A Second Series of Curiosities of Literature: Consisting of Researches in Literary, Biographical, and Political History; of Critical and Philosophical Inquiries; and of Secret History, כרך 1J. Murray, 1824 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 30
עמוד 6
... proved what Bacon , casting his philosophical views re- trospectively and prospectively , has observed , " that Time was the greatest of innovators . " When BAYLE projected his " Critical Dic- tionary , " he probably had no idea that he ...
... proved what Bacon , casting his philosophical views re- trospectively and prospectively , has observed , " that Time was the greatest of innovators . " When BAYLE projected his " Critical Dic- tionary , " he probably had no idea that he ...
עמוד 28
... prove and clear up facts , an author should only make use of his own thoughts , or that he ought to quote very seldom . Those who say , that the work does not sufficiently interest the public , are doubtless in the right ; but an author ...
... prove and clear up facts , an author should only make use of his own thoughts , or that he ought to quote very seldom . Those who say , that the work does not sufficiently interest the public , are doubtless in the right ; but an author ...
עמוד 55
... prove ; for that originally consisted only of twelve persons brought toge- . ther with great difficulty , and neither distin- guished for their ability nor their rank . The opponents to the establishment of an aca- demy in this country ...
... prove ; for that originally consisted only of twelve persons brought toge- . ther with great difficulty , and neither distin- guished for their ability nor their rank . The opponents to the establishment of an aca- demy in this country ...
עמוד 62
... prove to be . Were the origin of the Royal Society inquired into , it might be justly dated a century before its existence the real founder was Lord Bacon , who planned the ideal institution in his philosophical romance of the New ...
... prove to be . Were the origin of the Royal Society inquired into , it might be justly dated a century before its existence the real founder was Lord Bacon , who planned the ideal institution in his philosophical romance of the New ...
עמוד 65
... proved to be , as Aubrey ex- presses it , the incunabula of the Royal Society . When the members were dispersed about Lon- don , they renewed their meetings first at a tavern , then at a private house ; and when the society became too ...
... proved to be , as Aubrey ex- presses it , the incunabula of the Royal Society . When the members were dispersed about Lon- don , they renewed their meetings first at a tavern , then at a private house ; and when the society became too ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Abbé academy Agostino amidst amusing ancient Annibale ANTHONY COLLINS antiquary antiquity appears Arabella Stuart Aulus Gellius Bacon BAYLE Ben Jonson body burlesque called Caraccis character Charles Cicero circumstance COKE collection Collins court critical curious DANTE delight Dictionary discovered elegant English expression father favour favourite folio formed France French genius historian honour Hudibras human humour imagined Inigo Jones invention Italian Italy James Jonson king labours Lady Arabella language learned letter literary literature lived Lodovico Lord Lord Bacon MAIZEAUX majesty manuscript Marolles Marot marriage Masque mind modern nature never Niceron observes occasion original parody party perhaps persons philosophical Plutarch poet political preserved printed proverbs Psalms racter Raynaud ridicule royal says scene secret history seems society spirit style taste thing Thomas Warton tion translation truth verse volumes words writer written
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 312 - Thou art an odious fellow, thy name is hateful to all the realm of England for thy pride.
עמוד 140 - Western nations at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.
עמוד 246 - In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed, and mean attire, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name...
עמוד 269 - Arabella's epistolary talent was not vulgar : Dr. Montford, in a manuscript letter, describes one of those effusions which Arabella addressed to the king. " This letter was penned by her in the best terms, as she can do right well. It was often read without offence, nay it was even commended by his highness, with the applause of prince and council.
עמוד 343 - I never counted among my honours these ojmscula of mine, but merely as harmless amusements. It is my "partridge, as with St. John the Evangelist; my cat, as with Pope St. Gregory ; my little dog, as with St. Dominick; my lamb, as with St. Francis ; my great black mastiff, as with Cornelius Agrippa ; and my tame hare, as with Justus Lipsius.
עמוד 312 - Nay, I will prove all : thou art a monster ; thou hast an English face, but a Spanish heart.
עמוד 160 - Pour grands que soient les rois, ils sont ce que nous sommes : Ils peuvent se tromper comme les autres hommes ; Et ce choix sert de preuve à tous les courtisans Qu'ils savent mal payer les services présents.
עמוד 353 - Look back and see The strange vicissitudes of poetrie : Your aged fathers came to plays for wit, And sat knee-deep in nut-shells in the pit.
עמוד 206 - thinking thereby,' says our cynical literary historian, Antony Wood, ' that the courtiers would sing them instead of their sonnets, but did not, only some few excepted.
עמוד 261 - A great ambassador is coming from the King of Poland, whose chief errand is to demand my Lady Arabella in marriage for his master. So may your princess of the blood grow a great queen, and then we shall be safe from the danger of missuperscribing letters."* This last passage seems to allude to something.