The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature, Fine Arts, Etc. ..., المجلد 6Duncombe., 1826 |
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... lands : the former at Lisbon , and the other in Tuscany , whither they fled in pursuit of that visionary phan- tom ... land : his family were very ancient and respectable , but not in circumstances of affluence . After receiving a ...
... lands : the former at Lisbon , and the other in Tuscany , whither they fled in pursuit of that visionary phan- tom ... land : his family were very ancient and respectable , but not in circumstances of affluence . After receiving a ...
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... land's language . " Smollett left no children ; and , like Absalom , he has his pillar to perpetuate his name , near Dumbarton , on the banks of Loch Lomond , where he was born : it is almost as romantic and picturesque as his tomb on ...
... land's language . " Smollett left no children ; and , like Absalom , he has his pillar to perpetuate his name , near Dumbarton , on the banks of Loch Lomond , where he was born : it is almost as romantic and picturesque as his tomb on ...
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... land- ed under a heavy fire of grape shot , and glass bottles , which were rammed into the guns ; a party of the enemy marched out of the fort to meet him , and this pro- ved their ruin , for he charged them with the bayonet , an ...
... land- ed under a heavy fire of grape shot , and glass bottles , which were rammed into the guns ; a party of the enemy marched out of the fort to meet him , and this pro- ved their ruin , for he charged them with the bayonet , an ...
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... land . He was first lieutenant of Commodore Truscott's ship , when he fought and cap- tured " the Iphigenia " of 44 guns , the first French ship of war taken by the Ame- ricans , and whose naval skill , the French , previous to this ...
... land . He was first lieutenant of Commodore Truscott's ship , when he fought and cap- tured " the Iphigenia " of 44 guns , the first French ship of war taken by the Ame- ricans , and whose naval skill , the French , previous to this ...
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... land , who even , when far away , had re- vived their recollections of home and youth , by listening to , or repeating the poetry of Burns ; to them the remotest kindred of the man was dear who had made Scotsmen proud of their native ...
... land , who even , when far away , had re- vived their recollections of home and youth , by listening to , or repeating the poetry of Burns ; to them the remotest kindred of the man was dear who had made Scotsmen proud of their native ...
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الصفحة 230 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
الصفحة 349 - It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me : In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
الصفحة 419 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
الصفحة 126 - It is, methinks, a low and degrading idea of that sex, which was created to refine the joys, and soften the cares of humanity, by the most agreeable participation, to consider them merely as objects of sight. This is abridging them of their natural extent of power, to put them upon a level with their pictures at Kneller's.
الصفحة 69 - Majesty's commands in these premises may be duly regarded and observed, his further pleasure is, that the names of all such ecclesiastical persons as shall continue the present supine and slothful way of preaching, be, from time to time, signified to me, by the Vice-Chancellor for the time being, on pain of his Majesty's displeasure. l MONMOUTH."
الصفحة 69 - University, and therefore continues even before himself; his majesty bath commanded me to signify to you his pleasure, that the said practice, which took its beginning from the disorders of the late times, be wholly laid aside ; and that the said preachers deliver their sermons, both in Latin and English, by memory without...
الصفحة 148 - To be deserted by my fleet, in the face of an enemy, is a disgrace which, I believe, never before happened to a British admiral ; nor could I have supposed it possible. My greatest comfort under God is that I have been supported by the officers, seamen, and...
الصفحة 68 - Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with so much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the passions they excite.
الصفحة 365 - She did so. In the mean time Abraham took a hammer, broke the idols in pieces, all excepting the largest, in whose hands he placed the instrument of destruction.
الصفحة 69 - You could not think of playing the orator, of studying your emphasis, cadence, and gesture : you would be yourself ; and the interesting nature of your subject impressing your heart, would furnish you with the most natural tone of voice, the most proper language, the most engaging features, and the most suitable and graceful gestures. What you would thus be in the parlour, be in the pulpit, and you will not fail to please, to affect, and to profit.