The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, المجلد 2John Williams, 1826 |
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الصفحة 506
... London , and was received with the most flattering congratulations . From this period , however , he declined the assumption of any new parts , but continued to appear from season to season in those old cha- racters which had first made ...
... London , and was received with the most flattering congratulations . From this period , however , he declined the assumption of any new parts , but continued to appear from season to season in those old cha- racters which had first made ...
الصفحة 512
... London silk - mercer , in the Strand . Of the time he spent in this servile employment , or the manner in which he occupied his leisure , no account has been given . His own entreaties are said to have prevailed upon his master to ...
... London silk - mercer , in the Strand . Of the time he spent in this servile employment , or the manner in which he occupied his leisure , no account has been given . His own entreaties are said to have prevailed upon his master to ...
الصفحة 523
... London , On the 4th of April , 1774 . To this epitaph several exceptions have been taken , of which , however , only two shall be repeated here : -it has been confident- ly asserted that Goldsmith was born not in Fernes , or at Pallas ...
... London , On the 4th of April , 1774 . To this epitaph several exceptions have been taken , of which , however , only two shall be repeated here : -it has been confident- ly asserted that Goldsmith was born not in Fernes , or at Pallas ...
الصفحة 526
... London with only a few pence in his pocket , his mind became filled with apprehensions the most gloomy ; for the usages of English life afforded no such reliefs to the shades of distress as those which were formerly peculiar to the ...
... London with only a few pence in his pocket , his mind became filled with apprehensions the most gloomy ; for the usages of English life afforded no such reliefs to the shades of distress as those which were formerly peculiar to the ...
الصفحة 534
... London- derry , then Mr. Robert Stuart , relative to the public expenditure . It is in every respect a favourable earnest of his future fame . In this place a short statement descriptive of the condi- tion of Ireland at or about this ...
... London- derry , then Mr. Robert Stuart , relative to the public expenditure . It is in every respect a favourable earnest of his future fame . In this place a short statement descriptive of the condi- tion of Ireland at or about this ...
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Admiral amongst appeared appointed army attack battle became born British Captain celebrated character Charles Wager circumstances comedy command conduct death died distinguished Duke Earl eminent enemy engaged English epitaph erected executed fame father favour fell flag fleet force fortune France French friends frigate Garrick genius George guns honour House of Commons inscription Ireland Jamaica John Johnson JONAS HANWAY Joshua Reynolds King labours land lived London Lord Lord Nelson master memory ment merit mind monument nature Nelson never obtained occasion Parliament Paul's peace performance period poem poet political Porto Bello possession Post-captain praise rank Rear-admiral received reputation respect Royal sail Shakspeare Sheridan ships Sir John Moore SIR THOMAS HARDY soon spirit squadron station style success superior talents theatre tion took troops Vernon vessels victory virtues West Indies Westminster Abbey Westminster School William
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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...