Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Band 91836 |
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... force of a reasoning imagination . It would seem as if a step lost would be as fatal here as in a mathematical demonstration . The development of the character is the most simple , and comes the 2 H PERIOD . ] 241 SAMUEL RICHARDSON .
... force of a reasoning imagination . It would seem as if a step lost would be as fatal here as in a mathematical demonstration . The development of the character is the most simple , and comes the 2 H PERIOD . ] 241 SAMUEL RICHARDSON .
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... ; and that he afterwards became librarian to Lord Oxford . He praises his good nature , and his scrupulous integrity as an historian . " Nothing , " says he , " I firmly believe , would ever PERIOD . ] 243 WILLIAM OLDYS .
... ; and that he afterwards became librarian to Lord Oxford . He praises his good nature , and his scrupulous integrity as an historian . " Nothing , " says he , " I firmly believe , would ever PERIOD . ] 243 WILLIAM OLDYS .
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... period . It has been stated that his deficiency in classical learning , at the age of nineteen , was so great as to cause his rejection on applying for matriculation at the sister uni- versity ; but this is certainly a mistake . At ...
... period . It has been stated that his deficiency in classical learning , at the age of nineteen , was so great as to cause his rejection on applying for matriculation at the sister uni- versity ; but this is certainly a mistake . At ...
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... profits were , if sufficient , to be used for the purpose of relieving him from servitude ; and being found ample enough , he was enabled to fulfil his intention . 6 His shop in Pall Mall was opened in 1735 PERIOD . ] 253.
... profits were , if sufficient , to be used for the purpose of relieving him from servitude ; and being found ample enough , he was enabled to fulfil his intention . 6 His shop in Pall Mall was opened in 1735 PERIOD . ] 253.
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... period he retired from the active part of his business on a considerable fortune , amassed by the most gratifying means through which man can gather wealth ; and his brother , James , a person of inferior talents , previously his ...
... period he retired from the active part of his business on a considerable fortune , amassed by the most gratifying means through which man can gather wealth ; and his brother , James , a person of inferior talents , previously his ...
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Seite 334 - ... commenced without hesitation ? I am not, I confess, well informed of the resources of this kingdom, but I trust it has still sufficient to maintain its just rights, though I know them not. But, my lords, any state is better than despair. Let us, at least, make one effort; and, if we must fall, let us fall like men!
Seite 351 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation, the three estates of the realm are alike concerned ; but the concurrence of the Peers and the Crown to a tax, is only necessary to close with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone.
Seite 372 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Seite 325 - For even then, sir, even before this splendid orb was entirely set, and while the western horizon was in a blaze with his descending glory, on the opposite quarter of the heavens arose another luminary, and, for his hour, became lord of the ascendant.
Seite 438 - I do not know how others feel; but if I had stood in that situation, I never would have exchanged it for all that kings in their profusion could bestow.
Seite 326 - To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
Seite 329 - Pitt was then one of the poor; and to him Heaven directed a portion of the wealth of the haughty Dowager. She left him a legacy of ten thousand pounds, in consideration of " the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country.
Seite 256 - Hogarth's necessity for the money. If, therefore, his Lordship does not send for it, in three days it will be disposed of, with the addition of a tail, and some other little appendages, to Mr. Hare, the famous wild-beast man : Mr. Hogarth having given that gentleman a conditional promise of it, for an exhibition-picture, on his Lordship's refusal.
Seite 328 - The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his gray hairs should secure him from insult.
Seite 325 - ... neither trite and vulgar, nor subtle and abstruse. He hit the House just between wind and water ; and, not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more tedious or more earnest than the preconceived opinions and present temper of his hearers required, to whom he was always in perfect unison. He conformed exactly to the temper of the House ; and he seemed to guide, because he was always sure to follow it.