A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volum 4John Walker Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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Pàgina 9
... Latin , which be delivered in a most engaging manner , and which gained him univer- sal applause . At the close of the speech , he added a long encomium on the mathematics , shewing the excellence and advantage of this above every other ...
... Latin , which be delivered in a most engaging manner , and which gained him univer- sal applause . At the close of the speech , he added a long encomium on the mathematics , shewing the excellence and advantage of this above every other ...
Pàgina 13
... Latin , the philosophers , poets , and orators ; from whence he acquired that correct and ele- gant stile , which appears in all his compositions . His know- lege in divinity was obtained from the study of the most rational writers of ...
... Latin , the philosophers , poets , and orators ; from whence he acquired that correct and ele- gant stile , which appears in all his compositions . His know- lege in divinity was obtained from the study of the most rational writers of ...
Pàgina 33
... Latin , English , and Irish names , and an abridgment of their virtues , with several new disco- veries , with an appendix of observations made upon plants by Dr. Molyneux , physician to the State in Ireland , the first essay of this ...
... Latin , English , and Irish names , and an abridgment of their virtues , with several new disco- veries , with an appendix of observations made upon plants by Dr. Molyneux , physician to the State in Ireland , the first essay of this ...
Pàgina 35
... Latin copy of verses of his appeared in the " Cam- bridge Gratulations , 1714 ; " and his name is to be found as assistant to Ogle in the " Canterbury Tales . " But he became first publicly known , in 1723 , by his " Epistola Critica ...
... Latin copy of verses of his appeared in the " Cam- bridge Gratulations , 1714 ; " and his name is to be found as assistant to Ogle in the " Canterbury Tales . " But he became first publicly known , in 1723 , by his " Epistola Critica ...
Pàgina 39
... Latin letter of his is extant , in which he seems ambitious of that honour . He continued at college till June 1722 , under the tuition . of the Rev. Dr. John Newcome ; and , notwithstanding an ha- bitual shyness , his regularity of ...
... Latin letter of his is extant , in which he seems ambitious of that honour . He continued at college till June 1722 , under the tuition . of the Rev. Dr. John Newcome ; and , notwithstanding an ha- bitual shyness , his regularity of ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 377 - 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 300 - An Account of an attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea, by an exact Theory of the Variation of the Magnetical Needle...
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 163 - 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 117 - Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Pàgina 472 - An attempt towards an improved version, a metrical arrangement, and an explanation of the Twelve Minor Prophets...
Pàgina 381 - 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 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.
Pàgina 91 - The rest of the trade are content to take their refuse, with which, and the fresh scum of the press, they furnish one side of a shop, which serves for the sign of a bookseller, rather than a real one; but, instead of selling, deal as factors and procure what the country divines and gentry send for; of whom each hath his book-factor, and, when wanting anything, writes to his bookseller, and pays his bill.
Pàgina 145 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walk'd innoxious through his age.