Memoirs of the life, writings, and opinions of the rev. Samuel Parr, Zväzok 21828 |
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admired afterwards amiable appeared attention Bartlam benevolent Bishop Bishop of Landaff celebrated Characters of Fox Christian church Church of England conduct conversation dear death delighted dignity dissenting distinguished divine doctrine Duke duties effect elegant eminent England English enlightened esteem excellent expressed favour feelings happy Hatton heart honour human inquiry JOHN PARR judgment justice knowledge late learned letter liberty literary Lord Lord Sidmouth manner ment merits mind moral never noble observed occasion opinion Parr Parr's patriot persons pleasure powers praise present Princess of Wales principles profession pupils racter reason received religious respect Rugby School Samuel Parr Samuel Romilly scholar sentiments Sermon sincere Sir Francis Burdett solemn sometimes soon speak spect spirit Stanmore talents temper thought tion truth views Warwick Warwickshire whilst whole writer writer's recollection
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Strana 49 - AS highly instructive with regard to one of the most important subjects that can engage the attention of literary or scientific students, the art.
Strana 318 - In the month of May, namely, on May-day in the morning, every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meadows and green woods, there to rejoice their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, and with the harmony of birds, praising God in their kind...
Strana 287 - ... things, great duties are connected with great emoluments. If, from general description, I were permitted to descend to particular detail, I should say, that in one instance he exhibited a noble proof of generosity, by refusing to accept the legal and customary profits of his office from a peasantry bending down under the weight of indigence and exaction. I should say, that, upon another occasion, he did not suffer himself to be irritated by perverse and audacious opposition...
Strana 441 - ... himself to have possessed not only a competent knowledge of the Greek language, but that clearness in his own conceptions, and that animation in his feelings, which enabled him to catch the real meaning, and to preserve the genuine spirit of the most perfect orator that Athens ever produced. Through the Dissertation upon Eloquence...
Strana 438 - ... as infallible and irresistible truths, nor endeavoured to give an air of importance to trifles by dogmatical vehemence. He could support his more serious opinions without the versatility of a sophist, the fierceness of a disputant, or the impertinence of a buffoon ; more than this, he could...
Strana 431 - Yes, the memory of Bentley has ultimately triumphed over the attacks of his enemies, and his mistakes are found to be light, in the balance, when weighed against his numerous, his splendid, and matchless discoveries. He has not much to fear even from such rivals in literary fame as Cunningham, Baxter, and Dawes. He deserved to obtain, and he has obtained, the honourable suffrages of kindred spirits, a Lennep, a Ruhnken, a Hemsterhuis, and a Porson.
Strana 268 - To sum up all in a few words, this great prelate had the good humour of a gentleman, the eloquence of an orator, the fancy of a poet, the acuteness of a schoolman, the profoundness of a philosopher, the wisdom of a counsellor, the sagacity of a prophet, the reason of an angel, and the piety of a saint...
Strana 286 - To those discourses which, when delivered before an academical audience, captivated the young and interested the old ; which were argumentative without formality, and brilliant without gaudiness; and in which the happiest selection of topics was united with the most luminous arrangement of matter, it cannot be unsafe for me to pay the tribute of my praise, because every hearer was an admirer, and every admirer will be a witness.
Strana 139 - In the course of the summer you will be called upon by Mr. Walter Landor, who is going on a tour to the lakes. He is my particular friend. He is impetuous, open-hearted, magnanimous ; largely furnished with general knowledge ; well versed in the best classical writers; a man of original genius, as appears in his compositions both in prose and verse ; a keen hater of oppression and corruption ; and a steady friend to civil and religious liberty. I am confident you will be much interested by his conversation...
Strana 438 - ... pursuit of it, if he does not excite our astonishment by the rapidity of his strides, he, at least, secures our confidence by the firmness of his step. To the examination of positions advanced by other men, he always brought a mind, which neither prepossession had seduced, nor malevolence polluted. He imposed not his own conjectures, as infallible and irresistible truths, nor endeavoured to give an air of importance to trifles, by dogmatical vehemence.