 | John Britton - 1813 - 1036 pàgines
...and at Winchester. He was the author of several works on various subjects ; and Wood says that " he was esteemed a noted poet, a witty and ingenious person, and an excellent physician." EAST BOURNE, which has of late years become a fashionable bathing-place, is situated near the foot... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1814 - 692 pàgines
...medicine anil astronomy. He is known to posterity as u buffoon, not as a philosopher." Wood remarks he " was esteemed a noted poet, a witty and ingenious person and an excellent physician." He died April 1549. §See Briiish Bibl. vol. ii. p. 67,8. || Wonderfiil Magazine. 5f Same as used tor... | |
 | 1823 - 888 pàgines
...life in the Fleet prison, where he died in the year 1549. As to his character, Wood says that " he o 3 ز } sg ر /_ d ~ n ņ' M P : [ } տ |{ ʙ > o kj ?ߛ d Pits calls him a man of sufficient learning, but too volatile and inconstant. Bale and some others,... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1824 - 488 pàgines
...abroad into various parts of Europe, which he visited in the medical character *. Wood says, that he was " esteemed a noted poet, a witty and ingenious person, and an excellent physician." Hearne, who has plainly discovered the origin of Tom Thumb, is of opinion, that this facetious practitioner... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 800 pàgines
...dated the llth and proved the 25th of that month. Wood Athense Oxon. says, that our author, Borde, was esteemed a noted poet, a witty and ingenious person, and an excellent physician of his time. See Gent. Mag. vol. lix. p. 7. WILLIAM BUTTS ; in Harding s Shakspeare, after Holbein.... | |
 | William Davis (bibliographer.) - 1825 - 126 pàgines
...But letting these matters pass, I cannot otherwise but say," continues Wood, " that our author Borde was esteemed a noted poet, a witty and ingenious person, and an excellent Physician of his time ; and that he is reported by some to have been, not only Physician to King Henry 8th, but... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 pàgines
...notwithstanding which, he had the misfortune to end his life in the Fleet prison, in 1549. Wood says, ' he was esteemed a noted poet, a witty and ingenious person, and an excellent physician.' Pitts calls him a man of sufficient learning, but too volatile. His writings are, 1 . A Book of the... | |
 | A F. Kendall - 1830 - 704 pàgines
...of Africa. On his return to England he received the degree of MD and " was esteemed," says Wood, " a noted poet, a witty and ingenious person, and an excellent physician;" his practice, however, would be deemed rather irregular in the present day, as he is said to have frequented... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1837 - 450 pàgines
...poisoned himself; and other? tell us that he was not incarcerated for debt: — Wood, however, calls him "a noted poet, a witty and ingenious person, and an excellent physician.". This little digression, for which I duly apologize, just brings our hero to the door of the " Hotel"... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1837 - 1012 pàgines
...himself; and others tell us that he was not incarcerated for debt : — Wood, however, calls him " a noted poet, a witty and ingenious person, and an excellent physician." This little digression, for which I duly apologize, just brings our hero to the door of the " Hotel... | |
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I cannot otherwise but say that our author Borde was esteemed a noted poet, a witty and ingenious person, and an excellent physician of his time. 
