The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey |
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الصفحة 609
His promotion to the Rear - admiral , ship of the Blue , in 1770 , compelled him to
resign this situation , as well as his colonelcy of Marines , after which he sailed
into the Mediterranean with the rank of Commander - in - chief of that station .
His promotion to the Rear - admiral , ship of the Blue , in 1770 , compelled him to
resign this situation , as well as his colonelcy of Marines , after which he sailed
into the Mediterranean with the rank of Commander - in - chief of that station .
الصفحة 713
at last , upon the death of the Earl of Lincoln , advanced , in 1585 , to the dignity
of Lord High Admiral . The period of this appointment was big with the most
important consequences . Philip the II . , of Spain , was well known to have
flattered ...
at last , upon the death of the Earl of Lincoln , advanced , in 1585 , to the dignity
of Lord High Admiral . The period of this appointment was big with the most
important consequences . Philip the II . , of Spain , was well known to have
flattered ...
الصفحة 858
In the south aisle of Westminster Abbey appears the monument erected to the
honour of this intrepid admiral , which has been so emphatically censured by
Addison in the Spectator , because , instead of the rough and boisterous captain
...
In the south aisle of Westminster Abbey appears the monument erected to the
honour of this intrepid admiral , which has been so emphatically censured by
Addison in the Spectator , because , instead of the rough and boisterous captain
...
الصفحة 889
Thus , taken at his word , new dignities were necessarily conferred upon him ,
and on the 9th of July , 1739 , he was advanced to the rank of Vice - admiral of
the Blue , and appointed Commander - in - chief of all his Majesty's ships in the
West ...
Thus , taken at his word , new dignities were necessarily conferred upon him ,
and on the 9th of July , 1739 , he was advanced to the rank of Vice - admiral of
the Blue , and appointed Commander - in - chief of all his Majesty's ships in the
West ...
الصفحة 897
Admiral Vernon perceiving , directed the seamen to board , and take possession
of aš many of them as possible . This could not be carried so speedily into
execution , but that the Spaniards had time to sink the Africa and the Don Carlos ,
two ...
Admiral Vernon perceiving , directed the seamen to board , and take possession
of aš many of them as possible . This could not be carried so speedily into
execution , but that the Spaniards had time to sink the Africa and the Don Carlos ,
two ...
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الصفحة 624 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
الصفحة 601 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons: to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
الصفحة 624 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
الصفحة 834 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
الصفحة 623 - My Lord, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship.
الصفحة 668 - Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind: Her face was veiled, yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness in her person shined So clear, as in no face with more delight. But O as to embrace me she inclined I waked, she fled, and day brought back my night.
الصفحة 667 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
الصفحة 545 - No more the Grecian muse unrivall'd reigns, To Britain let the nations homage pay : She felt a Homer's fire in Milton's strains, A Pindar's rapture in the lyre of Gray.
الصفحة 883 - A pleasing land of drowsyhed it was: Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
الصفحة 511 - Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end ; These are thy honours ! not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust ; But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies Gay...