The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, المجلد 1 |
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الصفحة xv
At the feet of Henry the III . , a tabular monument with a rough head , in relief ,
points the grave of Eleanor , queen of Edward the I . , who reposes in the plain
coffin of grey marble near at hand . This large enclosure seems to justify the
assertion ...
At the feet of Henry the III . , a tabular monument with a rough head , in relief ,
points the grave of Eleanor , queen of Edward the I . , who reposes in the plain
coffin of grey marble near at hand . This large enclosure seems to justify the
assertion ...
الصفحة xx
The head of the tomb is supported by a red dragon , which was the armorial
ensign of Cadwallader , the last king of the ancient Britons , from whom Henry
vainly traced his pedigree : at the foot lies an angel . The style of the work is richly
...
The head of the tomb is supported by a red dragon , which was the armorial
ensign of Cadwallader , the last king of the ancient Britons , from whom Henry
vainly traced his pedigree : at the foot lies an angel . The style of the work is richly
...
الصفحة 136
Being now firmly placed at the head of his profession , and at the head of the
theatre , he once more turned his thoughts on matrimony , and in the year 1719
united his worldly interests with Hester Santlow , an actress , who has been ...
Being now firmly placed at the head of his profession , and at the head of the
theatre , he once more turned his thoughts on matrimony , and in the year 1719
united his worldly interests with Hester Santlow , an actress , who has been ...
الصفحة 151
Above his head are marble statues of his children kneeling in prayer ; and at his
feet , Neptune , with his trident reversed , and Mars , with his head crushed . Four
figures , pensively inclined , relieve the corners of the tomb , which is of fine ...
Above his head are marble statues of his children kneeling in prayer ; and at his
feet , Neptune , with his trident reversed , and Mars , with his head crushed . Four
figures , pensively inclined , relieve the corners of the tomb , which is of fine ...
الصفحة 170
170 SHEFFIELD , DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM , · K . G . Great Sheffield ' s Muse the
long procession heads , And throws a lustre o ' er the pomp she leads ; First ,
gives the palm she fired him to obtain , Crowns his gay brow , and shows him
how ...
170 SHEFFIELD , DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM , · K . G . Great Sheffield ' s Muse the
long procession heads , And throws a lustre o ' er the pomp she leads ; First ,
gives the palm she fired him to obtain , Crowns his gay brow , and shows him
how ...
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الصفحة 19 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
الصفحة 244 - I call upon the honor of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution. From the tapestry that adorns these walls, the immortal ancestor of this noble lord frowns with indignation at the disgrace of his country.
الصفحة 411 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
الصفحة 385 - Others to sin, and made my sin their door .Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score ? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more. I have a sin of fear, that when...
الصفحة 244 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
الصفحة 19 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us— And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy.
الصفحة 284 - And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
الصفحة 261 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense...
الصفحة 228 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
الصفحة 169 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.