The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey |
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الصفحة 587
He opened a discharge of red - hot balls , carcases , and shells , at day - break ,
on the 8th of September ; and though the effect was for awhile doubtful , yet so
regular was the fire , and so admirably directed , that by ten o'clock the great fort ...
He opened a discharge of red - hot balls , carcases , and shells , at day - break ,
on the 8th of September ; and though the effect was for awhile doubtful , yet so
regular was the fire , and so admirably directed , that by ten o'clock the great fort ...
الصفحة 607
The Frenchman asked whether this was for peace or war , and was answered
that the orders to fire were expected every moment , upon which he coolly
answered , the English may begin when they pleased . To this Howe replied with
equal ...
The Frenchman asked whether this was for peace or war , and was answered
that the orders to fire were expected every moment , upon which he coolly
answered , the English may begin when they pleased . To this Howe replied with
equal ...
الصفحة 609
desperate fire was opened upon the defenceless boats as they advanced to the
shore , while a violent attack was made upon the soldiery , then only intent upon
escaping . The carnage was dreadful , and the greatest resolution was necessary
...
desperate fire was opened upon the defenceless boats as they advanced to the
shore , while a violent attack was made upon the soldiery , then only intent upon
escaping . The carnage was dreadful , and the greatest resolution was necessary
...
الصفحة 697
... fifteen frigates , gun - brigs , fire - ships , & c . & c . His object being the
destruction of a French flotilla , moored off Boulogne , he stood in for the harbour
of that town on the 4th of August , and made a vigorous but unsuccessful attack
upon the ...
... fifteen frigates , gun - brigs , fire - ships , & c . & c . His object being the
destruction of a French flotilla , moored off Boulogne , he stood in for the harbour
of that town on the 4th of August , and made a vigorous but unsuccessful attack
upon the ...
الصفحة 832
He sunk the three fire - ships , and forced the man of war to retire disabled , when
at length a fourth fire - ship approached , and by a more successful effort set the
Royal James in flames . Hope to save her there now remained none ; his crew ...
He sunk the three fire - ships , and forced the man of war to retire disabled , when
at length a fourth fire - ship approached , and by a more successful effort set the
Royal James in flames . Hope to save her there now remained none ; his crew ...
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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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