The English Gentleman's Library Manual: Or, A Guide to the Formation of a Library of Select Literature; Accompanied with Original Notices, Biographical and Critical, of Authors and BooksW. Goodhugh, 1827 - 392 pages |
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... Charles the Eighth . The plan of this work is more exten- sive than that of Robertson , its views more comprehensive , and its information more copious and critical . It is written throughout with a spirit of freedom and liberality that ...
... Charles the Eighth . The plan of this work is more exten- sive than that of Robertson , its views more comprehensive , and its information more copious and critical . It is written throughout with a spirit of freedom and liberality that ...
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... Charles the Fifth , by Dr. William Robert- son , 3 vols . octavo , 19s , 4 vols . duodecimo , 16s The historian of Charles the Fifth possesses so many excellencies , that it is almost sacrilegious to detract from his merit : he relates ...
... Charles the Fifth , by Dr. William Robert- son , 3 vols . octavo , 19s , 4 vols . duodecimo , 16s The historian of Charles the Fifth possesses so many excellencies , that it is almost sacrilegious to detract from his merit : he relates ...
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... Charles the First appears our greatest historian , Lord Claren- don ; on the other side , Ludlow , who is , however , particularly severe on Cromwell , I omit Whitelock , Rushworth , Warwick , and a thousand others . After the ...
... Charles the First appears our greatest historian , Lord Claren- don ; on the other side , Ludlow , who is , however , particularly severe on Cromwell , I omit Whitelock , Rushworth , Warwick , and a thousand others . After the ...
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... Charles 1st , and the Earl of Stafford . And after the first ebullitions of their fury were over , what was still more mortify- ing , the book seemed to sink into oblivion . Mr. Millar told me , that in a twelvemonth , he sold only ...
... Charles 1st , and the Earl of Stafford . And after the first ebullitions of their fury were over , what was still more mortify- ing , the book seemed to sink into oblivion . Mr. Millar told me , that in a twelvemonth , he sold only ...
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... Charles the First to the Res- toration , 4 vols . octavo , by George Brodie , 2 128 6d This work contains an elaborate exposure of the omissions , mistakes , and mis- representations contained in Hume's History . AIKIN . Annals of the ...
... Charles the First to the Res- toration , 4 vols . octavo , by George Brodie , 2 128 6d This work contains an elaborate exposure of the omissions , mistakes , and mis- representations contained in Hume's History . AIKIN . Annals of the ...
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Page 301 - What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts?" " Sir (said the boy), I would give what I have.
Page 8 - My advice, however, is, that you attempt, from time to time, an original sermon; and, in the labour of composition, do not burden your mind with too much at once; do not exact from yourself at one effort of excogitation, propriety of thought and elegance of expression. Invent first, and then embellish.
Page 301 - Most certainly, sir; for those who know them have a very great advantage over those who do not. Nay, sir, it is wonderful what a difference learning makes upon people even in the common intercourse of life, which does not appear to be much connected with it.
Page 43 - I thought that I was the only historian, that had at once neglected present power, interest, and authority, and the cry of popular prejudices; and as the subject was suited to every capacity, I expected proportional applause. But miserable was...
Page 94 - Life of Andrew Melville. Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Scotland in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Crown 8vo, 6s. History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Italy in the Sixteenth Century.
Page 230 - ... still to draw a tear of pity, or a throb of admiration, from the hearts of a forgetful generation. The body of their poetry, probably, can never be revived ; but some sparks of its spirit may yet be preserved in a narrower and feebler frame.
Page 26 - Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little...
Page 18 - Why, not now. I should not advise a preacher at this day to imitate Tillotson's style: though I don't know; I should be cautious of objecting to what has been applauded by so many suffrages. — South is one of the best, if you except his peculiarities, and his violence, and sometimes coarseness of language.
Page 143 - But Johnson informed me that he had made the bargain for Goldsmith, and the price was sixty pounds. "And, Sir," said he, "a sufficient price too, when it was sold; for then the fame of Goldsmith had not been elevated, as it afterwards was, by his 'Traveller...
Page 140 - ... perusal of Fielding's novel has added one libertine to the large list who would not have been such, had it never crossed the press. And it is with concern we add our sincere belief, that the fine picture of frankness and generosity exhibited in that fictitious character has had as few imitators as the career of his follies. Let it not be supposed that we are indifferent to morality, because we treat with scorn that affectation which, while in common life it connives at the open practice of libertinism,...