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... talents nobly . He was indeed of a family of genius : his younger brother was cut off early , but not until he had given promise of eminence . Dr. Hunter was , in our opinion , equal in talents to John , the subject of this memoir ...
... talents nobly . He was indeed of a family of genius : his younger brother was cut off early , but not until he had given promise of eminence . Dr. Hunter was , in our opinion , equal in talents to John , the subject of this memoir ...
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... talents , especially by a decided taste and ability for the discus- sion of subjects relating to English history and politics . His first literary effort of any importance was made before he quitted that university , in some letters ...
... talents , especially by a decided taste and ability for the discus- sion of subjects relating to English history and politics . His first literary effort of any importance was made before he quitted that university , in some letters ...
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... talents of Fox had been trained and nourished by the wisdom of Burke ; and in the speeches published at different periods by the latter , on American taxation [ 1774 ] , and on conciliation with America [ 1775 ] , and his Letter to the ...
... talents of Fox had been trained and nourished by the wisdom of Burke ; and in the speeches published at different periods by the latter , on American taxation [ 1774 ] , and on conciliation with America [ 1775 ] , and his Letter to the ...
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... talent at the battle of Jarnac , and that of Moncontour , both fought in 1569. In the same year he was declared chief of the Protestant League . The treaty of St. Germain , concluded in 1570 , guaranteed to the Huguenots the civil ...
... talent at the battle of Jarnac , and that of Moncontour , both fought in 1569. In the same year he was declared chief of the Protestant League . The treaty of St. Germain , concluded in 1570 , guaranteed to the Huguenots the civil ...
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... talent . Fenton first suggested , that the spots in that sun - like performance might be owing to the misapprehension of the amanuensis , and the ignorant blunders of a poverty - stricken printer . On this foundation Bentley , neither ...
... talent . Fenton first suggested , that the spots in that sun - like performance might be owing to the misapprehension of the amanuensis , and the ignorant blunders of a poverty - stricken printer . On this foundation Bentley , neither ...
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Page 197 - ... our sage and serious poet Spenser, whom I dare be known to think a better teacher than Scotus or Aquinas...
Page 161 - He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him, (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth...
Page 13 - ' are most of them old decayed serving men and tapsters, " ' and such kind of fellows ; and,' said I, ' their troops " ' are gentlemen's sons, younger sons, and persons of " ' quality ; do you think that the spirits of such base and " ' mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen. " ' that have honour and courage, and resolution in them...
Page 62 - Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter; when they come to model heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb.
Page 196 - Tell me, ye merchants' daughters, did ye see So fair a creature in your town before ! So sweet, so lovely, and so mild as she, Adorned with Beauty's grace and Virtue's store...
Page 177 - Chaucer) were of the Inner Temple ; for not many years since Master Buckley did see a record in the same house where Geoffry Chaucer was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscan Friar in Fleet Street.
Page 158 - That the argument of his comedy might have been of some other nature, as of a duke to be in love with a countess, and that countess to be in love with the duke's son, and the son to love the lady's waiting-maid : some such cross wooing, with a clown to their servingman, better than to be thus near, and familiarly allied to the time.
Page 42 - second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of " the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between " king and people — and, by the advice of Jesuits and other " wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, " and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom — has " abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby
Page 157 - The Winter's Tale is sneered at by B. Jonson, in the induction to Bartholomew Fair, 1614: " If there be never a servant-monster in the fair, who can help it, nor a nest of Antiques ? He is loth to make nature afraid in his plays, like those that beget TALES, Tempests, and such like drolleries.
Page 187 - ... ever come, when you shall wish to enjoy the tranquillity of private life, may you have a son endowed with such qualities, that you can resign your sceptre to him, with as much satisfaction as I give up mine to you.