Distinguished Men of Modern Times ...: Lord Somers to HunterC. Knight, 1838 - Biography |
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... published several tracts , which suffi- ciently displayed to the world his familiar and accu- rate knowledge of constitutional history . His first acknowledged work was the Report of an Election Case , and is entitled ' The Memorable ...
... published several tracts , which suffi- ciently displayed to the world his familiar and accu- rate knowledge of constitutional history . His first acknowledged work was the Report of an Election Case , and is entitled ' The Memorable ...
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... not inattentive to polite literature ; he published a trans- lation of some of Ovid's Epistles into English verse , which at the same time that it shows that he could 22 never have borne so distinguished a rank as a poet SOMERS . 5.
... not inattentive to polite literature ; he published a trans- lation of some of Ovid's Epistles into English verse , which at the same time that it shows that he could 22 never have borne so distinguished a rank as a poet SOMERS . 5.
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... published proofs of his classical studies at Oxford . In the year 1682 he removed to London , and im- mediately commenced an assiduous attendance upon the courts of law , which at that time was considered as the highway of the legal ...
... published proofs of his classical studies at Oxford . In the year 1682 he removed to London , and im- mediately commenced an assiduous attendance upon the courts of law , which at that time was considered as the highway of the legal ...
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... published his first work , ' Truth Exalted , & c . ' We cannot here notice his very nu- merous works , of which the titles run , for the most part , to an extraordinary length : but The Sandy Foundation Shaken , ' published in the same ...
... published his first work , ' Truth Exalted , & c . ' We cannot here notice his very nu- merous works , of which the titles run , for the most part , to an extraordinary length : but The Sandy Foundation Shaken , ' published in the same ...
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... published in 1674 , in which it formed part of his argument that the liberties of Englishmen were anterior to the settlement of the English church , and could not be affected by dis- crepancies in their religious belief . He maintained ...
... published in 1674 , in which it formed part of his argument that the liberties of Englishmen were anterior to the settlement of the English church , and could not be affected by dis- crepancies in their religious belief . He maintained ...
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Page 168 - His Tale of a Tub has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that, is not true of anything else which he has written.
Page 274 - Pitt was then one of the poor; and to him Heaven directed a portion of the wealth of the haughty Dowager. She left him a legacy of ten thousand pounds, in consideration of " the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country.
Page 107 - The Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England Examined and Asserted ; the other, The Freeholder's Plea against the Stock-jobbing Elections of Parliament-men.
Page 15 - An Act for the Amendment of the Law and the better Advancement of Justice...
Page 284 - I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America.
Page 494 - His talents of every kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters, his social virtues in all the relations and all the habitudes of life, rendered him the centre of a very great and unparalleled variety of agreeable societies, which will be dissipated by his death. He had too much merit not to excite some jealousy, too much innocence to provoke any enmity. The loss of no man of his time can be felt with more sincere, general, and unmixed sorrow.
Page 44 - It is not uncommon, for those who have grown wise by the labour of others, to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects, but by the lights which he afforded them.
Page 242 - Millar told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book.
Page 149 - Miscellany, in a volume which began with the pastorals of Philips, and ended with those of Pope. The same year was written the Essay on Criticism ; a work which displays such extent of comprehension, such nicety of distinction, such acquaintance with mankind, and such knowledge both of ancient and modern learning, as are not often attained by the maturest age and longest experience. It was published about two years afterwards ; and being praised by Addison in the Spectator* with sufficient liberality,...
Page 195 - But soon, ah soon, rebellion will commence, If music meanly borrows aid from sense : Strong in new arms, lo ! giant Handel stands, Like bold Briareus, with a hundred hands ; To stir, to rouse, to shake the soul he comes, And Jove's own thunders follow Mars's drums, Arrest him, empress ; or you sleep no more...