Eccentric biography; or, Sketches of remarkable characters, ancient and modernVernor & Hood, 1801 - 348 σελίδες |
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... length , however , she consented to a private marriage ; but she never would acknowledge it , and often solemnly pro- tested that she was still unmarried . Her husband therefore sent her to the monastery of Argen- teuil , where , at his ...
... length , however , she consented to a private marriage ; but she never would acknowledge it , and often solemnly pro- tested that she was still unmarried . Her husband therefore sent her to the monastery of Argen- teuil , where , at his ...
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... length an Arcanian engaged to administer a potion which should effect a cure ; but while he was preparing it , Alexander re- received a letter from his most intimate friend Parmenio , informing him that this Arcanian was a traitor ...
... length an Arcanian engaged to administer a potion which should effect a cure ; but while he was preparing it , Alexander re- received a letter from his most intimate friend Parmenio , informing him that this Arcanian was a traitor ...
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... length compel- led to yield . Alexander was so pleased with the gallantry of this prince , that he restored him to his kingdom . Having ranged over the great- est parts of the East , and made even the Indies provinces of his empire , he ...
... length compel- led to yield . Alexander was so pleased with the gallantry of this prince , that he restored him to his kingdom . Having ranged over the great- est parts of the East , and made even the Indies provinces of his empire , he ...
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... length he arrived at such a degree of perfection , as well in the theoretical , as the practical part of the game , that there was no player in Europe could equal him , except one , who was the celebraed Abraham Carter , who kept the ...
... length he arrived at such a degree of perfection , as well in the theoretical , as the practical part of the game , that there was no player in Europe could equal him , except one , who was the celebraed Abraham Carter , who kept the ...
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... length discovered ; for hearing some person in his garden very early one morning , he was determined to be satisfied of their pro- posed errand , and , repairing to the place from whence he supposed the sound proceeded , the pilferer ...
... length discovered ; for hearing some person in his garden very early one morning , he was determined to be satisfied of their pro- posed errand , and , repairing to the place from whence he supposed the sound proceeded , the pilferer ...
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Σελίδα 178 - Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. "I should have thought so too," said the king, " if you had not written so well.
Σελίδα 127 - The Body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stripped of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) appear once more In a new And more beautiful Edition, Corrected and Amended By The Author.
Σελίδα 118 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased, and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.* He upon one occasion experienced, in an extraordinary degree,...
Σελίδα 297 - I need only tell you, that this ill-starred, good-natured, improvident man returned to Dublin, unhinged from all favour at court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day passed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddle-stick were in continual motion; and yet to little or no purpose...
Σελίδα 127 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Σελίδα 9 - My lords, cannot I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, well, my lord, what say you ? Sir, replied the bishop, I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Σελίδα 219 - I will assure you that they are both very pleasant and very convenient. But I must tell you one circumstance: you are the fifth man that has had the reversion of the place, and I have buried them all. And what is more," continued he, looking very scientifically at him, "there is something in your face, that tells me I shall bury you too.
Σελίδα 98 - Elwes knew almost nothing of accounts, and never reduced his affairs to writing — he was obliged, in the disposal of his money, to trust much to memory — to the suggestions of other people still more.
Σελίδα 153 - And therefore his death was no less congratulated on the one party, than it was condoled in the other. In a word, what was said of Cinna might well be applied to him ; " he had " a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, " and a hand to execute, any mischief.
Σελίδα 148 - Fortune now seemed to take some notice of a man she had long neglected. The simplicity of his character, the integrity of his heart, and the merit of his productions, made his company very acceptable to a number of respectable...