Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: With the Suppressed Passages of the First Volume, and Notes by the Earls of Dartmouth and Hardwicke, and Speaker Onslow, Hitherto Unpublished, to which are Added the Cursory Remarks of Swift. And Other Observations, Volume 1 |
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Ireland, and from Mr. Rose's Observations on Fox's History of the early part of the
reign of James II. that both these writers had been favoured with the sight as well
of these notes, as of a collection of letters sent by king James, when duke of ...
Ireland, and from Mr. Rose's Observations on Fox's History of the early part of the
reign of James II. that both these writers had been favoured with the sight as well
of these notes, as of a collection of letters sent by king James, when duke of ...
Page ix
My lord Dartmouth," he says, " is a man of letters, full of good " sense, good
nature, and honour, of strict " virtue and regularity in his life; but labours " under
one great defect, that he treats his " clerks with more civility and good man- " ners,
than ...
My lord Dartmouth," he says, " is a man of letters, full of good " sense, good
nature, and honour, of strict " virtue and regularity in his life; but labours " under
one great defect, that he treats his " clerks with more civility and good man- " ners,
than ...
Page xi
The remaining annotator, lord Hardwicke, son of the lord chancellor Hard- wicke,
and one of the authors of those elegant compositions the Athenian Letters,
always adhered to the same party. Lord Dartmouth uses strong, and Swift much
ill ...
The remaining annotator, lord Hardwicke, son of the lord chancellor Hard- wicke,
and one of the authors of those elegant compositions the Athenian Letters,
always adhered to the same party. Lord Dartmouth uses strong, and Swift much
ill ...
Page xix
It deserves notice, that in page 8 of the second letter addressed by Mr. Beach to
Thomas Burnet, esquire, the writer asserts, that he had in his own possession an
authentic and complete collection of the castrations. See Nichols's Literary ...
It deserves notice, that in page 8 of the second letter addressed by Mr. Beach to
Thomas Burnet, esquire, the writer asserts, that he had in his own possession an
authentic and complete collection of the castrations. See Nichols's Literary ...
Page xxiii
i. p. 517, containing a severe attack on the character of king Charles I. chiefly
founded on that prince's letters to the first duke of Hamilton, and on bishop
Burnet's acquaintance with the Hamilton papers, the basis of his Memoirs of the
two dukes ...
i. p. 517, containing a severe attack on the character of king Charles I. chiefly
founded on that prince's letters to the first duke of Hamilton, and on bishop
Burnet's acquaintance with the Hamilton papers, the basis of his Memoirs of the
two dukes ...
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| Title | Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: With the Suppressed Passages of the First Volume, and Notes by the Earls of Dartmouth and Hardwicke, and Speaker Onslow, Hitherto Unpublished, to which are Added the Cursory Remarks of Swift. And Other Observations, Volume 1 Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: With the Suppressed Passages of the First Volume, and Notes by the Earls of Dartmouth and Hardwicke, and Speaker Onslow, Hitherto Unpublished, to which are Added the Cursory Remarks of Swift. And Other Observations, Martin Joseph Routh |
| Authors | Gilbert Burnet, Sir Thomas Burnet, Martin Joseph Routh |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1823 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
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