The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, Band 2John Williams, 1826 |
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... lived , held him dear . When that Prince was torn away from the world , Jaines , Monarch of Great Britain , the most learned of Kings , and most indulgent to the learned , invited him to England , and munificently cherished . Posterity ...
... lived , held him dear . When that Prince was torn away from the world , Jaines , Monarch of Great Britain , the most learned of Kings , and most indulgent to the learned , invited him to England , and munificently cherished . Posterity ...
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... lived on in the ardour of hope , expecting every day to rise to fame and independence , but finding himself at the close of each succeeding year as poor and unprovided as he had been at the beginning of it . The mind that is easily ...
... lived on in the ardour of hope , expecting every day to rise to fame and independence , but finding himself at the close of each succeeding year as poor and unprovided as he had been at the beginning of it . The mind that is easily ...
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... lived when the 9th of William took away the woollen manufacture , or when the 6th of George I. de- clared this country to be dependant , and subject to laws to be enacted by the Parliament of England , I should have made a covenant with ...
... lived when the 9th of William took away the woollen manufacture , or when the 6th of George I. de- clared this country to be dependant , and subject to laws to be enacted by the Parliament of England , I should have made a covenant with ...
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... lived awhile in retirement . Events , however , of the most vital importance arose . Mr. Pitt proposed the Union between Ireland and England , and Mr. Grattan was sent back to the House of Commons as member for Wicklow to head the able ...
... lived awhile in retirement . Events , however , of the most vital importance arose . Mr. Pitt proposed the Union between Ireland and England , and Mr. Grattan was sent back to the House of Commons as member for Wicklow to head the able ...
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... lived chiefly for himself , it was always in the pursuit of knowledge and the practise of virtue . Though a poor man , he was not covetous ; out of the little he possessed he was always willing and glad to relieve the needy ; and of the ...
... lived chiefly for himself , it was always in the pursuit of knowledge and the practise of virtue . Though a poor man , he was not covetous ; out of the little he possessed he was always willing and glad to relieve the needy ; and of the ...
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Admiral amongst appeared appointed army attack battle became born British Captain celebrated character Charles Wager circumstances comedy command conduct death died distinguished Duke Earl eminent enemy engaged English epitaph erected executed fame father favour fell flag fleet force fortune France French friends frigate Garrick genius George guns honour House of Commons inscription Ireland Jamaica John Johnson JONAS HANWAY Joshua Reynolds King labours land lived London Lord Lord Nelson master memory ment merit mind monument nature Nelson never obtained occasion Parliament Paul's peace performance period poem poet political Porto Bello possession Post-captain praise rank Rear-admiral received reputation respect Royal sail Shakspeare Sheridan ships Sir John Moore SIR THOMAS HARDY soon spirit squadron station style success superior talents theatre tion took troops Vernon vessels victory virtues West Indies Westminster Abbey Westminster School William
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Seite 624 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Seite 601 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons: to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Seite 624 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Seite 834 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Seite 623 - My Lord, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship.
Seite 668 - Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind: Her face was veiled, yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness in her person shined So clear, as in no face with more delight. But O as to embrace me she inclined I waked, she fled, and day brought back my night.
Seite 667 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Seite 545 - No more the Grecian muse unrivall'd reigns, To Britain let the nations homage pay : She felt a Homer's fire in Milton's strains, A Pindar's rapture in the lyre of Gray.
Seite 883 - A pleasing land of drowsyhed it was: Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
Seite 511 - Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end ; These are thy honours ! not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust ; But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies Gay...