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], 1816 |
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... ( CHARLES WILLIAM ) , a German poet of great celebrity in his own country , but little known here , was born in 1725 , at Kolberg , and became professor of belles lettres in a military academy at Berlin . In concert with Lessing , he ...
... ( CHARLES WILLIAM ) , a German poet of great celebrity in his own country , but little known here , was born in 1725 , at Kolberg , and became professor of belles lettres in a military academy at Berlin . In concert with Lessing , he ...
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... Charles ) Middleton * , a slave- ship , on her passage from Africa to the West Indies , fell in with the fleet to which the Arundel belonged . An epi- demical distemper , too common in such vessels , had swept away not only a great ...
... Charles ) Middleton * , a slave- ship , on her passage from Africa to the West Indies , fell in with the fleet to which the Arundel belonged . An epi- demical distemper , too common in such vessels , had swept away not only a great ...
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... Charles Middleton , who warmly joined in the recommen- dation , he was admitted into orders ; after which he imme- diately returned to St. Christopher's , where he was pre- sented by the governor to two rectories , valued at 700l . a ...
... Charles Middleton , who warmly joined in the recommen- dation , he was admitted into orders ; after which he imme- diately returned to St. Christopher's , where he was pre- sented by the governor to two rectories , valued at 700l . a ...
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... on his arrival , he was , through the interest of his steady friend sir Charles Mid- dleton , presented to the livings of Teston and Nettlestead in the county of Kent . 1 Here he was soon determined , by the advice 16 RAM SAY .
... on his arrival , he was , through the interest of his steady friend sir Charles Mid- dleton , presented to the livings of Teston and Nettlestead in the county of Kent . 1 Here he was soon determined , by the advice 16 RAM SAY .
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... Charles Middleton he ended bis days , July 20 , 1789. He may be justly accounted one of the first and most active of those benevolent men who roused the attention of the nation to the degradation of its character in continuing the slave ...
... Charles Middleton he ended bis days , July 20 , 1789. He may be justly accounted one of the first and most active of those benevolent men who roused the attention of the nation to the degradation of its character in continuing the slave ...
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Pagina 160 - ... his auditors ; and to such persons he certainly did not appear to advantage, being often impetuous and overbearing. The desire of shining in conversation was in him indeed a predominant passion; and if it must be attributed to vanity, let it at the same time be recollected, that it produced that loquaciousness from which his more intimate friends derived considerable advantage. The observations which he made on poetry, on life, and on every thing about us, I applied to our art; with what success...
Pagina 197 - The character of Lothario seems to have been expanded by Richardson into Lovelace ; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness.
Pagina 153 - Parliament by the time limited in the former qualifications, and shall take and subscribe the engagement, to be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England...
Pagina 440 - ... men have that sort of dignity which a 'bushy beard will confer; but he never possessed a poetical conception of character. In his representations of the highest characters in the Christian or the fabulous world, instead of something above humanity, which might fill the idea which is conceived of such beings, the spectator finds little more than mere mortals, such as he meets with every day.
Pagina 217 - Be of good heart, brother, for God will either assuage the fury of the flame, or else strengthen us to abide it.
Pagina 269 - THE ANCIENTS HAD OF INDIA ; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope.
Pagina 115 - The sessions of the College were, at that time, very short, and the education (according to Dr Reid's own account) slight and superficial. It does not appear, from the information which I have received, that he gave any early indications of future eminence.
Pagina 287 - ... and sincere attachment, declaring he was determined to do her that justice which he ought to have done long ago, which was, presenting her to all his family as his wife.
Pagina 441 - It must be observed, that we are speaking solely of the manner, the effect of the picture ; and we may conclude, according to the custom in pastoral poetry, by bestowing on each of these illustrious painters a garland, without attributing superiority to either. " To conclude,— I will venture to repeat in favour of Rubens, what I have before said in regard to the Dutch...
Pagina 267 - In undertaking this task, the Author's original intention was only to complete his account of the great events connected with the reign of Charles V. ; but perceiving, as he advanced, that a History of America, confined solely to the operations and concerns of the Spaniards, would not be likely to excite a very general interest, he resolved to include in his plan the transactions of all the European nations in the New World.