRAFFORD Doctor JOHN ROBINSON Bishop of London Lord BINGLEY Lord LEXINGTON Lord ...
149
Anecdotes of Doctor KENNET and Doctor WELTON
158
Anecdotes of NATHANIEL PICOTT Esq
159
Anecdotes illustrative of the Life and Writings of Doctor SAMUEL JOHNSON in his Letters to Mr CAVE and Doctor BIRCH
163
Anecdotes of Mr LEVETT Doctor JOHNSONS Pensioner
179
Biographical Memoirs of FRANK NICHOLLS M D
182
Anecdotes of PARTRIDGE the AlmanackMaker
185
Anecdotes of ANDREW JACKSON an intelligent Dealer in Old Books
187
Biographical Anecdotes of EPHRAIM CHAMBERS
189
Anecdotes of Sir EDWARD HOBY
194
JOHN DRYDEN Particular Narrative of his Funeral
195
Anecdotes of THOMAS LAWRENCE M D
199
A short sketch of the Life and Character of ROBERT RAIKES of Gloucester the Founder of the Sunday Schools
203

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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.

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