A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 6A. Fullarton, 1853 - Great Britain |
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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 of 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 of him why he forsook poetry , in which he was PERIOD . ] 83 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
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Page 54 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 82 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Page 219 - 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 464 - 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 220 - 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 100 - 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,...
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Page 232 - I have already more than once had occasion to refer to, has often told me that he was seldom more grieved, than when riding into Dumfries one fine summer evening about this time to attend a county ball, he saw Burns walking alone, on the shady side 'of the principal street of the town, while the opposite side was gay with successive groups of gentlemen and ladies, all drawn together for the festivities of the night, not one of whom appeared willing to recognise him.
Page 227 - 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 236 - The editor, or author, never could shew the original; nor can it be shewn by any other; to revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.