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... History which is Partly True , Partly Romantick , Morally Divine , whereby a Mar- riage between Reality and Fancy is solemnized by Divinity . F. 1650 This work , under fictitious names , minutely depicts the history of the period when ...
... History which is Partly True , Partly Romantick , Morally Divine , whereby a Mar- riage between Reality and Fancy is solemnized by Divinity . F. 1650 This work , under fictitious names , minutely depicts the history of the period when ...
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... History of English Poetry , II . 4. p . 61. , Bibliogr . Poet . pp . 66-90 . , Mathias ' Gray , II . , and Dibdin's ... History by this writer , who was a curious and exact investigator of our ancient Records , formed ( as Dr. Gilbert ...
... History of English Poetry , II . 4. p . 61. , Bibliogr . Poet . pp . 66-90 . , Mathias ' Gray , II . , and Dibdin's ... History by this writer , who was a curious and exact investigator of our ancient Records , formed ( as Dr. Gilbert ...
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... History of the Life and Reigne of Richard III .. H. 1647 This curious volume , which labours to clear Richard III . from the scan- dal of other historians , particularly of Sir T. More ( and in this it is supported by Comines , and many ...
... History of the Life and Reigne of Richard III .. H. 1647 This curious volume , which labours to clear Richard III . from the scan- dal of other historians , particularly of Sir T. More ( and in this it is supported by Comines , and many ...
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... Historical , Geographical , and Poetical Dictionary , by Bohun ..... Comines ' History , by Danett ... ... Maps . 1694 1596 C.'s Account ( of Louis IX . and Charles VIII . ) has been compared to the Histories of Thucydides , and other ...
... Historical , Geographical , and Poetical Dictionary , by Bohun ..... Comines ' History , by Danett ... ... Maps . 1694 1596 C.'s Account ( of Louis IX . and Charles VIII . ) has been compared to the Histories of Thucydides , and other ...
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... History of France from the period , where Davila con- cludes his work , to 1642 . ( Rob . ) Tower - Reports , abridged by Prynne ..... 1657 Cottonian Library , Reports of ......... .. 1730 Horne's Introd . II . 607 . Votes of the House ...
... History of France from the period , where Davila con- cludes his work , to 1642 . ( Rob . ) Tower - Reports , abridged by Prynne ..... 1657 Cottonian Library , Reports of ......... .. 1730 Horne's Introd . II . 607 . Votes of the House ...
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Page 260 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 260 - ... her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 386 - Why, Sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment, and consider the story as only giving occasion to the sentiment.
Page 185 - Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea.
Page 156 - Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you; nor with fainting heart; For pass a few short years, or days, or hours, And happier seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowship restore: When, freed from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind shall with mind direct communion hold, And kindred spirits meet to part no more.
Page 124 - Orientale;" but for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far surpasses all European imitations; and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it; his " Happy Valley" will not bear a comparison with the "Hall of Eblis.
Page 330 - I dined yesterday at Mrs. Garrick's with Mrs. Carter, Miss Hannah More, and Miss Fanny Burney. Three such women are not to be found: I know not where I could find a fourth, except Mrs. Lennox, who is superior to them all.
Page 68 - English, Scotch, and Irish, Whig and Tory, churchman and sectary, freethinker and religionist, patriot and courtier, united in their rage against the man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the earl of Strafford...
Page 167 - They mention him, as if to use his name Was, in some measure, to partake his fame, Though Virgil, was he living, in the street Might rot for them, or perish in the Fleet. See how they redden, and the charge disclaim — ' Virgil, and in the Fleet — forbid it, Shame ! ' Hence, ye vain boasters, to the Fleet repair, And ask, with blushes ask, if Lloyd is there.
Page 299 - He used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn; it looking like a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all as an inn, and who was weary of the noise and confusion in it.