A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Band 4John Walker Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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John Walker. IX . Anecdotes of MATTHEW PRIOR , and JOHN , DUKE of MARLBOROUGH X. Memoirs relative to CALEB THRELKELD , M. D. XI . Anecdotes of the Rev. JEREMIAH MARKLAND XII . Anecdotes , Literary and Biographical , of Mr. BOWYER XIII ...
John Walker. IX . Anecdotes of MATTHEW PRIOR , and JOHN , DUKE of MARLBOROUGH X. Memoirs relative to CALEB THRELKELD , M. D. XI . Anecdotes of the Rev. JEREMIAH MARKLAND XII . Anecdotes , Literary and Biographical , of Mr. BOWYER XIII ...
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... Duke of Somerset , then Chancellor , who , together with Sir Isaac Newton , and some other persons of eminence , waited on Queen Anne , to intercede for a mandate for a master's degree , which her majesty , with her usual condescension ...
... Duke of Somerset , then Chancellor , who , together with Sir Isaac Newton , and some other persons of eminence , waited on Queen Anne , to intercede for a mandate for a master's degree , which her majesty , with her usual condescension ...
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... Duke of Montague , one of the members , who prevailed on him to leave Stamford , and then gave him the living of St. George the Martyr , in Queen - square , in 1747 . From thence he frequently went to a pretty retirement he had at ...
... Duke of Montague , one of the members , who prevailed on him to leave Stamford , and then gave him the living of St. George the Martyr , in Queen - square , in 1747 . From thence he frequently went to a pretty retirement he had at ...
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... Duke of York , and all the nobility , in the house , and the first time the king was in a public theatre ) the sight of that august presence spoilt ' me for an actor too . But being so in the company two such eminent poets , as they ...
... Duke of York , and all the nobility , in the house , and the first time the king was in a public theatre ) the sight of that august presence spoilt ' me for an actor too . But being so in the company two such eminent poets , as they ...
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... Duke's company . 1767 , Jan. I am , & c . VI . Particulars of the Life of Sir ISAAC NEWTON MR . URBAN , As the curiosity of the public seems to have been lately awakened about Sir Isaac Newton and his family , I have sent you the ...
... Duke's company . 1767 , Jan. I am , & c . VI . Particulars of the Life of Sir ISAAC NEWTON MR . URBAN , As the curiosity of the public seems to have been lately awakened about Sir Isaac Newton and his family , I have sent you the ...
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Seite 344 - To failings mild, but zealous for desert; The clearest head, and the sincerest heart. This humble praise, lamented Shade! receive, This praise at least a grateful Muse may give: The Muse whose early voice you taught to sing...
Seite 381 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Seite 384 - Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand : His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Seite 354 - A Companion to the Guide, and a Guide to the Companion; being a complete Supplement to all the Accounts of Oxford hitherto published.
Seite 32 - Divi Britannici, being a Remark upon the Lives of all the Kings of this Isle, from the year of the world 2855, unto the year of grace 1660, fol.
Seite 304 - An Account of an attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea, by an exact Theory of the Variation of the Magnetical Needle...
Seite 165 - If such a correspondence will be agreeable to you, be pleased to inform me in two posts, •what the conditions are on which you shall expect it. Your late ofFer|" gives me no reason to distrust your generosity. If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper, I have other designs to impart, if I could be secure from having others reap the advantage of what I should hint.
Seite 165 - As you appear no less sensible than your readers of the defects of your poetical article, you will not be displeased, if, in order to the improvement of it, I communicate to you the sentiments of a person, who will undertake, on reasonable terms, sometimes to fill a column.
Seite 476 - An historical View of the English Biblical Translations : the Expediency of revising by Authority our present Translation : and the Means of executing such a Revision.
Seite 385 - Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ; the friend whom he declared to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse.