The British Plutarch, Or Biographical Entertainer. Being a Select Collection of the Lives at Large of the Most Eminent Men, Natives of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Reign of Henry VIII. to George II. (etc.) |
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I remember , " says he , “ fome verses of my own Maximin and Almanzor , which
cry vengeance upon me for their extravagance . All that I can say for those
passages , which are , I hope , not many , is , that I knew they were bad when I
wrote ...
I remember , " says he , “ fome verses of my own Maximin and Almanzor , which
cry vengeance upon me for their extravagance . All that I can say for those
passages , which are , I hope , not many , is , that I knew they were bad when I
wrote ...
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The bishop of Sarum , in the history of his own times , says , that the stage was
defiled beyond all example ; “ Dryden , the great master of dramatic poetry , being
a monster of immodesty and impurities of all forts . ” I The late lord Lansdown took
...
The bishop of Sarum , in the history of his own times , says , that the stage was
defiled beyond all example ; “ Dryden , the great master of dramatic poetry , being
a monster of immodesty and impurities of all forts . ” I The late lord Lansdown took
...
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As to his writings , I may venture to say , in general terms , that no man hath
written , in our language , so much , and so various mat . ter ; and , in so various
manners , so well . Another thing , I may say , was very peculiar to him ; which is ,
that ...
As to his writings , I may venture to say , in general terms , that no man hath
written , in our language , so much , and so various mat . ter ; and , in so various
manners , so well . Another thing , I may say , was very peculiar to him ; which is ,
that ...
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... and envoys extraordinary fome difficulties were arisen ( they say , here first
begun by Sir George Downing ) which have in a manner spoiled all commerce .
None of the other failed to rejoice with me upon the conclusion of my business ,
and ...
... and envoys extraordinary fome difficulties were arisen ( they say , here first
begun by Sir George Downing ) which have in a manner spoiled all commerce .
None of the other failed to rejoice with me upon the conclusion of my business ,
and ...
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They say his majesty will bave the sole honour of giving either peace to
Christendom or a balance to the wars ; and has shewn , that all must follow what
he gives a head to . Much more of this kind I hear from all hands , and have no
reason to ...
They say his majesty will bave the sole honour of giving either peace to
Christendom or a balance to the wars ; and has shewn , that all must follow what
he gives a head to . Much more of this kind I hear from all hands , and have no
reason to ...
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