The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Τόμος 8Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824 |
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... published a proclamation to the same effect ; and after stating the anarchy and misery of the inhabitants , he concluded with observing , " that he had come to offer them the assistance of the force with which he was furnished by his ...
... published a proclamation to the same effect ; and after stating the anarchy and misery of the inhabitants , he concluded with observing , " that he had come to offer them the assistance of the force with which he was furnished by his ...
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... published in the orders issued to the French troops ; and , taking advantage of their sudden enthusiasm , the Turks were once more attacked , and beaten ; so that when instructions arrived to accede to the convention of El Arisch , the ...
... published in the orders issued to the French troops ; and , taking advantage of their sudden enthusiasm , the Turks were once more attacked , and beaten ; so that when instructions arrived to accede to the convention of El Arisch , the ...
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... published , and exhibited them to his friends with great glee . Of his easy jocularity and pleasantry , the following may be considered as specimens . At an early period of his life he occasionally performed in operas , al- though ...
... published , and exhibited them to his friends with great glee . Of his easy jocularity and pleasantry , the following may be considered as specimens . At an early period of his life he occasionally performed in operas , al- though ...
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... published in periodical numbers , and then altogether in a quarto vo- lume , in the year 1770. A second , and improved edition , was published in a thick octavo volume in 1788 ; since which time there have appeared two more editions ...
... published in periodical numbers , and then altogether in a quarto vo- lume , in the year 1770. A second , and improved edition , was published in a thick octavo volume in 1788 ; since which time there have appeared two more editions ...
Σελίδα 61
... published in a map , consisting of two very large sheets of paper ; containing also a neat abridged account of the history , trade , and population of the place . The overthrow of Newcastle bridge , and other bridges across the river ...
... published in a map , consisting of two very large sheets of paper ; containing also a neat abridged account of the history , trade , and population of the place . The overthrow of Newcastle bridge , and other bridges across the river ...
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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.