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... ancient historian and biographer , was born at Rome about the beginning of the reign of Vespasian , perhaps in the year 70 , as may be collected from his own words in the life of Nero . His father Suetonius Lenis was tribune of a legion ...
... ancient historian and biographer , was born at Rome about the beginning of the reign of Vespasian , perhaps in the year 70 , as may be collected from his own words in the life of Nero . His father Suetonius Lenis was tribune of a legion ...
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... ancient authors whose works are lost . It is to be ranked with the Bibliotbeca of Photius and works of that kind . The " Etymologicon Magnum " has been ascribed to Suidas , but without suffi- cient authority , though it may have been ...
... ancient authors whose works are lost . It is to be ranked with the Bibliotbeca of Photius and works of that kind . The " Etymologicon Magnum " has been ascribed to Suidas , but without suffi- cient authority , though it may have been ...
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... ancient and illustrious house , and born in 1559 at Rosni , descended from a younger branch of the ancient counts of Flanders . His father was the baron de Rosni . He was bred in the opinions and doctrine of the reformed religion , and ...
... ancient and illustrious house , and born in 1559 at Rosni , descended from a younger branch of the ancient counts of Flanders . His father was the baron de Rosni . He was bred in the opinions and doctrine of the reformed religion , and ...
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... ancient Roman poetess , the wife of Ca- lenus , flourished about the year 90 , and was so admired as to be thought worthy of the title of the Roman Sappho . We have nothing left of her but a satire , or rather frag- ment of a satire ...
... ancient Roman poetess , the wife of Ca- lenus , flourished about the year 90 , and was so admired as to be thought worthy of the title of the Roman Sappho . We have nothing left of her but a satire , or rather frag- ment of a satire ...
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... ancient family . He made great progress in Greek and Latin , under a very able master , at Alcala de Henares ; but his particular pre- dilection was for the study of history . He afterwards Coxe's Travels in Russia . 2 Dict . Hist ...
... ancient family . He made great progress in Greek and Latin , under a very able master , at Alcala de Henares ; but his particular pre- dilection was for the study of history . He afterwards Coxe's Travels in Russia . 2 Dict . Hist ...
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Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.