The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey |
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الصفحة 565
In that capital no professional jealousies or fashionable prejudices clouded the
sunshine of his talents , or marred the splendour of his entertainments , and the “
Messiah ' was enthusiastically admired . These expressions of public favour ...
In that capital no professional jealousies or fashionable prejudices clouded the
sunshine of his talents , or marred the splendour of his entertainments , and the “
Messiah ' was enthusiastically admired . These expressions of public favour ...
الصفحة 601
His talents were the most useful , but not shining ; he wrote with much good
sense , and but little elegance ; for his education was deficient , and his
acquirements in every respect attained by the force of inherent power and
constitutional ...
His talents were the most useful , but not shining ; he wrote with much good
sense , and but little elegance ; for his education was deficient , and his
acquirements in every respect attained by the force of inherent power and
constitutional ...
الصفحة 639
... which describes him labouring at the building of Lincoln's Inn , with a trowel in
one hand , and an edition of Horace in the other . Camden too , as is conjectured
, had noticed his talents , and now pitying his degradation , encouraged him with
...
... which describes him labouring at the building of Lincoln's Inn , with a trowel in
one hand , and an edition of Horace in the other . Camden too , as is conjectured
, had noticed his talents , and now pitying his degradation , encouraged him with
...
الصفحة 665
... to express their peculiar talents , and commemorate their virtues ; while the
memory of such men as Butler , Dryden , and Milton , is only marked by ordinary
busts . The fate of Milton , in this respect , is , perhaps , the most undeserving of
all ...
... to express their peculiar talents , and commemorate their virtues ; while the
memory of such men as Butler , Dryden , and Milton , is only marked by ordinary
busts . The fate of Milton , in this respect , is , perhaps , the most undeserving of
all ...
الصفحة 702
... be instanced , in ancient or modern times , who surpassed the great talents
and good qualities possessed by the victor of the Nile , Copenhagen , and
Trafalgar . To undaunted courage he united an insatiable passion for enterprise
and glory ...
... be instanced , in ancient or modern times , who surpassed the great talents
and good qualities possessed by the victor of the Nile , Copenhagen , and
Trafalgar . To undaunted courage he united an insatiable passion for enterprise
and glory ...
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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...
معلومات المراجع
| 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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