?I have just excited his [her father?s] envy even to clasping his hands in distraction, by telling him of a man I met with in the middle of Grainger?s Worthies of England, who drew a mill, a miller, a bridge, a man and a horse going over the bridge with a sack of corn, all visible, upon a surface that would just cover a sixpence.?
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Maria Edgeworth Print: Book
H. J. Jackson notes Francis Douce's reading and annotation of James Granger, Biographical History (1779).
Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Francis Douce Print: Book
'Mr Dunn has Grainger's "Biographical History of England". A medallion of Cromwell is mentioned having Oliver's head engraved on one side, and on the reverse ... his head in Britannia's lap, his backside bare ...'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Richard Grahame Print: Book
'All day I have been arranging prints for Grainger's Biography. There is a good story of Jerry White, Cromwell's Chaplain.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Richard Grahame Print: Book
'Continuing the arrangement of Plates for Grainger and have met with several anecdotes worth noting [on Elizabeth I, CharlesII, Nell Gwynne, and Arabella Churchill].'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Richard Grahame Print: Book
'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] I have, since I saw you, read every word of Granger's "Biographical History". It has entertained me exceedingly, and I do not think him the [italics] Whig [end italics] that you supposed'.
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson Print: Book
'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] I have, since I saw you, read every word of Granger's "Biographical History". It has entertained me exceedingly, and I do not think him the [italics] Whig [end italics] that you supposed'.
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell Print: Book
