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, المجلد 1John Williams, 1826 |
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... earl of Halifax , in 1701 * ; but perhaps the one best liked by the few who now read Addison's verses , is the letter written , about the year 1716 , to Sir Godfrey Kneller , upon his portrait of George I. There is an ease in the ...
... earl of Halifax , in 1701 * ; but perhaps the one best liked by the few who now read Addison's verses , is the letter written , about the year 1716 , to Sir Godfrey Kneller , upon his portrait of George I. There is an ease in the ...
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... Earl of Sunderland , for the purpose of preventing the crown from creating any new peers , unless upon the demise of an old title . This production was followed by an answer from Addison , under the title of the Old Whig . Steele , in ...
... Earl of Sunderland , for the purpose of preventing the crown from creating any new peers , unless upon the demise of an old title . This production was followed by an answer from Addison , under the title of the Old Whig . Steele , in ...
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... Earl of Warwick , a dissolute young no- bleman , and while he grasped his hands with fervour , emphati- cally exclaimed , " See how a Christian can die ! " But in the impressiveness of this display , the counterpart to it is generally ...
... Earl of Warwick , a dissolute young no- bleman , and while he grasped his hands with fervour , emphati- cally exclaimed , " See how a Christian can die ! " But in the impressiveness of this display , the counterpart to it is generally ...
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... Earl of Lei- cester , against the Irish insurgents , and quickly attracted notice by the dexterity of his movements and the steadiness of his valour . The amiableness of his private character may best be in- ferred from the affectionate ...
... Earl of Lei- cester , against the Irish insurgents , and quickly attracted notice by the dexterity of his movements and the steadiness of his valour . The amiableness of his private character may best be in- ferred from the affectionate ...
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... Earl of Sand- wich , prevailed upon the fleet to tender its duty to their monarch , and actually sailed without orders to the coast of Holland . At Schoeling , Charles came on board , and upon disembarking at Dover , was received in the ...
... Earl of Sand- wich , prevailed upon the fleet to tender its duty to their monarch , and actually sailed without orders to the coast of Holland . At Schoeling , Charles came on board , and upon disembarking at Dover , was received in the ...
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الصفحة 19 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
الصفحة 244 - I call upon the honor of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution. From the tapestry that adorns these walls, the immortal ancestor of this noble lord frowns with indignation at the disgrace of his country.
الصفحة 411 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
الصفحة 385 - Others to sin, and made my sin their door .Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score ? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more. I have a sin of fear, that when...
الصفحة 244 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
الصفحة 19 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us— And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy.
الصفحة 284 - And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
الصفحة 261 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense...
الصفحة 228 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
الصفحة 169 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.