The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, المجلد 1 |
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الصفحة iii
The authorities in favour of Biographical Works are so numerous and exalted ,
that it is difficult to conceive the case of a modern reader , who is unable to
adduce some well - known recommendation by which he may enforce the many
services ...
The authorities in favour of Biographical Works are so numerous and exalted ,
that it is difficult to conceive the case of a modern reader , who is unable to
adduce some well - known recommendation by which he may enforce the many
services ...
الصفحة 234
When this act was reported to the King of Sardinia , he commanded his
ambassador to tender to Mr . Pitt a sum of money , upon the terms of a royal
present ; but this favour was also declined — a pertinaciousness of purity which
incited his ...
When this act was reported to the King of Sardinia , he commanded his
ambassador to tender to Mr . Pitt a sum of money , upon the terms of a royal
present ; but this favour was also declined — a pertinaciousness of purity which
incited his ...
الصفحة 283
In the very next year , 1694 , he brought forward the • Double Dealer , ' a comedy
; which was received with the same partiality as the former by the poets , but with
less favour by the people . It was dedicated , with laboured flattery , to the Earl of
...
In the very next year , 1694 , he brought forward the • Double Dealer , ' a comedy
; which was received with the same partiality as the former by the poets , but with
less favour by the people . It was dedicated , with laboured flattery , to the Earl of
...
الصفحة 355
But let no man , whatever be his deserts , ever ask a favour without previously
learning that it is likely to be granted . When Cumberland proposed himself . for
the office , he had the mortification of being told — that he was not fit for every
thing .
But let no man , whatever be his deserts , ever ask a favour without previously
learning that it is likely to be granted . When Cumberland proposed himself . for
the office , he had the mortification of being told — that he was not fit for every
thing .
الصفحة 446
... gallery would not suffer him to go on with it . At length it was agreed , that the
contest relative to the repetition of the puppet - show should be decided by
holding - up of hands ; when three to one appeared in favour of it . The
gentlemen in the ...
... gallery would not suffer him to go on with it . At length it was agreed , that the
contest relative to the repetition of the puppet - show should be decided by
holding - up of hands ; when three to one appeared in favour of it . The
gentlemen in the ...
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مقاطع مشهورة
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.
معلومات المراجع
| العنوان | The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, المجلد 1 المجلد 1 من The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of Westminster Abbey: With Historical Sketches and Descriptions of Both Churches : Forming an Entirely New and Correct Biography of All that is Interesting in the Lives and Achievements of the Most Illustrious Characters of the United Kingdoms, George Lewis Smyth The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, George Lewis Smyth |
| المؤلف | George Lewis Smyth |
| الناشر | John Williams, 1826 |
| أصلي من | جامعة أوكسفورد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 19 آذار (مارس) 2007 |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |