Sprat's

Double doors, with red leather tacked to their surfaces, led from Sprat's office to the waiting room.

Orphans of Chaos 2005

The alteration must be accepted on Sprat's authority, but it is questionable if it gives a better sense. ll.

Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various

But with all its faults Sprat's Life of Cowley occupies an important place at the beginning of English biography of men of letters.

Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various

Lives of English men of letters begin in the seventeenth century, and from Rawley's _Life of Bacon_, Sprat's _Life of Cowley_, and the anonymous _Life of Fuller_ it is possible to extract passages which are in effect characters.

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Sprat's real preface to his History is Cowley's famous ode.

The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester 1881

From a comparison of Wallis 'and Sprat's accounts, it is clear that the dispute, if dispute there be, whether Wadham or London was the cradle of the Royal Society, can be settled more easily than most contested claims of this kind.

The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester 1881

There is evidence of this in Sprat's anxiety to show that experiments "are not dangerous to the Universities nor to the Church of England," a contention which now would be admitted or denied if the term "experiments" were first defined.

The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester 1881

Worthy of notice also are Sprat's words to the effect that the influence of Wilkins and his friends was on the side of discipline and order in the University, and saved it from "ruine."

The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester 1881

Unhappily for his fame, it has been usual to print his verses in collections of the British poets; and those who judge of him by his verses must consider him as a servile imitator, who, without one spark of Cowley's admirable genius, mimicked whatever was least commendable in Cowley's manner: but those who are acquainted with Sprat's prose writings will form a very different estimate of his powers.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

But Sprat's faults afforded ample security that he would never, from spleen against William, engage in any plot to bring back

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829