The General Biographical Dictionary, 第 12 巻Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1813 |
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Alexander Chalmers. judged that one who could speak so well , was destined by nature to something better than the representation of French comedies in the centre of Switzerland . He re- quested a conference with Destouches , sounded him ...
Alexander Chalmers. judged that one who could speak so well , was destined by nature to something better than the representation of French comedies in the centre of Switzerland . He re- quested a conference with Destouches , sounded him ...
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... natural , and has been thought worthy of ranking next to these authors . He de- serves more praise by surpassing them in the morality and decorum of his pieces , and he had also the art of attaining the pathetic without losing the vis ...
... natural , and has been thought worthy of ranking next to these authors . He de- serves more praise by surpassing them in the morality and decorum of his pieces , and he had also the art of attaining the pathetic without losing the vis ...
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... natural to the earl of Essex , who , among other instances of uncontrouled temper , often behaved petulantly to the queen ` herself , who did not admit , while she sometimes provoked , free- doms of that kind from her subjects . His ...
... natural to the earl of Essex , who , among other instances of uncontrouled temper , often behaved petulantly to the queen ` herself , who did not admit , while she sometimes provoked , free- doms of that kind from her subjects . His ...
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... nature ; that he would not have taken it at the hands of Henry VIII . and in a great passion immediately withdrew from court . The lord keeper advised him to apply himself to the queen for pardon . He sent the lord keeper his answer in ...
... nature ; that he would not have taken it at the hands of Henry VIII . and in a great passion immediately withdrew from court . The lord keeper advised him to apply himself to the queen for pardon . He sent the lord keeper his answer in ...
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... natural , easy , and perspicuous than that of his friend , who acknowledges it to be " far better than his own . " With regard to Cuffe , Mr. Walpole remarks , that he might have some hand in collecting the materials relative to ...
... natural , easy , and perspicuous than that of his friend , who acknowledges it to be " far better than his own . " With regard to Cuffe , Mr. Walpole remarks , that he might have some hand in collecting the materials relative to ...
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253 ページ - ... to embrace that calling; and though each man may propose to himself both together, yet the first may not be put last without a violation of conscience, which he that searches the heart will judge. And truly my present condition is such, that if I ask my own conscience, whether it be...