 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1793 - 268 pages
...ascribe much of this, to the example and learning of Ben Jonson. Life I. 30. JOHN SELDEN DIED MDCLIV. HE was a person whom no character can flatter, or transmit...in any expressions equal to his merit and virtue, he was of so stupendous a learning in all kinds, and in all languages (as may appear in his excellent... | |
 | History - 1802 - 522 pages
...palsy made a deep impression upon his body, and his mind. ' The character of Mr. Seiden. MR. Seiden was a person, whom no character can flatter or transmit...in any expressions, equal to his merit and virtue. He was of so stupendous learning in all kinds, and in all languages (as may appear in his excellent... | |
 | Dawson, William, & Sons, of London - 1809 - 344 pages
...et Indices adjecit David Wilkins, 6 vols. folio, fine clean copy in vellum, £4. 4s. 1726 " Solden was a person whom no character can flatter or transmit in any expression et^uul to his merit and virtue." — Lord Clarendon. 4998 SELDEN'S (J.) Table Talk, new... | |
 | John Aikin - 1812 - 462 pages
...degree of respect and admiration. It would be an injury to both not to transcribe the passage. " He was a person whom no character can flatter, or transmit...in any expressions equal to his merit and virtue. He was of so stupendous a learning in all kinds and in all languages (as may appear in his excellent... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 540 pages
...Clarendon, who thus describes him in all parts of his character : " Mr. Selden was a person," say« he, " whom no character can flatter, or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit and virtue. He was of such stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages, as may appear from his excellent... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 536 pages
...Clarendon, who thus describes him in all parts of his character : " Mr. Selden was a person," says he, " whom no character can flatter, or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit and virtue. He was of such stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages, as may appear from his excellent... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 538 pages
...Clarendon, who thus describes him in all parts of his character: "Mr. Selden was a person," sayi he, " whom no character can flatter, or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit and virtue. He was of such stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages, as may appear from his excellent... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 524 pages
...Europe;* but the noblest testimony to his abilities is borne by his Mend the Earl of Clarendon : " Mr. Selden was a person whom no character can flatter, or transmit in any expressions even equal to his merit and virtue. He was of so stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 536 pages
...describes him in all parts of his character : " Mr. Sclden was a person," says he, " whom no characier can flatter, or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit and urtue. He was of such stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages, as may appear from his... | |
 | William Godwin - Great Britain - 1824 - 526 pages
...description given of him by Clarendon is such, that it would be in vain to attempt any thing more complete. " Mr. Selden was a person, whom no character can flatter,...in any expressions equal to his merit and virtue. He was of so stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages, that a man would have thought he... | |
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Mr Selden was a person whom no character can flatter, or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit and virtue. He was of so stupendous learning in all kinds, and in all languages (as may appear in his excellent and transcendent writings), that a... 
