Eccentric biography; or, Sketches of remarkable characters, ancient and modernVernor & Hood, 1801 - 348 σελίδες |
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... revolt of Histæus , when he removed to Abdera , where he died , The manner of his death is said to have been very extraordinary , for he was choaked by by a grapestone , which he swallowed as he was ANACREON , 7 Anacreon.
... revolt of Histæus , when he removed to Abdera , where he died , The manner of his death is said to have been very extraordinary , for he was choaked by by a grapestone , which he swallowed as he was ANACREON , 7 Anacreon.
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... manner in Kent , where he declared to an intimate old acquaintance that he never knew contentment while he was rolling in money ; but since he was obliged to live upon a scanty pittance , he thought himself one of the happiest men in ...
... manner in Kent , where he declared to an intimate old acquaintance that he never knew contentment while he was rolling in money ; but since he was obliged to live upon a scanty pittance , he thought himself one of the happiest men in ...
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... manner in which he expresses himself to his majesty is so truly singular , as to demand a place for him in our Dictionary . Among other extraordinary passages , we meet with the following : - " There is no king in the world who can so ...
... manner in which he expresses himself to his majesty is so truly singular , as to demand a place for him in our Dictionary . Among other extraordinary passages , we meet with the following : - " There is no king in the world who can so ...
Σελίδα 38
... manner ; in consequence of which he was compelled to return home , but not be- fore the agitation of his mind had thrown him into a fit of illness , from which he never effec- tually recovered , and died a few days after at Chester , on ...
... manner ; in consequence of which he was compelled to return home , but not be- fore the agitation of his mind had thrown him into a fit of illness , from which he never effec- tually recovered , and died a few days after at Chester , on ...
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... manner he could . He often descended to the meanest of sub- terfuges to procure benefactions . Sometimes he would raise subscriptions for poems which did not exist , and sometimes he would direct his wife to report he was at the point ...
... manner he could . He often descended to the meanest of sub- terfuges to procure benefactions . Sometimes he would raise subscriptions for poems which did not exist , and sometimes he would direct his wife to report he was at the point ...
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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...