The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, المجلد 1 |
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الصفحة 26
This , therefore , was an attack of consequence , and the better to inspirit his men
, Monk promised them the gross licence of plunder in case of success . Thus
cheered , they made their assault with vigour , cleared a breach without delay ,
and ...
This , therefore , was an attack of consequence , and the better to inspirit his men
, Monk promised them the gross licence of plunder in case of success . Thus
cheered , they made their assault with vigour , cleared a breach without delay ,
and ...
الصفحة 44
... no merit is then appreciated , and no services are rewarded : the end justifies
the means ; the ascendancy of the hour extenuates every vice ; and the brilliancy
of success wraps a web of glossy show over the crimes by which it is attained .
... no merit is then appreciated , and no services are rewarded : the end justifies
the means ; the ascendancy of the hour extenuates every vice ; and the brilliancy
of success wraps a web of glossy show over the crimes by which it is attained .
الصفحة 282
The prologue was spoken by Mrs . Bracegirdle , the epilogue by Mrs . Barry ; and
its success was made the subject of a paper in the Tatler , by Addison . Dr .
Johnson has investigated its merits with a correctness so original as to leave the
task ...
The prologue was spoken by Mrs . Bracegirdle , the epilogue by Mrs . Barry ; and
its success was made the subject of a paper in the Tatler , by Addison . Dr .
Johnson has investigated its merits with a correctness so original as to leave the
task ...
الصفحة 456
Though returned by a majority of 700 votes and upwards , his ministerial
opponent , Lord Lincoln , demanded a scrutiny , but the result only confirmed his
success ~ a success the more triumphant because it was carried against all the ...
Though returned by a majority of 700 votes and upwards , his ministerial
opponent , Lord Lincoln , demanded a scrutiny , but the result only confirmed his
success ~ a success the more triumphant because it was carried against all the ...
الصفحة 491
livelihood , he took some drawings to Sir Joshua , and candidly asked him
whether he thought the hand that sketched them had any chance of success as
an artist . The President , it seems , was much struck with the conception and
power ...
livelihood , he took some drawings to Sir Joshua , and candidly asked him
whether he thought the hand that sketched them had any chance of success as
an artist . The President , it seems , was much struck with the conception and
power ...
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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.