The General Biographical Dictionary, כרך 10Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1813 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 38
עמוד 82
... Cowper , and other celebrated wits of that period , were among the intimate associates of Mr. Colman , and gave a lustre to his name , by noticing him in some of their com- positions . Even so early as the publication of the " Ros- ciad ...
... Cowper , and other celebrated wits of that period , were among the intimate associates of Mr. Colman , and gave a lustre to his name , by noticing him in some of their com- positions . Even so early as the publication of the " Ros- ciad ...
עמוד 319
... Cowper , that he had at one time among his patients , that amiable and interesting poet , who speaks of Dr. Cotton's services in a manner that forms a noble tribute to his memory : and Mr. Hayley says , that Dr. Cotton was 66 a scholar ...
... Cowper , that he had at one time among his patients , that amiable and interesting poet , who speaks of Dr. Cotton's services in a manner that forms a noble tribute to his memory : and Mr. Hayley says , that Dr. Cotton was 66 a scholar ...
עמוד 391
... COWPER ( WILLIAM ) , bishop of Galloway , was born at Edinburgh in 1566 , and at eight years old was sent by his father to the school of Dunbar , where he made great proficiency in grammar - learning , and evinced a pious dis- position ...
... COWPER ( WILLIAM ) , bishop of Galloway , was born at Edinburgh in 1566 , and at eight years old was sent by his father to the school of Dunbar , where he made great proficiency in grammar - learning , and evinced a pious dis- position ...
עמוד 393
Alexander Chalmers. COWPER ( WILLIAM ) , earl Cowper , lord high chan- cellor of Great Britain , was descended from an ancient family , and son to sir William Cowper , baronet , and mem- ber of parliament for the town of Hertford in the ...
Alexander Chalmers. COWPER ( WILLIAM ) , earl Cowper , lord high chan- cellor of Great Britain , was descended from an ancient family , and son to sir William Cowper , baronet , and mem- ber of parliament for the town of Hertford in the ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 316 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
עמוד 161 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
עמוד 49 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
עמוד 232 - For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
עמוד 382 - I found everywhere there (though my understanding had little to do with all this) ; and, by degrees, with the tinkling of the rhyme and dance of the numbers, so that I think I had read him all over before I was twelve years old, and was thus made a poet as immediately as a child is made an eunuch.
עמוד 472 - I renounce and refuse, as things written with my hand, contrary to the truth which I thought in my heart, and written for fear of death, and to save my life, if it might be...
עמוד 161 - His scenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or passion ; his personages are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every sentence is to ward or strike; the contest of smartness is never intermitted; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations.
עמוד 62 - A Discourse of Freethinking, occasioned by the rise and growth of a Sect called Freethinkers...
עמוד 160 - Congreve has merit of the highest kind; he is an original writer, who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue. Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for since I inspected them many years have passed...
עמוד 381 - I believe I can tell the particular little chance that filled my head first with such chimes of verse as have never since left ringing there.