The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, المجلد 1 |
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الصفحة 23
In this distress , he sent his son George to the Sheriff with a round present , and a
request that his person might be free from molestation while he waited with his
duty upon the King . The man of law pocketed the bribe , and promised favour ;
Mr ...
In this distress , he sent his son George to the Sheriff with a round present , and a
request that his person might be free from molestation while he waited with his
duty upon the King . The man of law pocketed the bribe , and promised favour ;
Mr ...
الصفحة 110
In his style the grave and forcible preponderated ; his voice was more for terror
than sweetness ; and his person , suited to his voice , was rather athletic than
delicate in its proportions , while his aspect was studious and penetrating .
In his style the grave and forcible preponderated ; his voice was more for terror
than sweetness ; and his person , suited to his voice , was rather athletic than
delicate in its proportions , while his aspect was studious and penetrating .
الصفحة 152
Three years after this his father died ; and the partiality of his mother , * with
whom a good person and a lively temper made him an especial favourite ,
recalled him to her house at Godby , where she thenceforward superintended , in
person ...
Three years after this his father died ; and the partiality of his mother , * with
whom a good person and a lively temper made him an especial favourite ,
recalled him to her house at Godby , where she thenceforward superintended , in
person ...
الصفحة 177
Being expostulated with upon this subserviency , he asserted the independence
of his belief , in a pointed answer , which , like many sallies of the sort , has beeni
attributed to various persons . He told Bishop Burnet that he had been at some ...
Being expostulated with upon this subserviency , he asserted the independence
of his belief , in a pointed answer , which , like many sallies of the sort , has beeni
attributed to various persons . He told Bishop Burnet that he had been at some ...
الصفحة 231
Ġeorge the IId . had all along turned from his person and politics with the most
unmitigated aversion ; he considered him the responsible agent of all those acts
by which the cabinet had lately been convulsed , and the favourite interests of his
...
Ġeorge the IId . had all along turned from his person and politics with the most
unmitigated aversion ; he considered him the responsible agent of all those acts
by which the cabinet had lately been convulsed , and the favourite interests of his
...
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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.