Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Mrs. Hannah More, Band 1Harper, 1835 |
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Adelphi Adieu admiration affectionate agreeable amiable Bath believe Bishop Bishop of Chester Bishop of London Bishop Porteus blessing Boscawen Bristol called Carter charming Christian comfort compliments Cowslip Green dear friend dear madam dear sir delightful desire dined dinner Duchess Duchess of Beaufort Duchess of Portland elegant excellent faithful favour fear feel Fulham Garrick give Hampton Hannah happy hear heard heart honour hope humble JOHN NEWTON Johnson Kennicott kind Lady letter live London Lord Lord Monboddo mind Miss H Montagu morning never Newton night obliged pain party Pepys person piety pleasant pleased pleasure poem poet poor Pray present received religion Sandleford sent servant sincere sister Soame Jenyns spirit Sunday sure talents talk taste tell Teston thank thing thought tion told town truth verses Vesey Walpole week wish write yesterday
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Seite 294 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Seite 213 - And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Seite 45 - I love you all five — I never was at Bristol — I will come on purpose to see you — what ! five women live happily together ! — I will come and see you — I have spent a happy evening — I am glad I came — God for ever bless you ; you live lives to shame duchesses.
Seite 404 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.
Seite 275 - ask, and ye shall receive ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you ; for he that asketh, receiveth, and unto him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
Seite 294 - Stephen's head in the instant of his seeing the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
Seite 37 - Palk tells me her letters are not thought inferior to Mrs. Montagu's. She regretted (so did I) that so many suns could not possibly shine at one time ; but we are to have a smaller party, where, from fewer luminaries, there may emanate a clearer, steadier, and more beneficial light. Dr. Johnson asked me how I liked the new tragedy of Braganza. I was afraid to speak before them all, as I knew a diversity of opinion prevailed among the company. However, as I thought it a less evil to dissent from the...
Seite 226 - Boswell tells me he is printing anecdotes of Johnson, not his life, but, as he has the vanity to call it, his pyramid. I besought his tenderness for our virtuous and most revered departed friend, and begged he would mitigate some of his asperities. He said, roughly, " He would not cut off his claws> nor make a tiger a cat, to please anybody.
Seite 46 - The dramatis personee were, Mrs. Boscawen, Mrs. Garrick, and Miss Reynolds ; my beaux were Dr. Johnson, Dean Tucker, and last, but not least in our love, David Garrick. You know that wherever Johnson is, the confinement to the tea-table is rather a durable situation ; and it was an hour and a half before I got my enlargement.
Seite 53 - You will imagine the bustle of five thousand people getting into one hall ! yet, in all this hurry, we walked in tranquilly. When they were all seated, and the king-at-arms had commanded silence on pain of imprisonment (which, however, was very ill observed), the gentleman of the black rod was commanded to bring in his prisoner.