Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Annals of Mr. Bowyers press 1766 to 1777. First publication of his Memoirs, and other works. Essays and illustrations [including: History of the Stationers' company; A list of their various benefactors; Progress of selling books by catalogues; Printers and booksellersauthor, 1812 |
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... translation of Orosius , ascribed to King Alfred , in one volume octavo , he added to it an English translation and notes , which neither give the meaning nor clear up the obscurities of the Latin or Saxon authors , and subjected the ...
... translation of Orosius , ascribed to King Alfred , in one volume octavo , he added to it an English translation and notes , which neither give the meaning nor clear up the obscurities of the Latin or Saxon authors , and subjected the ...
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... and ought not to be employed in the drudgery of translating . If Mr. Millar can make any use of this hint , you may communicate it , and he will let have been the production of the Rev. Francis Black- let 12 [ 1766 . LITERARY ANECDOTES OF.
... and ought not to be employed in the drudgery of translating . If Mr. Millar can make any use of this hint , you may communicate it , and he will let have been the production of the Rev. Francis Black- let 12 [ 1766 . LITERARY ANECDOTES OF.
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... Translation , corresponding with the Beauties of Homer , selected from the Iliad by W. Holwell , B. D. F. R. S. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty , " were published , in 2 vols . Svo . 1776 . § Son of Dr. Isaac Schomberg , a man ...
... Translation , corresponding with the Beauties of Homer , selected from the Iliad by W. Holwell , B. D. F. R. S. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty , " were published , in 2 vols . Svo . 1776 . § Son of Dr. Isaac Schomberg , a man ...
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... the Author's concurrence , he re - published in Scot- land , with a translation of many of the mottos by himself.- John- Carlisle , President of the Society of Antiquaries ; wherein 1766. ] THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . 31.
... the Author's concurrence , he re - published in Scot- land , with a translation of many of the mottos by himself.- John- Carlisle , President of the Society of Antiquaries ; wherein 1766. ] THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . 31.
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... Translation . Finding no English Grammar of which he could approve , he about this time composed one him- self for the use of his pupils , which he afterwards published in two duodecimo volumes . In 1763 he published his Poem inti ...
... Translation . Finding no English Grammar of which he could approve , he about this time composed one him- self for the use of his pupils , which he afterwards published in two duodecimo volumes . In 1763 he published his Poem inti ...
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第 455 頁 - Wardrobe; and all other my lands, tenements, and hereditaments whatsoever; to have and to hold all and singular the said premises, with their appurtenances, unto the said Susanna Hall, for and during the term of her natural life; and after her decease, to the first son of her body lawfully issuing...
第 21 頁 - I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.
第 83 頁 - Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!
第 380 頁 - Wilson ; and throughout he shews himself well read in Stage-Coaches, Country Squires, Inns, and Inns of Court. His reflections upon high people and low people, and misses and masters, are very good.
第 581 頁 - With regard to the queen's person, a circumstance not to be omitted in writing the history of a female reign, all contemporary authors agree in ascribing to Mary the utmost beauty of countenance and elegance of shape of which the human form is capable.
第 646 頁 - Of Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance. I knew him very early : he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
第 362 頁 - Pasquin. A Dramatick Satire on the Times : Being the Rehearsal of Two Plays, viz. A Comedy call'd The Election ; and a Tragedy call'd The Life and Death of Common-Sense.
第 350 頁 - For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call
第 330 頁 - The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument.
第 330 頁 - THE King observing with judicious eyes The state of both his universities, To one he sent a regiment : for why ? That learned body wanted loyalty. To th' other he sent books, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning.