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Fulke Greville

  

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Fulke Greville : Treatie of Human Learning, A

'C[oleridge] read Greville's A Treatie of Human Learning ... in March 1810 at Allan Bank.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

  

Fulke Greville : Inquisition upon Fame and Honour, An

'C[oleridge] read Greville's An Inquisition upon Fame and Honour... in March 1810 at Allan Bank.'

Century:      Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

  

Fulke Greville : Treatie on Warres, A

'C[oleridge] read Greville's ... A Treatie of Warres ... in March 1810 at Allan Bank.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

  

Fulke Greville : Alaham

'C[oleridge] read Greville's ... Alaham in March 1810 at Allan Bank.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

  

Fulke Greville : Maxims, Characters and Reflections

I believe your Ladiship will be diverted with an Octavo book on the Writings and Genius of Pope; tho' you will not approve of everything in it. A little Vol. intitled, "Christian Morals", by Sir Thomas Browne of Norwich, Author of "Religio Medici", with his Life and Explanatory Notes, by S. Johnson, Author of the Rablers, will, I believe, amuse you. There is a third Book written by Mr G[reville], a Man of Fashion, intitled, "Maxims, Characters" or some such Title. Among his Subjects, he takes to Task (to severe Task, some have thought) the Writings of your Humble Servt. Thus I wrote upon it to a Lady, who was unwilling I should see it, for fear it shd. vex me; a Fear several of my Friends had on the same Account; "I have read Mr G[reville's] Censure of the Writings of a [italics] certain Author [ end italics]. I sincerely think there may be Justice in the most unfavourable Part of it."'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Richardson      Print: Book

  

Fulke Greville : Certaine Learned and Elegant Workes

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Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

  

Sir Fulke Greville : Life of the renowned Sir Phillip Sidney

'Here was mighty good discourse, as there is alway; and among other things, my Lord Crew did turn to a place in the "Life of Sir Ph. Sidny", wrote by Sir Fulke Grevill, which doth fortell the present condition of this nation in relation to the Dutch, to the degree of prophecy; and is so remarkable that I am resolved to buy one of them, it being quite through a good discourse.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Lord Crew      Print: Book

  

Fulke Greville : Maxims, Characters, and Reflections, Critical, Satyrical, and Moral

'We may apply to him [Johnson] a sentence in Mr. Greville's "Maxims, Characters, and Reflections"; a book which is entitled to much more praise than it has received: "ARISTARCHUS is charming: how full of knowledge, of sense, of sentiment. You get him with difficulty to your supper; and after having delighted every body and himself for a few hours, he is obliged to return home;--he is finishing his treatise, to prove that unhappiness is the portion of man".'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell      Print: Book

  

Richard Fulke Greville : Maxims, Characters, and Reflections

'Greville draws Prose Characters incomparably well; that Man's book of Maxims &c. has not had credit enough in the World - Adrastus, Sicinius & Strabo are admirable in their kind; & shew a vast deal of thinking, besides perfect Knowledge of the gay World'.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Hester Lynch Thrale      Print: Book

  

Fulke Greville : Reflections, maxims, and characters, moral, critical, and satirical

[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 13 April 1756:] 'Have you seen the reflections, maxims, and characters moral and satirical? Amusing, I think, and not bad; writ by a fine man that no mortal suspected for an author; a Mr Greville [...] somebody said of it very well, that it is quite a French book written in English.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Talbot      Print: Book

  

Fulke Greville : Reflections, maxims, and characters, moral, critical, and satirical [extract]

[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 3 May 1756:] 'I had read an extract from that book which you say is writ by Mr Greville, and concluded it must be a translation from some French author, and I can scarcely forbear wishing my notion had been right. I believe there might be some good things in it, but, Genius of Britain, forbid that any such frippery kind of writing should grow into fashion amongst us!'

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Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Carter      

  

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