The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey |
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الصفحة 533
Born in Dublin during the year 1751 , he completed his education in the
University of his native city , where he was early distinguished as the classical
rival of Mr. Fitzgibbon , afterwards Earl of Clare , and Mr. Foster , the last Speaker
of the Irish ...
Born in Dublin during the year 1751 , he completed his education in the
University of his native city , where he was early distinguished as the classical
rival of Mr. Fitzgibbon , afterwards Earl of Clare , and Mr. Foster , the last Speaker
of the Irish ...
الصفحة 553
... it is difficult to conceive how two persons could have joined in one effusion ,
otherwise than by one of them having sketched the idea and rough copy , and the
other having then worked out the beauties of it , and completed the design .
... it is difficult to conceive how two persons could have joined in one effusion ,
otherwise than by one of them having sketched the idea and rough copy , and the
other having then worked out the beauties of it , and completed the design .
الصفحة 561
... so much from the lessons of Attilio , who conducted the Italian opera with great
success , that the King offered to send him into Italy at his own expense , and
undertake the care of his fortune when his education should be completed . But
the ...
... so much from the lessons of Attilio , who conducted the Italian opera with great
success , that the King offered to send him into Italy at his own expense , and
undertake the care of his fortune when his education should be completed . But
the ...
الصفحة 569
on ; speedily entrusted to Elton , who completed the journey with a rapidity and
success which gave universal satisfaction . An act of Parliament was therefore
passed for the protection of the trade , and ships were built in which to carry it
when ...
on ; speedily entrusted to Elton , who completed the journey with a rapidity and
success which gave universal satisfaction . An act of Parliament was therefore
passed for the protection of the trade , and ships were built in which to carry it
when ...
الصفحة 612
Howe lost no time in hastening the completion of an object , upon the issue of
which the interests of his country were so ... Never was an object completed with
a more masterly facility : the French were baffled , in every attempt , and dared in
...
Howe lost no time in hastening the completion of an object , upon the issue of
which the interests of his country were so ... Never was an object completed with
a more masterly facility : the French were baffled , in every attempt , and dared in
...
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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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