THE

PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE

UNDER DIFFICULTIES;

ILLUSTRATED BY ANECDOTES.

By G. L. CRAIK, ESQ.

IN TWO VOLUMES:

VOL. I.

WITH PORTRAITS.

LONDON:

NATTALI AND BOND, 23, BEDFORD STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

London: Printed by W. CLOWES and SONS, Stamford-street.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION. Newton; Galileo; Torricelli; Pascal,

Prince Rupert; Montgolfier. Self-Education

CHAPTER II.

Strength of the Passion for Knowledge. Pythagoras; Archi-

medes; Leibnitz; Galileo; Heyne

CHAPTER III.

Humble Station no Obstacle. Epictetus; Protagoras; Cle-

anthes; Haüy; Winckelman; Arnigio; Duval.-Affec-

tation of high Birth. Bandinelli; Scaliger.-Men proud

of their low Origin. Protogones; Baudouin; Gelli.-

Obscure Origin. Metastasio; Haydn; Opie; Parini;

Prideaux ; Saunders; Linnæus; Lomonosoff; B. Jonson;

the Milners; John Hunter.-Application of Examples. 31

CHAPTER IV.

Artists rising from the lower to the higher branches. B. Cel-

lini; Q. Matsys; Ibbetson; Kent; Towne; Kirby ;

Schiavoni; Hogarth; Sharp; Thew; Caslon.-Late

Learners. Cromwell; Sir W. Jones; Cato Censor;

Alfred; Moliere; Valerianus; Vondel; Pitot; Paucton:

Ogilby

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CHAPTER V.

Early Age of Great Men. Short Term of their Lives. New-

ton; Gregory; Torricelli; Pascal; Cowper; Burns;

Byron; Sydney; Otway; Collins; Mozart; Raphaei;

Correggio; Politian; Mirandola

Paga

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CHAPTER VII.

Self-educated Men continued. E. Stone, J. Stone.-Pursuit

of Knowledge and Business united. Cicero; Jones;

Cæsar; Scipio; Polybius; Frederick II.; Sully; De

Thou; More; Selden; Hale; Grotius

CHAPTER VIII.

Literary Pursuits of Soldiers.-Descartes; B. Jonson;

Buchanan; Cervantes.-Of Sailors. Dampier; Davis;

Drury; Falconer; Giordani; Fransham; Oswald; Co-

lumbus; Cook; Vancouver; Collingwood

CHAPTER IX.

Laterary Pursuits of Merchants. Solon; Guys; D. North;

Ricardo

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CHAPTER X.

Literary Pursuits of Booksellers and Printers, Gesner;

Aldus Manutius, Paul, and Aldus the Younger; R.

Stephens; H. Stephens; Scapula; Colinæus; Badius;

Froben; Oporinus; Ruddiman; Bowyer; Nichols ;

Richardson

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CHAPTER XI.

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Booksellers and Printers continued. W. Hutton, R.

Dodsley; Almon; Crudeu; the Panckouckes; Roth-

scholtz; Bayford; Ames; Herbert; Patterson.-Lite-

rary Pursuits in other Trades. Walton; Defoe; Lillo 172

CHAPTER XII.

Self-educated Men continued. Ferguson.-Influence of Ac-

cident in directing Pursuits. Rennie, Linnæus; Vernet;

Caravaggio; Tassie; Chatterton; Harrison; Edwards;

Villars; Joly; Jourdan; Bandinelli; Palissy

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Kepler; Schaeffer; Bullinger; Musculus; Postellus ;

Castalio; Adrian VI.; Perrier; Claude Lorraine ; Sal.

vator Rosa; Marmontel; Hoche; Lagrange; Dr. John-

son; Dr. Parr; Spagnoletto; Le Jay; Castell; Davies;

Tytler; William Davy.-In Exile and Imprisonment,

Ovid; Boethius; Buchanan; Tasso; Smart; Maggi;

le Maistre, Lorenzini, Prynne; Madame Roland

Raleigh; Lady Jane Grey; James I. (of Scotland);

Lovelace.

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