A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American authors living and deceased, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1859 - 3140 pagine |
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Pagina 47
... College , N.Y. , 1828 ; received the Hormanum . 2. Epigrammata varia . 3 ... Trinity , on John v . 5 , 1777 . Hand , London , 1769 . Aldridge , W. , and ... College , and studied theology with Rev. Mr. Graham . He was licensed to preach ...
... College , N.Y. , 1828 ; received the Hormanum . 2. Epigrammata varia . 3 ... Trinity , on John v . 5 , 1777 . Hand , London , 1769 . Aldridge , W. , and ... College , and studied theology with Rev. Mr. Graham . He was licensed to preach ...
Pagina 49
... Trinity College , Cam- bridge , and another manuscript of the book in the library of Corpus Christi College , No. 12. This work has not been printed . The Dialogues of Pope Gregory were translated by Wærferth , Bishop of Worcester ...
... Trinity College , Cam- bridge , and another manuscript of the book in the library of Corpus Christi College , No. 12. This work has not been printed . The Dialogues of Pope Gregory were translated by Wærferth , Bishop of Worcester ...
Pagina 53
... College , Oxford , in 1649. He was admitted scholar of Corpus Christi in ... Trinity , & c . , 1751 . Allen , Lydia . Experimental Christianity , & c ... University in 1796. He was a contributor to the Phila . Port Folio , the United ...
... College , Oxford , in 1649. He was admitted scholar of Corpus Christi in ... Trinity , & c . , 1751 . Allen , Lydia . Experimental Christianity , & c ... University in 1796. He was a contributor to the Phila . Port Folio , the United ...
Pagina 54
... Trinity College , Oxford , Being thus accomplished with and in 1563 , Master of Arts . . . . various sorts of learning , he was several times invited to the houses of princes and noblemen , not only of his nation , but of others ...
... Trinity College , Oxford , Being thus accomplished with and in 1563 , Master of Arts . . . . various sorts of learning , he was several times invited to the houses of princes and noblemen , not only of his nation , but of others ...
Pagina 64
... Trinity College , Dublin . Prize Anster , John , LL.D. , b . 1793 , Charleville , Ireland , Poem on the death of the Princess Charlotte , 1817. ANS.
... Trinity College , Dublin . Prize Anster , John , LL.D. , b . 1793 , Charleville , Ireland , Poem on the death of the Princess Charlotte , 1817. ANS.
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Pagina 6 - For Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Pagina 7 - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Pagina 176 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. " Not such as Europe breeds in her decay ; Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. " Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Pagina 7 - Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me during life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
Pagina 52 - History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815.
Pagina 72 - and tell you a truth which perchance ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me is that he sent me so sharp and severe parents and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing...
Pagina 7 - I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men.
Pagina 101 - An appendix to the first edition of the Morbid Anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body, London: J.
Pagina 13 - Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances. With an Historical Introduction on the Rise and Progress of Romantic Composition in France and England. Revised Edition. By JO Halliwell, FRS 5*. ENNEMOSER'S History of Magic. Translated by William Howitt. 2 vols. 5^. each. EPICTETUS, The Discourses of. With the ENCHEIRIDION and Fragments. Translated by George Long, MA 5^.
Pagina 8 - A taste for books is the pleasure and glory of my life; I would not exchange it for the glory of the Indies,' what a revolution would be created in the character, life and happiness of our young people!