The Diorama of Life, Or, The Macrocosm and Microcosm Displayed: Characteristic Sketches and Anecdotes of Men and ThingsE. Barrett, 1824 - 365 من الصفحات |
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... nobleman this country ever produced . He was polished in his manners , had a fine person , was extremely humane and generous , an excellent man of business , learned himself , and an encourager of learning in others , and an excellent ...
... nobleman this country ever produced . He was polished in his manners , had a fine person , was extremely humane and generous , an excellent man of business , learned himself , and an encourager of learning in others , and an excellent ...
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... nobleman , who inquired his name , and the means by which he procured a livelihood ? My name , " answered he , " is R. T. and I am master of this parish . " This answer increased the curiosity of his lordship , and he desired to know ...
... nobleman , who inquired his name , and the means by which he procured a livelihood ? My name , " answered he , " is R. T. and I am master of this parish . " This answer increased the curiosity of his lordship , and he desired to know ...
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... nobleman , where , amongst other guests , was one , of whose near connexions some disgraceful anecdotes were then in circulation . It had reached the ears of Johnson , who after dinner took an oppor- tunity of relating it in his most ...
... nobleman , where , amongst other guests , was one , of whose near connexions some disgraceful anecdotes were then in circulation . It had reached the ears of Johnson , who after dinner took an oppor- tunity of relating it in his most ...
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... noblemen , instead of conversing with the philosopher , as might naturally have been expected , on literary subjects , in a very short time sat down to cards . Mr. Locke , after looking on for some time , pulled out his pocket - book ...
... noblemen , instead of conversing with the philosopher , as might naturally have been expected , on literary subjects , in a very short time sat down to cards . Mr. Locke , after looking on for some time , pulled out his pocket - book ...
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... noblemen in the three kingdoms ; nor would he suffer any one of them , during a series of years , to dispose of any part of their old liveries , but made this usual perqui- site up to them by douceurs , and the cast clothes were ...
... noblemen in the three kingdoms ; nor would he suffer any one of them , during a series of years , to dispose of any part of their old liveries , but made this usual perqui- site up to them by douceurs , and the cast clothes were ...
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الصفحة 241 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended, and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
الصفحة 259 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look! in this place ran Cassius...
الصفحة 69 - He struck it out. A third said he thought the words 'for ready money' were useless, as it was not the custom of the place to sell on credit. Every one who purchased expected to pay. They were parted with, and the inscription now stood, 'John Thompson sells hats.
الصفحة 138 - The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity ; men started at the intelligence and turned pale, as if they had heard of the loss of a dear friend.
الصفحة 139 - ... vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us, not indeed his mantle of inspiration, but a name and an example, which are at this hour inspiring hundreds of the youth of England : a name which is our pride, and an example which will continue to be our shield and our strength.
الصفحة 69 - With a figure of a hat subjoined; but he thought he would submit it to his friends for their amendments. The first he showed it to thought the word "Hatter" tautologous, because followed by the words "makes hats,
الصفحة 139 - The most triumphant death is that of a martyr; the most awful, that of the martyred patriot; the most splendid, that of the hero in the hour of victory; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory.
الصفحة 235 - Heidegger had no sooner made a genteel apology for the insolence of his musicians, but the false Heidegger advanced, and in a plaintive tone cried out, " Indeed, Sire, it was not my fault, but that devil's in my likeness.
الصفحة 243 - My guilt or innocence have little to do with the question here. I rose with the rising fortunes of my country — I am willing to die with her expiring liberties. To the voice of the people I will bow, but never shall I submit to the calumnies of an individual hired to betray them and slander me. The indisposition of my body has left me, perhaps, no means but that of lying down with fallen Ireland, and recording upon her tomb my dying testimony against the flagitious corruption that has murdered...
الصفحة 299 - Many a mile had he wandered, many a pound had he yielded, for those treasures of antiquities which had exhausted his fortune, and with which he had formed works of great public utility. It was in his eightieth year that Stowe at length received a public acknowledgment of his services, which will appear to us of a very extraordinary nature. He was so reduced in his circumstances, that he petitioned James I. for a...