The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey |
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الصفحة 529
The bookseller gave a note for a hun . dred guineas for the copy , which
Goldsmith modestly returned , explaining to a friend , that the sum was more than
the honest man could afford to give , or any modern poetry was worth . He made
his own ...
The bookseller gave a note for a hun . dred guineas for the copy , which
Goldsmith modestly returned , explaining to a friend , that the sum was more than
the honest man could afford to give , or any modern poetry was worth . He made
his own ...
الصفحة 533
About the same time , he was introduced to the late Earl of Charlemont , and by
his influence was returned to the Irish House of Commons in 1775 , for the
borough from which that admirable nobleman assumed his title . In this 588
RIGHT ...
About the same time , he was introduced to the late Earl of Charlemont , and by
his influence was returned to the Irish House of Commons in 1775 , for the
borough from which that admirable nobleman assumed his title . In this 588
RIGHT ...
الصفحة 557
The order of the Garter which he had already presented to the new sovereign ,
the sovereign himself now returned to him , and with it added the patent of an
earldom . He was immediately restored to his former power , by being reinstated
in ...
The order of the Garter which he had already presented to the new sovereign ,
the sovereign himself now returned to him , and with it added the patent of an
earldom . He was immediately restored to his former power , by being reinstated
in ...
الصفحة 561
After such an occurrence it was impossible for the young musician to remain at
Berlin : he returned to Halle , panting for a visit to Italy , but restrained from the
journey by the narrow circumstances of his parents . Repairing therefore to
Hamburg ...
After such an occurrence it was impossible for the young musician to remain at
Berlin : he returned to Halle , panting for a visit to Italy , but restrained from the
journey by the narrow circumstances of his parents . Repairing therefore to
Hamburg ...
الصفحة 596
He set out upon ' one journey to visit all the county jails of England ; he returned
to his seat , and condensed his information ; he entered upon a second circuit , to
inspect all the town prisons throughout the country , returned , and again ...
He set out upon ' one journey to visit all the county jails of England ; he returned
to his seat , and condensed his information ; he entered upon a second circuit , to
inspect all the town prisons throughout the country , returned , and again ...
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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...