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... fame number of volumes in the fame fize . Another edition was printed at Amfterdam in eight volumes 12mo , to which were added the tranflation and notes of father Sanadon , published at Paris in two volumes 4to , in the year 1728. The ...
... fame number of volumes in the fame fize . Another edition was printed at Amfterdam in eight volumes 12mo , to which were added the tranflation and notes of father Sanadon , published at Paris in two volumes 4to , in the year 1728. The ...
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... livres ; and about the fame time appointed him keeper of the books of the king's clofet in the Louvre . In the year 1713 , he was made perpetual fecretary of the French French academy . In 1717 , he obtained a grant DACIE R.
... livres ; and about the fame time appointed him keeper of the books of the king's clofet in the Louvre . In the year 1713 , he was made perpetual fecretary of the French French academy . In 1717 , he obtained a grant DACIE R.
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... fame year alfo , she pub- fifhed " The Odyffee of Homer tranflated from the French , " with notes , " in three volumes 12mo ; and this , as far as we can find , was the last thing the published . She was in a very infirm state of health ...
... fame year alfo , she pub- fifhed " The Odyffee of Homer tranflated from the French , " with notes , " in three volumes 12mo ; and this , as far as we can find , was the last thing the published . She was in a very infirm state of health ...
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... fame year , and re- turned to Rome in Auguft the year following . The French translation , which was made of his journey to Mount Liba- nus by father Simon , was printed at Paris in the year 1675 , and reprinted at the Hague in 1685 in ...
... fame year , and re- turned to Rome in Auguft the year following . The French translation , which was made of his journey to Mount Liba- nus by father Simon , was printed at Paris in the year 1675 , and reprinted at the Hague in 1685 in ...
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... fame time , that he was of too high a fpirit , and would allow himself great freedoms with his tongue . He re- lates an inftance of this fort , which fhews , that he had parts fufficient to procure him great friends , but not prudence ...
... fame time , that he was of too high a fpirit , and would allow himself great freedoms with his tongue . He re- lates an inftance of this fort , which fhews , that he had parts fufficient to procure him great friends , but not prudence ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 414 - Terra : a philosophical discourse of earth, relating to the culture and improvement of it for vegetation, and the propagation of plants, &c.
Página 238 - When men were outlawed in personal actions, they would not permit them to purchase their charters of pardon, except they paid great and intolerable sums ; standing upon the strict point of law, which upon outlawries giveth forfeiture of goods; nay, contrary to all law and colour, they maintained the king ought to have the half of men's lands and rents, during the space of full two years, for a pain in case of outlawry.
Página 175 - Donne very sad, and sick in her bed; and that after a long and dangerous labour, she had been delivered of a dead child. And, upon examination, the abortion proved to be the same day, and about the very hour, that Mr Donne affirmed he saw her pass by him in his chamber.
Página 176 - His first motion from his house was to preach where his beloved wife lay buried, in St. Clement's Church, near Temple Bar, London ; and his text was a part of the prophet Jeremy's Lamentation : " Lo, I am the man that have seen affliction.
Página 177 - Dr Donne, I have invited you to dinner; and, though you sit not down with me, yet I will carve to you of a dish that I know you love well; for, knowing you love London, I do therefore make you Dean of St Paul's; and, when I have dined, then do you take your beloved dish home to your study, say grace there to yourself, and much good may it do you.
Página 178 - He was of stature moderately tall; of a straight and equallyproportioned body, to which all his words and actions gave an unexpressible addition of comeliness. The melancholy and pleasant humour were in him so contempered, that each gave advantage to the other, and made his company one of the delights of mankind.
Página 189 - She likewise gave directions for the preservation of his ship, that it might remain a monument of his own and his country's glory.
Página 179 - Characters, written by Dr. Donne, Dean of Pauls ; to which is added a Book of Epigrams, written in Latin by the same author ; translated into English by J. Maine, DD ; and also Ignatius his Conclave, a Satyr, translated out of the original copy, written in Latin by the same author ; found lately amongst his own papers.
Página 443 - Who shall have it But I, the true laureate, to whom the king gave it? Apollo begg'd pardon, and granted his claim, But vow'd that till then he ne'er heard of his name.
Página 45 - ... writ in verse, and performed in recitative music. The original of this music, and of the scenes which adorned his work, he had from the Italian operas ; but he heightened his characters (as I may probably imagine) from the example of Corneille and some French poets. In this condition did this part of poetry remain at his Majesty's return; when, growing bolder, as being now owned by a public authority, he reviewed his Siege of Rhodes, and caused it be acted as a just drama.