National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century, Band 1Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1830 |
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Admiral afterwards appointed army Baron battle became Beresford Bishop born British brother Burke Captain career celebrated character Charles Charles James Fox circumstances Colonel command conduct daughter death distinguished Doyle DUGALD STEWART Duke of York Earl Fitzwilliam eldest embarked eminent enemy England English exertions father French gave genius George Henry Wellesley honour Humphry Davy illustrious immediately India Ireland King Lady late letter Lieutenant London Lord Amherst Lord Byron Lord Grenville Lord Liverpool Lord Rawdon Lordship Majesty Majesty's manner Marquis married Memoir ment military mind minister nation noble Ormonde Parliament Perceval period person philosopher Pitt political Portrait possessed present Prince Princess produced rank received regiment rendered returned to England Royal Highness Royal Society Sheridan ship Spanish SPENCER PERCEVAL splendid succeeded talents Tarragona tion took Torrens Tortosa troops Viscount Wellesley West William Wrangham
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Seite 6 - I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others, be it genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness; creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence^ the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty and...
Seite 14 - Is fix'd for ever to detract or praise ; Repose denies her requiem to his name, And Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame. The secret enemy whose sleepless eye Stands sentinel — accuser — judge — and spy, The foe — the fool — the jealous — and the vain, The envious who but breathe in others...
Seite 11 - In the course of thirty years he had known almost every man in Europe, whose intercourse could strengthen, or enrich, or polish the mind. His own literature was various and elegant. In classical erudition, which by the custom of England is more peculiarly called learning, he was inferior to few professed scholars. Like all men of genius, he delighted to take refuge in poetry, from the vulgarity and irritation of business.
Seite 10 - Mr. Fox united, in a most remarkable degree, the seemingly repugnant characters of the mildest of men and the most vehement of orators.
Seite 5 - In my opinion, profound minds are the most likely to think lightly of the resources of human reason ; and it is the pert superficial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects so wonderfully and strangely linked together, that he is usually the last person to decide upon the impossibility of any two series of events being independent of each other ; and in science, so many natural miracles, as it...
Seite 4 - from play to study; never be doing nothing' — I say, 'Frequently be unemployed; sit and think.' There are on every subject but a few leading and fixed ideas; their tracks may be traced by your onm genius as well as by reading.
Seite 10 - His superiority was never felt but in the instruction which he imparted, or in the attention which his generous preference usually directed to the more obscure members of the company. The simplicity of his manners was far from excluding that perfect urbanity and amenity which flowed still more from the mildness of his nature than from familiar intercourse with the most polished society of Europe.
Seite 5 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal luster, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Seite 6 - The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects so wonderfully and strangely linked together, that he is usually the last person to decide upon the impossibility of any two series of events being independent of each other ; and, in science, so many natural miracles, as it were, have been brought to light, — such as the fall of stones from meteors in the atmosphere, the disarming a...