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" In this mist of obscurity passed the life of Butler, a man whose name can only perish with his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that... "
The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ... - Page xix
1801
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pt.2. Authors and actors : I-Y. Appendix. Additions and corrections

David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 482 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor ! — Among other papers in his common place book was found Nero. Trag. Unfinished. BUTT, GEORGE, DD...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 504 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor. „<,.. In these particulars we have chiefly followed the account drawn up by Dr. Johnson for his edition...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 4

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown; the events of his life are variously related; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor. The Third and Last Part of Hudibras was published some time after the First and Second; and a complete...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 486 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor. / -j- THE poem of Hudibras is one of those compositions of which a nation may justly boast ; as the...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty...is, that he was poor. THE poem of Hudibras is one of those compositions of which a nation may justly boast ; us the images which it exhibits are domestick,...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1818 - 400 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown -t the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor. *25. 1764. — ROBERT DODSLEY DIED. Without the advantage of a liberal education, he acquired a taste...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor. THE poem of 1 1 in libras is one of those compositions of which a nation may justly boast ; as the images which...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 466 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty...is, that he was poor. The poem of Hudibras is one of those compositions of which a nation may justly boast ; as the images which it exhibits are domestic,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 476 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor. TjaEj>oem..pf Hudibras.is one of those compositions of which a nation may justly boast ; as the images...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1821 - 502 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor. THE poem of Hudibraa is one of those compositions of which a nation may justly boast ; as the images which it exhibits...
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