The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, 2권John Williams, 1826 |
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... station than I have , but I defy them all to take more sincere and more unin- terrupted pains for your favour , or to be more truly sensible of it , than is your most obedient grateful servant . ” Garrick spent the remainder of his life ...
... station than I have , but I defy them all to take more sincere and more unin- terrupted pains for your favour , or to be more truly sensible of it , than is your most obedient grateful servant . ” Garrick spent the remainder of his life ...
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... stations , or professions ; and above all that portion of their lives by which they mainly earned their elevation . Now the poli- tical exertions of Charles , Earl of Halifax , had nothing in them to raise him above the level of most ...
... stations , or professions ; and above all that portion of their lives by which they mainly earned their elevation . Now the poli- tical exertions of Charles , Earl of Halifax , had nothing in them to raise him above the level of most ...
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... station in the orchestra . Ere long , however , the principal pianist , a dissipated man , absconded from his creditors , and Handel put in a claim for the appointment upon the presumption of superior ability . A trial of skill be ...
... station in the orchestra . Ere long , however , the principal pianist , a dissipated man , absconded from his creditors , and Handel put in a claim for the appointment upon the presumption of superior ability . A trial of skill be ...
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... station he continued eminently happy during a term cf nine years , and perhaps at no other period was music so nobly cultivated in England . The jealousy of actors , composers , and even authors , is so proverbial , that it cannot ...
... station he continued eminently happy during a term cf nine years , and perhaps at no other period was music so nobly cultivated in England . The jealousy of actors , composers , and even authors , is so proverbial , that it cannot ...
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... stations of rank , and attained a creditable knowledge of oriental literature , sufficed for the acquisition of a fortune , which so happily equalled the extent of his hopes that he re- turned to spend a life of ease in England . Well ...
... stations of rank , and attained a creditable knowledge of oriental literature , sufficed for the acquisition of a fortune , which so happily equalled the extent of his hopes that he re- turned to spend a life of ease in England . Well ...
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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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624 페이지 - 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.
601 페이지 - ... 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.
624 페이지 - 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.
834 페이지 - 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.
623 페이지 - 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.
668 페이지 - 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.
667 페이지 - 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...
545 페이지 - 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.
883 페이지 - 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...
511 페이지 - 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...