Eccentric biography; or, Sketches of remarkable characters, ancient and modernVernor & Hood, 1801 - 348 頁 |
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... Queen of Scots 213 Metcalf John 214 Michael Angelo da Caravaggio . 216 Moliere John Baptiste . ib . Monsey Dr. Messenger 217 Montague Edward Wortley , Esq . 219 Montague Hon . William . 222 Montague Mrs. 225 Mossop Henry ib . Mozart ...
... Queen of Scots 213 Metcalf John 214 Michael Angelo da Caravaggio . 216 Moliere John Baptiste . ib . Monsey Dr. Messenger 217 Montague Edward Wortley , Esq . 219 Montague Hon . William . 222 Montague Mrs. 225 Mossop Henry ib . Mozart ...
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... Queen Elizabeth . James I. employed him to defend the sovereignty of kings against Bel- lamine , for which he rewarded him with the bishopric of Chichester in 1603 , at the same time making him his almoner . In 1603 he was translated to ...
... Queen Elizabeth . James I. employed him to defend the sovereignty of kings against Bel- lamine , for which he rewarded him with the bishopric of Chichester in 1603 , at the same time making him his almoner . In 1603 he was translated to ...
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Eccentric biography. sular dignity . A war was also declared against the Egyptian queen by the senate . While hos- tile preparations were making on both sides , Antony was so immersed in dissipation , that his military ardour became ...
Eccentric biography. sular dignity . A war was also declared against the Egyptian queen by the senate . While hos- tile preparations were making on both sides , Antony was so immersed in dissipation , that his military ardour became ...
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... his future eminence , that queen Elizabeth gave him the appellation of her " Young Lord Keep- Her Majesty was particularly pleased er . " D with with his answer to the following familiar ques- tion , BACON . 25 Bacon Francis.
... his future eminence , that queen Elizabeth gave him the appellation of her " Young Lord Keep- Her Majesty was particularly pleased er . " D with with his answer to the following familiar ques- tion , BACON . 25 Bacon Francis.
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... queen's counsellors . By this time he had made great progress in the study of philosophy . By his attachment to the Earl of Essex , who was at enmity with Cecil , Bacon unfortunately lost those advantages at court which he had a right ...
... queen's counsellors . By this time he had made great progress in the study of philosophy . By his attachment to the Earl of Essex , who was at enmity with Cecil , Bacon unfortunately lost those advantages at court which he had a right ...
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第 178 頁 - Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. "I should have thought so too," said the king, " if you had not written so well.
第 127 頁 - The Body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stripped of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) appear once more In a new And more beautiful Edition, Corrected and Amended By The Author.
第 118 頁 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased, and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.* He upon one occasion experienced, in an extraordinary degree,...
第 297 頁 - I need only tell you, that this ill-starred, good-natured, improvident man returned to Dublin, unhinged from all favour at court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day passed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddle-stick were in continual motion; and yet to little or no purpose...
第 127 頁 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
第 9 頁 - My lords, cannot I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, well, my lord, what say you ? Sir, replied the bishop, I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
第 219 頁 - I will assure you that they are both very pleasant and very convenient. But I must tell you one circumstance: you are the fifth man that has had the reversion of the place, and I have buried them all. And what is more," continued he, looking very scientifically at him, "there is something in your face, that tells me I shall bury you too.
第 98 頁 - Elwes knew almost nothing of accounts, and never reduced his affairs to writing — he was obliged, in the disposal of his money, to trust much to memory — to the suggestions of other people still more.
第 153 頁 - And therefore his death was no less congratulated on the one party, than it was condoled in the other. In a word, what was said of Cinna might well be applied to him ; " he had " a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, " and a hand to execute, any mischief.
第 148 頁 - Fortune now seemed to take some notice of a man she had long neglected. The simplicity of his character, the integrity of his heart, and the merit of his productions, made his company very acceptable to a number of respectable...