The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey |
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الصفحة 509
... being in herself inexhaustible , and her variations not to be numbered , it is by
no means surprising , that this , her darling son , should find an unlimited scope
for change and diversity in his manner of copying from her various productions .
... being in herself inexhaustible , and her variations not to be numbered , it is by
no means surprising , that this , her darling son , should find an unlimited scope
for change and diversity in his manner of copying from her various productions .
الصفحة 529
Though confessedly imbued with many strong marks of genius , and very keen
strokes of wit , this play was not at first by any means so successful as might have
been expected . Some curtailments , however , were made , and it was soon ...
Though confessedly imbued with many strong marks of genius , and very keen
strokes of wit , this play was not at first by any means so successful as might have
been expected . Some curtailments , however , were made , and it was soon ...
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 569
... best means of carrying him off into the interior of the country . From this state of
insult and cruelty he managed to effect a precipitate retreat ; but , instead of flying
to the ships and altogether forsaking the venture , he had the courage to pursue ...
... best means of carrying him off into the interior of the country . From this state of
insult and cruelty he managed to effect a precipitate retreat ; but , instead of flying
to the ships and altogether forsaking the venture , he had the courage to pursue ...
الصفحة 628
... according to the situation of his body , they ought to be in , but constantly
employed in committing acts of hostility upon the Graces . He throws any where
but down his throat , whatever he means to drink , and only mangles what he
means to ...
... according to the situation of his body , they ought to be in , but constantly
employed in committing acts of hostility upon the Graces . He throws any where
but down his throat , whatever he means to drink , and only mangles what he
means to ...
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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 |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |