The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey |
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الصفحة 572
... to a free prospect and air - were demolished ; a paving - board was established
, street - keepers were appointed , and the stranger's progress through the
metropolis was facilitated by the inscription of the name of every street . at its
corners .
... to a free prospect and air - were demolished ; a paving - board was established
, street - keepers were appointed , and the stranger's progress through the
metropolis was facilitated by the inscription of the name of every street . at its
corners .
الصفحة 633
In the spring of the year 1764 , he matriculated at University College , Oxford ,
and , in the course of a few months , was unanimously elected a scholar , on one
of the four foundations established by Sir Simon Bennėt . To his knowledge of ...
In the spring of the year 1764 , he matriculated at University College , Oxford ,
and , in the course of a few months , was unanimously elected a scholar , on one
of the four foundations established by Sir Simon Bennėt . To his knowledge of ...
الصفحة 713
... with a consecrated banner , blessed by the Pope , and pronounced Invincible ,
the sails of the Spanish fleet were unfurled , and the voyage commenced , under
every circumstance that could establish pomp and excite enthusiasm .
... with a consecrated banner , blessed by the Pope , and pronounced Invincible ,
the sails of the Spanish fleet were unfurled , and the voyage commenced , under
every circumstance that could establish pomp and excite enthusiasm .
الصفحة 758
One fact , in particular , was then established against him , which operated
greatly to disparage his character : -it was proved that he had subjected a female
slave to the torture of a flogging , for the purpose of extorting from her a
confession of ...
One fact , in particular , was then established against him , which operated
greatly to disparage his character : -it was proved that he had subjected a female
slave to the torture of a flogging , for the purpose of extorting from her a
confession of ...
الصفحة 809
Nevertheless this victory has been won : the English school of artists has not only
put forth compositions eminently entitled to a favourable comparison with the
productions of ancient ability , but it has also established a new class of ...
Nevertheless this victory has been won : the English school of artists has not only
put forth compositions eminently entitled to a favourable comparison with the
productions of ancient ability , but it has also established a new class of ...
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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...