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... Paris , June 16 , 1641 , at which time the author pro- bably had not learned that the object of his satire was be- yond his reach . As a poet , he was one of those who wrote for amuse- ment , and was not stimulated by ambition , or ...
... Paris , June 16 , 1641 , at which time the author pro- bably had not learned that the object of his satire was be- yond his reach . As a poet , he was one of those who wrote for amuse- ment , and was not stimulated by ambition , or ...
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... Paris , 1684 , 2 tom . 4to ; " Cum notis Burmanni , " 1736 , in 2 vols . 4to ; " Ernesti , " Leipsic , 1748-75 , 8vo . " Oudendorp , " Leyden , 1751 , 2 vols . 8vo ; and " Wolfius , " Leipsic , 1802 , 4 vols . 8vo.1 SUEUR ( EUSTACHE LE ) ...
... Paris , 1684 , 2 tom . 4to ; " Cum notis Burmanni , " 1736 , in 2 vols . 4to ; " Ernesti , " Leipsic , 1748-75 , 8vo . " Oudendorp , " Leyden , 1751 , 2 vols . 8vo ; and " Wolfius , " Leipsic , 1802 , 4 vols . 8vo.1 SUEUR ( EUSTACHE LE ) ...
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... Paris , as was pro- posed , in May 1572 . Sully's father was one of those who doubted the sincerity of the court , and conceived such strong apprehensions , that when the report of the court of Navarre's journey to Paris first reached ...
... Paris , as was pro- posed , in May 1572 . Sully's father was one of those who doubted the sincerity of the court , and conceived such strong apprehensions , that when the report of the court of Navarre's journey to Paris first reached ...
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... Paris where almost all the colleges stood , and continued there till the bloody ca- tastrophe which happened soon after . Nothing could be more kind than the reception which the queen of Navarre , her children , and principal servants ...
... Paris where almost all the colleges stood , and continued there till the bloody ca- tastrophe which happened soon after . Nothing could be more kind than the reception which the queen of Navarre , her children , and principal servants ...
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... Paris ; but many of them nobly refused to execute these orders ; and the viscount d'Orthe had the courage to write from Bay- onne to Charles IX . that , " he found many good soldiers • in his garrison , but not one executioner : SULLY . 15.
... Paris ; but many of them nobly refused to execute these orders ; and the viscount d'Orthe had the courage to write from Bay- onne to Charles IX . that , " he found many good soldiers • in his garrison , but not one executioner : SULLY . 15.
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Sida 365 - This surprise of Dr. Young, together with what Steele has said against Tickell in relation to this affair, make it highly probable that there was some underhand dealing in that business; and indeed Tickell himself, who is a very fair worthy man, has since, in a manner, as good as owned it to me.
Sida 320 - The great defect of the Seasons is want of method; but for this I know not that there was any remedy. Of many appearances subsisting all at once, no rule can be given why one should be mentioned before another ; yet the memory wants the help of order, and the curiosity is not excited by suspense or expectation. His diction is in the highest degree florid and luxuriant, such as may be said to be to his images and thoughts, " both their lustre and their shade:" such as invest them with splendour, through...
Sida 319 - His numbers, his pauses, his diction, are of his own growth, without transcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius : he looks round on nature and on life with the eye which nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes, in...
Sida 429 - The art of Restoring, or, the piety and probity of general Monk in bringing about the last restoration, evidenced from his own authentic letters ; with a just account of sir Roger, who runs the parallel as far as he can.
Sida 320 - His descriptions of extended scenes and general effects bring before us the whole magnificence of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and the horror of Winter, take in their turns possession of the mind.
Sida 37 - Fuller gives it as a well-authenticated fact, that " Mr. Sutton used often to repair into a private garden, where he poured forth his prayers to God, and was frequently overheard to use this expression, ' Lord, thou hast given me a large and liberal estate, give me also a heart to make use thereof.
Sida 319 - As a writer he is entitled to one praise of the highest kind: his mode of thinking, and of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley.
Sida 253 - Immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, In consequence of which he registered His Kingdom of Corsica For the use of his Creditors.
Sida 108 - It is a singular fact that the will of the donor was made on the very day on which the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the College, Mr.
Sida 364 - Iliad, because he had looked over Mr. Tickell's, but could wish to have the benefit of his observations on my second, which I had then finished, and which Mr. Tickell had not touched upon.