Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 61837 |
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... Royal so- ciety , on occasion of six annual assignments of Sir Godfrey Copley's medal . ' To which was prefixed the life of the author by Dr Kippis , who had been on very friendly terms with Sir John Pringle . In 1786 he published a ...
... Royal so- ciety , on occasion of six annual assignments of Sir Godfrey Copley's medal . ' To which was prefixed the life of the author by Dr Kippis , who had been on very friendly terms with Sir John Pringle . In 1786 he published a ...
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... royal pupil . It was accordingly done , and gave great satisfaction . This work , under the title of The Elements of Commerce , ' was printed in quarto , but never published . Dr Warburton , however , who , after having been member of ...
... royal pupil . It was accordingly done , and gave great satisfaction . This work , under the title of The Elements of Commerce , ' was printed in quarto , but never published . Dr Warburton , however , who , after having been member of ...
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... Royal George ; and in 1763 was appointed purser of the Glory frigate . He was afterwards transferred to the Aurora frigate , which sailed from Eng- land for the East Indies on the 30th of September , 1769 , but was never heard of after ...
... Royal George ; and in 1763 was appointed purser of the Glory frigate . He was afterwards transferred to the Aurora frigate , which sailed from Eng- land for the East Indies on the 30th of September , 1769 , but was never heard of after ...
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... Royal society . He enjoyed the friendship and correspondence of many eminent men , espe- cially of the great Swedish naturalist Linnæus , who highly esteemed his ornithological publications . He died in 1773 . John Hawkesworth . BORN ...
... Royal society . He enjoyed the friendship and correspondence of many eminent men , espe- cially of the great Swedish naturalist Linnæus , who highly esteemed his ornithological publications . He died in 1773 . John Hawkesworth . BORN ...
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... to those of his prose . The earl of Lisburne one day at a dinner of the royal academicians , lamented his neglecting the muses , and inquired or 6 him why he forsook poetry , in which he was PERIOD . ] 83 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
... to those of his prose . The earl of Lisburne one day at a dinner of the royal academicians , lamented his neglecting the muses , and inquired or 6 him why he forsook poetry , in which he was PERIOD . ] 83 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
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Page 369 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit : Too nice for a statesman ; too proud for a wit ; For a patriot too cool ; for a drudge disobedient ; And too fond of the rigid to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir — To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Page 444 - I can say, and will say, that as a peer of Parliament, as speaker of this right honourable house, as keeper of the great seal, as guardian of his majesty's conscience, as lord high chancellor of England, nay, even in that character alone in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered...
Page 88 - Perhaps he was the most learned man in Europe. He was equally acquainted with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil; had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his study; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusements ; and he had a fine taste in painting, prints,...
Page 200 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 207 - I had been for some days skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends; my chest was on the road to Greenock; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia — "The gloomy night is gathering fast,
Page 208 - ... in the whole strain of his bearing and conversation, a most thorough conviction that in the society of the most eminent men of his nation, he was exactly where he was entitled to be; hardly deigned to flatter them by exhibiting even an occasional symptom of being flattered...
Page 204 - I shall bid an eternal adieu to all the pains, and uneasinesses, and disquietudes of this weary life ; for I assure you, I am heartily tired of it, and if I do not very much deceive myself, I could contentedly and gladly resign it. " The soul uneasy and confined at home^ " Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Page 199 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 78 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible.
Page 200 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.