The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1814 - Biography |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 1
... masters . He endeavoured to give a finer air to his heads , and more of nature to his colouring , with proper actions to his figures . He attempted likewise to draw after the life , and to express the different passions of the mind ...
... masters . He endeavoured to give a finer air to his heads , and more of nature to his colouring , with proper actions to his figures . He attempted likewise to draw after the life , and to express the different passions of the mind ...
Page 6
... master , he was obliged to quit the court . He left the city at the same time , and removed with his family to Mondovi in Piedmont ; where he taught the belles lettres publicly for three years . He then went to Turin ; but the air there ...
... master , he was obliged to quit the court . He left the city at the same time , and removed with his family to Mondovi in Piedmont ; where he taught the belles lettres publicly for three years . He then went to Turin ; but the air there ...
Page 8
... master in Aldersgate- street , and was , for a short time , the pupil of Mr. Dayes . He early made nature his model ; but the first master that struck his attention forcibly was Canaletti , and , in the latter part of his life , he ...
... master in Aldersgate- street , and was , for a short time , the pupil of Mr. Dayes . He early made nature his model ; but the first master that struck his attention forcibly was Canaletti , and , in the latter part of his life , he ...
Page 28
... masters of the passions . The characters are varied with much knowledge of the human heart . Each has his distinctive properties , and no one is raised beyond the proportion of virtue or talent which may be supposed to correspond with ...
... masters of the passions . The characters are varied with much knowledge of the human heart . Each has his distinctive properties , and no one is raised beyond the proportion of virtue or talent which may be supposed to correspond with ...
Page 32
... master , the congeniality of his style with that of their old national favourites , Lulli and Rameau , was no small merit with the friends of that music . The almost universal cry at Paris was now , that he had recovered the dramatic ...
... master , the congeniality of his style with that of their old national favourites , Lulli and Rameau , was no small merit with the friends of that music . The almost universal cry at Paris was now , that he had recovered the dramatic ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aberdeen academy acquainted afterwards ancient antiquities Antwerp appears appointed archbishop Arminian became bishop Bologna born Cambridge celebrated church collection Confessio Amantis court daughter death degree Deventer Dict died divinity duke edition educated eminent employed England English entitled esteem father favour Ferrara folio France French friends gave genius Giotto Gomarists Greek Gregory Gresham college Grotius Guicciardini Henry Hist Holland honour Italy Jesuits John king lady language Latin learned lectures letters Leyden literary lived London lord master ment merit Merton college minister Niceron Onomast Oxford Padua Paris person philosophy physician pieces poems poet poetry pope prince principal printed procured professor published queen racter received religion reputation returned Rome royal Scotland sent sermons shewed soon style talents Tibullus tion took translated treatise Venice verse vols volume writings written wrote
Popular passages
Page 318 - I must do it, as it were in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways which I will not name for the...
Page 149 - A New and Full Method of settling the Canonical Authority of the New Testament.
Page 317 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 81 - No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.
Page 82 - Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class.
Page 119 - So that all things considered there have not, since the primitive times of Christianity, been many among the sons of men to whom that glorious character of the Son of God might be better applied, that he went about doing good...
Page 60 - A Catalogue of the Bishops of England since the first planting of the Christian Religion in this Island ; together with a brief history of their lives and memorable actions, as near as can be gathered from antiquity.
Page 127 - SEPULCHRAL monuments in Great Britain applied to illustrate the history of families, manners, habits, and arts, at the different periods from the Norman Conquest to the seventeenth century.
Page 248 - Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him ; and his example kept others from taking any thing ill, or at least seeming to do so. In a word, a brighter courage, and a gentler disposition, were never married together to make the most cheerful and innocent conversation.
Page 24 - A short Account of the late Application to Parliament made by the Merchants of London upon the neglect of their Trade : with the Substance of the Evidence thereupon, as summed up by Mr. Glover.