The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, المجلد 2John Williams, 1826 |
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... period of his death , which was occasion- ed by a disease of the bladder , will be found in the following version of the Latin epitaph upon his tomb : - ISAAC CASAUBON , ( Arise , ye of the learned who remain , To a name so venerable ...
... period of his death , which was occasion- ed by a disease of the bladder , will be found in the following version of the Latin epitaph upon his tomb : - ISAAC CASAUBON , ( Arise , ye of the learned who remain , To a name so venerable ...
الصفحة 502
... period of his death , which took place during the year 1777 , at the age of 58. He was married , but left no issue . His wife was the fair tragic ac- tress Mrs. Dancer , subsequently better known by the name of her third husband , Mr ...
... period of his death , which took place during the year 1777 , at the age of 58. He was married , but left no issue . His wife was the fair tragic ac- tress Mrs. Dancer , subsequently better known by the name of her third husband , Mr ...
الصفحة 506
... period , however , he declined the assumption of any new parts , but continued to appear from season to season in those old cha- racters which had first made him a favourite . In 1769 he sig- nalized his admiration for Shakspeare , by ...
... period , however , he declined the assumption of any new parts , but continued to appear from season to season in those old cha- racters which had first made him a favourite . In 1769 he sig- nalized his admiration for Shakspeare , by ...
الصفحة 510
... period - of refusing any admissions at half- price upon the night of a new representation . - Sheridan honoured Garrick's death with a Monody , spoken at Drury - lane Theatre , but there does not remain room for its insertion . 1 JOHN ...
... period - of refusing any admissions at half- price upon the night of a new representation . - Sheridan honoured Garrick's death with a Monody , spoken at Drury - lane Theatre , but there does not remain room for its insertion . 1 JOHN ...
الصفحة 512
... period of his youth , that no higher prospects of settling him in the world occurred to their ambition than an apprenticeship to a London silk - mercer , in the Strand . Of the time he spent in this servile employment , or the manner in ...
... period of his youth , that no higher prospects of settling him in the world occurred to their ambition than an apprenticeship to a London silk - mercer , in the Strand . Of the time he spent in this servile employment , or the manner in ...
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Admiral amongst appeared appointed army attack battle became born British Captain celebrated character Charles Wager circumstances comedy command conduct death died distinguished Duke Earl eminent enemy engaged English epitaph erected executed fame father favour fell flag fleet force fortune France French friends frigate Garrick genius George guns honour House of Commons inscription Ireland Jamaica John Johnson JONAS HANWAY Joshua Reynolds King labours land lived London Lord Lord Nelson master memory ment merit mind monument nature Nelson never obtained occasion Parliament Paul's peace performance period poem poet political Porto Bello possession Post-captain praise rank Rear-admiral received reputation respect Royal sail Shakspeare Sheridan ships Sir John Moore SIR THOMAS HARDY soon spirit squadron station style success superior talents theatre tion took troops Vernon vessels victory virtues West Indies Westminster Abbey Westminster School William
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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...