The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey |
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الصفحة 557
What additions , either of desert or distinction , time would have led ' to , it is vain
to conjecture , for he was spared for what be possessed but a short time . An
inflammation seized on his lungs , and put a period to his life , on the 19th of May
...
What additions , either of desert or distinction , time would have led ' to , it is vain
to conjecture , for he was spared for what be possessed but a short time . An
inflammation seized on his lungs , and put a period to his life , on the 19th of May
...
الصفحة 639
It appears , however , that he entered the army while abroad , and acquired some
distinction in arms , and , also , that upon his return he became a student at St.
John's College , Cambridge . Here information again fails the biographers , and ...
It appears , however , that he entered the army while abroad , and acquired some
distinction in arms , and , also , that upon his return he became a student at St.
John's College , Cambridge . Here information again fails the biographers , and ...
الصفحة 693
... that he was in a comparatively short time introduced amongst the midshipmen .
Study , perseverance , skill , and bravery , united , soon enabled him to appear
with distinction ; and he passed smoothly on through the intermediate grades of ...
... that he was in a comparatively short time introduced amongst the midshipmen .
Study , perseverance , skill , and bravery , united , soon enabled him to appear
with distinction ; and he passed smoothly on through the intermediate grades of ...
الصفحة 697
Recovering his strength , however , he petitioned for more active service , and in
1799 received the Amazon , a new frigate of 34 guns . In this commission he
seems to have met with no opportunities of distinction . At the battle of
Copenhagen ...
Recovering his strength , however , he petitioned for more active service , and in
1799 received the Amazon , a new frigate of 34 guns . In this commission he
seems to have met with no opportunities of distinction . At the battle of
Copenhagen ...
الصفحة 765
For these merits the performance now regarded stands conspicuous ; but there is
, unfortunately , a weighty distinction to be drawn between the taste with which a
subject is arranged , and the sense of which it is constituted : in this respect Mr.
For these merits the performance now regarded stands conspicuous ; but there is
, unfortunately , a weighty distinction to be drawn between the taste with which a
subject is arranged , and the sense of which it is constituted : in this respect Mr.
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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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