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... Several additions were made by him in the fubfequent editions of this ufeful and learned work , of which the feventh edition was published in 1751 . Thefe works established his fame in the literary republic both at home and abroad , and ...
... Several additions were made by him in the fubfequent editions of this ufeful and learned work , of which the feventh edition was published in 1751 . Thefe works established his fame in the literary republic both at home and abroad , and ...
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... several years . In 1641 , he was advanced to the bishopric of Wor- cefter ; but by reafon of the national troubles , which were then commenced , received little or no profit from it , and became greatly impoverished . For , adhering ...
... several years . In 1641 , he was advanced to the bishopric of Wor- cefter ; but by reafon of the national troubles , which were then commenced , received little or no profit from it , and became greatly impoverished . For , adhering ...
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... several of his poems . He was again employed as fecretary to the English negotiations at the treaty of Ryfwick , in 1697 , having been nominated the fame year principal fecretary of state in Ireland . In 1698 , he C 2 went " went ...
... several of his poems . He was again employed as fecretary to the English negotiations at the treaty of Ryfwick , in 1697 , having been nominated the fame year principal fecretary of state in Ireland . In 1698 , he C 2 went " went ...
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... several authors , without giving any description of it , or telling us who this Jalifus was : fome perfons suppose him to have been a famous hunter , and the founder of Rhodes . For seven years that Protogenes worked on this picture ...
... several authors , without giving any description of it , or telling us who this Jalifus was : fome perfons suppose him to have been a famous hunter , and the founder of Rhodes . For seven years that Protogenes worked on this picture ...
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... several books against what he thought the enormities of the age , and concerning the doc- trine and discipline of the church . His Hiftriomastix , which came out in 1632 , giving great offence to the court , he was committed prifoner to ...
... several books against what he thought the enormities of the age , and concerning the doc- trine and discipline of the church . His Hiftriomastix , which came out in 1632 , giving great offence to the court , he was committed prifoner to ...
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Page 348 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Page 501 - Caesar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies ? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise ? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others...
Page 348 - Triumph, my Britain! Thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time; And all the muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines, Which were so richly spun and woven so fit As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.
Page 341 - His characters are so much nature herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have a constant resemblance, which...
Page 501 - Oh ! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale...
Page 464 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 483 - He Has vindicated Eloquence and Wit. His candid Stile like a clean Stream does slide, And his bright Fancy all the way Does like the Sun-shine in it play ; It does like Thames, the best of Rivers, glide, Where the God does not rudely overturn, But gently pour the Crystal Urn, And with judicious hand does the whole Current Guide. T' has all the Beauties Nature can impart, And all the comely Dress without the paint of Art.
Page 345 - I believe they meant those which had lain ever since the author's days in the playhouse, and had from time to time been cut, or added to, arbitrarily.
Page 344 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
Page 338 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and amongst them some that made a frequent practice of deerstealing engaged him with them more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote near Stratford.