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... the Republic of Letters , the invincible Henry the IV . , King of the French , called him from his studies to Paris , appointed him to preside over the Royal David , the fourth child of Peter Garrick , a 496 GENII OF ST . PAUL'S ,
... the Republic of Letters , the invincible Henry the IV . , King of the French , called him from his studies to Paris , appointed him to preside over the Royal David , the fourth child of Peter Garrick , a 496 GENII OF ST . PAUL'S ,
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... French Church had dis- puted for nearly 400 years , he simply exclaimed- " Ay , and what have they decided ? " As a scholar , his industry and talent may be inferred from a list of his works , which comprise , ' In Diogenem Laertium ...
... French Church had dis- puted for nearly 400 years , he simply exclaimed- " Ay , and what have they decided ? " As a scholar , his industry and talent may be inferred from a list of his works , which comprise , ' In Diogenem Laertium ...
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... French , and acquiring the praise due to an interesting plot and original characters , was often rehearsed with applause . This was fol- lowed , and with greater success , by Miss in her Teens , or the Medley of Lovers , ' a diverting ...
... French , and acquiring the praise due to an interesting plot and original characters , was often rehearsed with applause . This was fol- lowed , and with greater success , by Miss in her Teens , or the Medley of Lovers , ' a diverting ...
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... French of Le Sage , was damned in 1766 ; and Cymon , ' a dramatic romance , acted during the following year , deserved the same fate , but was urged into considerable effect by a misplaced richness of scenery and musical elegance . The ...
... French of Le Sage , was damned in 1766 ; and Cymon , ' a dramatic romance , acted during the following year , deserved the same fate , but was urged into considerable effect by a misplaced richness of scenery and musical elegance . The ...
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... French actors and workmen , and thus employing the com- mon enemies of the country . This was an unfortunate predica- ment ; the new engagements had been entered into in obedience to the public voice , and that voice was now 3 T AND ...
... French actors and workmen , and thus employing the com- mon enemies of the country . This was an unfortunate predica- ment ; the new engagements had been entered into in obedience to the public voice , and that voice was now 3 T AND ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...