A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volum 4John Walker Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... hand which is now writing this little narrative . He died on January 10 , 1754 , having just concluded the twenty - third annual collection . He was a man of large stature , not only tall but bulky , and was , when young , of remarkable ...
... hand which is now writing this little narrative . He died on January 10 , 1754 , having just concluded the twenty - third annual collection . He was a man of large stature , not only tall but bulky , and was , when young , of remarkable ...
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... hand towards the needy and afflicted " : of which no one can bear testimony better than myself , whom he often employed as the distributor of it . He was indeed a person of great candour and humanity , had a tender feeling of distress ...
... hand towards the needy and afflicted " : of which no one can bear testimony better than myself , whom he often employed as the distributor of it . He was indeed a person of great candour and humanity , had a tender feeling of distress ...
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... hands . His judgment will direct him what to make use of , and comparing them together will clear up some ... hand- writing , being a draught thereof , as far as he knew it , with orders for searching registers to make it more ...
... hands . His judgment will direct him what to make use of , and comparing them together will clear up some ... hand- writing , being a draught thereof , as far as he knew it , with orders for searching registers to make it more ...
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... hand - writing ( in 1764 ) in a copy of that book : " This was printed at the expence of Dr. Heberden , A. D. 1763 . " There were only 250 copies printed , this kind of study being at that time greatly neglected in England . The ...
... hand - writing ( in 1764 ) in a copy of that book : " This was printed at the expence of Dr. Heberden , A. D. 1763 . " There were only 250 copies printed , this kind of study being at that time greatly neglected in England . The ...
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... hand , that he twice declined the Greek Professor- ship ; a station where abilities like his would have been eminently displayed . On the 28th of February , 1743-4 , he tells Mr. Bowyer , " I suppose you have heard that the " Greek ...
... hand , that he twice declined the Greek Professor- ship ; a station where abilities like his would have been eminently displayed . On the 28th of February , 1743-4 , he tells Mr. Bowyer , " I suppose you have heard that the " Greek ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 344 - To failings mild, but zealous for desert; The clearest head, and the sincerest heart. This humble praise, lamented Shade! receive, This praise at least a grateful Muse may give: The Muse whose early voice you taught to sing...
Pàgina 381 - 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 384 - 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 354 - A Companion to the Guide, and a Guide to the Companion; being a complete Supplement to all the Accounts of Oxford hitherto published.
Pàgina 32 - Divi Britannici, being a Remark upon the Lives of all the Kings of this Isle, from the year of the world 2855, unto the year of grace 1660, fol.
Pàgina 304 - An Account of an attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea, by an exact Theory of the Variation of the Magnetical Needle...
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 165 - As you appear no less sensible than your readers of the defects of your poetical article, you will not be displeased, if, in order to the improvement of it, I communicate to you the sentiments of a person, who will undertake, on reasonable terms, sometimes to fill a column.
Pàgina 476 - An historical View of the English Biblical Translations : the Expediency of revising by Authority our present Translation : and the Means of executing such a Revision.
Pàgina 385 - 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.