The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey |
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الصفحة 513
From the beginning it was highly extolled by the wits , and as soon as the gist
was taken , became sufficiently popular . ' Two years after he sought to pursue
the credit of this career by entertaining the town with a comedy , in three acts ,
entitled ...
From the beginning it was highly extolled by the wits , and as soon as the gist
was taken , became sufficiently popular . ' Two years after he sought to pursue
the credit of this career by entertaining the town with a comedy , in three acts ,
entitled ...
الصفحة 529
Goldsmith felt this injustice with a depth of mortification he could ill conceal ; and
to such an extreme were these differences urged , that from intimate friends he
and Kelly became the most averted enemies . From a sense of such ignoble ...
Goldsmith felt this injustice with a depth of mortification he could ill conceal ; and
to such an extreme were these differences urged , that from intimate friends he
and Kelly became the most averted enemies . From a sense of such ignoble ...
الصفحة 553
he now became acquainted , and continued intimate until death severed them
asunder . He prosecuted his classical pursuits at the University until he had
reached the age of two and twenty , and when at last he began to think of a
profession ...
he now became acquainted , and continued intimate until death severed them
asunder . He prosecuted his classical pursuits at the University until he had
reached the age of two and twenty , and when at last he began to think of a
profession ...
الصفحة 559
Devoting his mind , from this period , with great assiduity and no mean success ,
to philosophical investigations , he first became known by the invention of a brass
machine , for the purpose of demonstrating the plaGeorge Frederick Handel ...
Devoting his mind , from this period , with great assiduity and no mean success ,
to philosophical investigations , he first became known by the invention of a brass
machine , for the purpose of demonstrating the plaGeorge Frederick Handel ...
الصفحة 585
Six years afterwards his uncle , General Eliott , procured him the adjutancy of the
2d troop of Horse Grenadiers , a regiment in which he passed through the
various gradations of rank until he became a Lieutenant - colonel , and was
made Aid ...
Six years afterwards his uncle , General Eliott , procured him the adjutancy of the
2d troop of Horse Grenadiers , a regiment in which he passed through the
various gradations of rank until he became a Lieutenant - colonel , and was
made Aid ...
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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...
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| 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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