The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Τόμος 8Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824 |
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... lady related to the royal family , and who appears to VOL . VIII . B have been an heiress , or to have obtained crown MEMOIRS OF CELEBRATED PERSONS WHO HAVE DIED IN 1822-1823 The Right Honourable George Viscount Keith -
... lady related to the royal family , and who appears to VOL . VIII . B have been an heiress , or to have obtained crown MEMOIRS OF CELEBRATED PERSONS WHO HAVE DIED IN 1822-1823 The Right Honourable George Viscount Keith -
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have been an heiress , or to have obtained crown lands by way of dower , in the fertile shire of Lothian , which her husband called after his own name . From this gentleman , usually considered as the founder of the family , descended ...
have been an heiress , or to have obtained crown lands by way of dower , in the fertile shire of Lothian , which her husband called after his own name . From this gentleman , usually considered as the founder of the family , descended ...
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... obtained him honourable mention in the official letter of the commander of the land forces , General Sir Henry ... obtain practical experience ; and added to this reasonable and honour- able request , his wish to cruise in the Warwick ...
... obtained him honourable mention in the official letter of the commander of the land forces , General Sir Henry ... obtain practical experience ; and added to this reasonable and honour- able request , his wish to cruise in the Warwick ...
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... obtained possession of Toulon , of which Rear - Admiral Goodall was declared governor , and Rear - Ad- miral Gravena commandant of the troops . But as it became necessary to take possession of the forts which commanded the ships in the ...
... obtained possession of Toulon , of which Rear - Admiral Goodall was declared governor , and Rear - Ad- miral Gravena commandant of the troops . But as it became necessary to take possession of the forts which commanded the ships in the ...
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... obtained a complete victory at the heights of Pharon over a detachment of the French army , consisting of nearly two thousand men , the flower of the eastern army ; of whom about one thousand five hundred were either killed , wounded ...
... obtained a complete victory at the heights of Pharon over a detachment of the French army , consisting of nearly two thousand men , the flower of the eastern army ; of whom about one thousand five hundred were either killed , wounded ...
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Σελίδα 36 - Hear, Nature, hear ! dear goddess, hear ! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate...
Σελίδα 45 - His transport's most impetuous tone, And to each passion of his breast The graces gave their zone. High were the task — too high, Ye conscious bosoms here ! In words to paint your memory Of Kemble and of Lear; But who forgets that white discrowned head, Those bursts of reason's half-extinguish'd glare — Those tears upon Cordelia's bosom shed, In doubt more touching than despair, If 'twas reality he felt?
Σελίδα 55 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
Σελίδα 420 - LL.D., Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge.
Σελίδα 198 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Σελίδα 35 - I have liv'd long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf: And that which should accompany .old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare not.
Σελίδα 45 - For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
Σελίδα 93 - His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it was tall, and, though extremely thin, his limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air ; something almost superhuman.
Σελίδα 471 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Σελίδα 117 - Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.