The Annual Biography and Obituary, 9권Longman., 1825 |
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... soon afterwards was appointed secretary to the Board of Trade , which office he held for upwards of eight years , performing its duties with exemplary industry and ability . In 1781 the Bengal government relieved him from his ...
... soon afterwards was appointed secretary to the Board of Trade , which office he held for upwards of eight years , performing its duties with exemplary industry and ability . In 1781 the Bengal government relieved him from his ...
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... soon afterwards was appointed secretary to the Board of Trade , which office he held for upwards of eight years , performing its duties with exemplary industry and ability . In 1781 the Bengal government relieved him from his ...
... soon afterwards was appointed secretary to the Board of Trade , which office he held for upwards of eight years , performing its duties with exemplary industry and ability . In 1781 the Bengal government relieved him from his ...
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... soon afterwards was appointed secretary to the Board of Trade , which office he held for upwards of eight years , performing its duties with exemplary industry and ability . In 1781 the Bengal government relieved him from his ...
... soon afterwards was appointed secretary to the Board of Trade , which office he held for upwards of eight years , performing its duties with exemplary industry and ability . In 1781 the Bengal government relieved him from his ...
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... soon after they had placed him in the direction , they suspended one of their own bye- laws , to enable him to retain a commercial establishment which he had formed in India . In April , 1807 , they placed him in the direction by a very ...
... soon after they had placed him in the direction , they suspended one of their own bye- laws , to enable him to retain a commercial establishment which he had formed in India . In April , 1807 , they placed him in the direction by a very ...
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... Soon after his marriage , he went with his regiment to Minorca , in which island he spent three years ; and continued in the service about six . During the period Mr. Erskine served in the army , he ac- quired considerable reputation ...
... Soon after his marriage , he went with his regiment to Minorca , in which island he spent three years ; and continued in the service about six . During the period Mr. Erskine served in the army , he ac- quired considerable reputation ...
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Admiral afterwards Ali Pacha appeared appointed arrival ation attention Baron became Belzoni Bowdich British brother Buller caboceers Capel Lofft Captain Russell celebrated character Childe Harold Christian church circumstances command conduct considerable court daughter death distinguished duties early eminent England English engraved Erskine EVAN NEPEAN execution expression father favour feelings fleet French frigate Grant guns honour hope India interest justice lady late letter Lieutenant lived Lofft Lord Byron Lord Cornwallis Lord Erskine lordship Lowry manner Marco Botzaris married master Maurice memoir ment merit Messolonghi mind nature never noble occasion opinion parliament period plate poem possessed present principles published racter rank received rendered residence respect return to England Royal sent Sharp ship Sir John Orde society soon spirit Suliotes talents Thicknesse tion took Troston Vincent William Wilson Lowry
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77 페이지 - Thus I proceeded from one cave to another, all full of mummies piled up in various ways, some standing, some lying, and some on their heads. The purpose of my researches was to rob the Egyptians of their papyri; of which I found a few hidden in their breasts, under their arms, in the space above the knees, or on the legs, and covered by the numerous folds of cloth, that envelop the mummy.
448 페이지 - His head was bound with pansies overblown, And faded violets, white, and pied, and blue; And a light spear topped with a cypress cone, Round whose rude shaft dark ivy-tresses grew Yet dripping with the forest's noonday dew, Vibrated, as the ever-beating heart Shook the weak hand that grasped it; of that crew He came the last, neglected and apart; A herd-abandoned deer struck by the hunter's dart.
302 페이지 - I must sleep now;' upon which he laid down never to rise again ; for he did not move hand or foot during the following twenty-four hours. His Lordship appeared, however, to be in a state of suffocation at intervals, and had a frequent rattling in the throat. On these occasions I called Tita to assist me in raising his head, and I thought he seemed to get quite stiff. The rattling and...
60 페이지 - Author of our being will judge us as I have been pointing out for your example. Holding up the great volume of our lives in his hands, and regarding the general scope of them — if he discovers benevolence, charity, and...
448 페이지 - Is it not broken? On the withering flower The killing sun smiles brightly: on a cheek The life can burn in blood, even while the heart may break.
286 페이지 - There is one part of your observations in the pamphlet which I shall venture to remark upon; — it regards Walter Scott. You say that 'his character is little worthy of enthusiasm', at the same time that you mention his productions in the manner they deserve. I have known Walter Scott long and well, and in occasional situations which call forth the real character — and I can assure you that his character is worthy of admiration — that of all men he is the most open, the most honourable, the...
41 페이지 - ... evidence that it was published by him with a different spirit and intention from those in which it was written. The question, therefore, is correctly what I just now stated it to be : — Could Mr. Hastings have been condemned to infamy for writing this book ? " Gentlemen, — I tremble with indignation to be driven to put such a question in England.
46 페이지 - Gentlemen, I think I can observe that you are touched with this way of considering the subject; and I can account for it. I have not been considering it through the cold medium of books, but have been speaking of man and his nature, and of human dominion, from what I have seen of them myself, amongst reluctant nations submitting to our authority. I know what they feel, and how such feelings can alone be repressed.
108 페이지 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester ;" which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
47 페이지 - These reflections are the only antidotes to those anathemas of superhuman eloquence which have lately shaken these walls that surround us, but which it unaccountably falls to my province, whether I will or no, a little to stem the torrent of, by reminding you that you have a mighty sway in Asia, which cannot be maintained by the finer sympathies of life or the practice of its charities and affections...