The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, Band 2John Williams, 1826 |
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... received an additional pension . His re- putation was at the highest , when the assassination of Henry clouded all his prospects , and he again sought a new fortune in England . His reception was highly flattering : James I. treated him ...
... received an additional pension . His re- putation was at the highest , when the assassination of Henry clouded all his prospects , and he again sought a new fortune in England . His reception was highly flattering : James I. treated him ...
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... received with the most flattering congratulations . From this period , however , he declined the assumption of any new parts , but continued to appear from season to season in those old cha- racters which had first made him a favourite ...
... received with the most flattering congratulations . From this period , however , he declined the assumption of any new parts , but continued to appear from season to season in those old cha- racters which had first made him a favourite ...
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... received . " As an author , Garrick was only respectable : besides the dra- matic works already noticed , he composed an infinitude of prologues , epilogues , songs , and epigrams , remarkable for liveliness and uncommon variety . Dr ...
... received . " As an author , Garrick was only respectable : besides the dra- matic works already noticed , he composed an infinitude of prologues , epilogues , songs , and epigrams , remarkable for liveliness and uncommon variety . Dr ...
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... received that he realised 12007 . by the publication . Before dismissing Polly , ' it is only fair to state , that she deserved no patronage whatever , and would never have reaped honours in her destined sphere . George Colman , the ...
... received that he realised 12007 . by the publication . Before dismissing Polly , ' it is only fair to state , that she deserved no patronage whatever , and would never have reaped honours in her destined sphere . George Colman , the ...
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... received him into his laboratory , and there he continued , until he discovered that his former benefactor , Doctor Sleigh , was in London . To him he repaired without delay , but the Doctor scarcely knew his old pupil ; “ Such ...
... received him into his laboratory , and there he continued , until he discovered that his former benefactor , Doctor Sleigh , was in London . To him he repaired without delay , but the Doctor scarcely knew his old pupil ; “ Such ...
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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...