The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey |
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الصفحة 513
This vagary was meant to ridicule the dominant passion for tragedies , but the
imagery being ludicrous and the action grave , the audience did not at first enter
into the project , and some laughed while others cried . From the beginning it was
...
This vagary was meant to ridicule the dominant passion for tragedies , but the
imagery being ludicrous and the action grave , the audience did not at first enter
into the project , and some laughed while others cried . From the beginning it was
...
الصفحة 533
The worth of such a man is best discerned in the recital of his actions . Born in
Dublin during the year 1751 , he completed his education in the University of his
native city , where he was early distinguished as the classical rival of Mr.
Fitzgibbon ...
The worth of such a man is best discerned in the recital of his actions . Born in
Dublin during the year 1751 , he completed his education in the University of his
native city , where he was early distinguished as the classical rival of Mr.
Fitzgibbon ...
الصفحة 614
At five o'clock on the morning of the 1st of June , both fleets appeared to each
other drawn up in battle array ; the signals to bear down were given at half - past
seven , and in a short time the action became ĝeneral . The French awaited the ...
At five o'clock on the morning of the 1st of June , both fleets appeared to each
other drawn up in battle array ; the signals to bear down were given at half - past
seven , and in a short time the action became ĝeneral . The French awaited the ...
الصفحة 614
He resumed the duties of a command , however , during the following year , and
sailed at the head of the western squadron ; but no opportunities of action , and
no unusual difficulties , presented themselves before him . At home however , the
...
He resumed the duties of a command , however , during the following year , and
sailed at the head of the western squadron ; but no opportunities of action , and
no unusual difficulties , presented themselves before him . At home however , the
...
الصفحة 681
... of water , he set the example to his men , as was usual with him , plunged into
the ford , which was breast - high , and continued forward in the field until a
cannon ball struck him mortally , and made it impossible for him to remain in
action .
... of water , he set the example to his men , as was usual with him , plunged into
the ford , which was breast - high , and continued forward in the field until a
cannon ball struck him mortally , and made it impossible for him to remain in
action .
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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...
معلومات المراجع
| العنوان | The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey المجلد 2 من The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of Westminster Abbey, George Lewis Smyth المجلد 2 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 |
| المؤلف | George Lewis Smyth |
| الناشر | John Williams, 1826 |
| أصلي من | جامعة أوكسفورد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 19 آذار (مارس) 2007 |
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