Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 82
Page 322
... honour . In a college , much eccentricity and childish- ness would have been readily pardoned in so learned a man . But all that learning could do for him on the throne was to make people think him a pedant as well as a fool . Bacon was ...
... honour . In a college , much eccentricity and childish- ness would have been readily pardoned in so learned a man . But all that learning could do for him on the throne was to make people think him a pedant as well as a fool . Bacon was ...
Page 417
... honour to Jove and Minerva . Philocles , who employs his leisure in making graven images of these deities , is extolled for his piety in a way which contrasts singularly with the expressions of Isaiah on the same subject . The dead are ...
... honour to Jove and Minerva . Philocles , who employs his leisure in making graven images of these deities , is extolled for his piety in a way which contrasts singularly with the expressions of Isaiah on the same subject . The dead are ...
Page 646
... honour of the literary character , to join in discountenancing the practice . All the pens that ever were employed in magnifying Bish's lucky office , Romanis's fleecy hosiery , Packwood's razor strops , and Rowland's Kalydor , all the ...
... honour of the literary character , to join in discountenancing the practice . All the pens that ever were employed in magnifying Bish's lucky office , Romanis's fleecy hosiery , Packwood's razor strops , and Rowland's Kalydor , all the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
absurd Addison admiration apostolical succession appeared army Austria Bacon battle believe called Catholic century character Charles Christian Church of England Church of Rome common Congreve Country Wife Court Croker doctrines eminent England English Europe evil favour favourite feeling France Frances Burney Frederic French genius Gladstone heart honour House House of Bourbon human hundred intellect interest Italy Johnson King lady language learning letters literary lived Lord Lord Byron Lord Mahon Machiavelli manner means mind ministers Miss Burney Montagu moral nature never Novum Organum opinion Parliament person philosophy poems poet poetry political Pope Prince principles produced Protestant Protestantism Prussia Queen reason religion religious respect Robert Montgomery scarcely seems Silesia society Southey Spain spirit talents things thought thousand Tories truth verses Voltaire Whig whole writer Wycherley