The British Plutarch, Or Biographical Entertainer: Being a Select Collection of the Lives ... of the Most Eminent Men ... of Great Britain and Ireland ; from the Reign of Henry VIII. to George II. Both Inclusive ...E. Dilly, 1762 |
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... house as manager . When Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First trod the ftage , -immortal Shakespear rofe : Each change of many - colour'd life he drew ; Exhaufted worlds , and then imagin'd new ; Existence faw him fpurn her ...
... house as manager . When Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First trod the ftage , -immortal Shakespear rofe : Each change of many - colour'd life he drew ; Exhaufted worlds , and then imagin'd new ; Existence faw him fpurn her ...
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... house door , and picked up a little money by taking care of the gentlemen's horfes who came to the play . He became eminent even in that profeffion , and was taken notice of for his diligence and skill in it . He had foon more buliness ...
... house door , and picked up a little money by taking care of the gentlemen's horfes who came to the play . He became eminent even in that profeffion , and was taken notice of for his diligence and skill in it . He had foon more buliness ...
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... house , in which he was first admitted in a very low station ; but he did not long remain fo , for he foon diftinguished himself , if not as an extra- ordinary actor , at least as a fine writer . His name is printed , as the cuftom was ...
... house , in which he was first admitted in a very low station ; but he did not long remain fo , for he foon diftinguished himself , if not as an extra- ordinary actor , at least as a fine writer . His name is printed , as the cuftom was ...
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... house was built of cedar , and fortified round with sharp pieces of timber . His wife came out to them , and ordered her people to carry them from the boat on their backs , and fhewed them many civilities to express her friendly ...
... house was built of cedar , and fortified round with sharp pieces of timber . His wife came out to them , and ordered her people to carry them from the boat on their backs , and fhewed them many civilities to express her friendly ...
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... house , who had been a follower of mine , and who gave me good entertainment , he gave out , that I had received fome dram of poifon ; when I anfwered him , that I feared no fuch thing , for I was , well affured of them in the houfe ...
... house , who had been a follower of mine , and who gave me good entertainment , he gave out , that I had received fome dram of poifon ; when I anfwered him , that I feared no fuch thing , for I was , well affured of them in the houfe ...
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الصفحة 128 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
الصفحة 10 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company ; and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing, engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford.
الصفحة 21 - ... between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
الصفحة 65 - Beg my dead body which, living, was denied thee, and either lay it at Sherborne, if the land continue, or in Exeter church by my father and mother. I can say no more — time and death call me away.
الصفحة 138 - Strafford of high treason, for endeavouring to subvert the ancient and fundamental laws and government of His Majesty's realms of England and Ireland, and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical government...
الصفحة 20 - His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him, "Caesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, "Caesar did never wrong but with just cause"; and such like, which were ridiculous.
الصفحة 65 - ... accusers; and send us to meet in his glorious kingdom ! My dear wife, farewell! Bless my poor boy, pray for me, and let my good God hold you. both in his arms ! Written with the dying hand of sometime thy husband, but now, alas! overthrown...
الصفحة 9 - twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt; the strong-bas'd promontory Have I made shake, and by the spurs pluck'd up The pine and cedar; graves at my command Have wak'd their sleepers, op'd, and let 'em forth By my so potent art.
الصفحة 63 - I trust my blood will quench their malice that have thus cruelly murdered me, and that they will not seek also to kill thee and thine with extreme poverty. To what friend to direct thee I know not, for all mine have left me in the true time of trial; and I plainly perceive that my death was determined from the first day.
الصفحة 5 - I cannot determine; but it is plain he had much reading at least, if they will not call it learning. Nor is it any great matter, if a man has knowledge, whether he has it from one language or from another.