The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, Volume 2John Williams, 1826 |
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... possession of a thousand pounds . He abandoned the des- tined profession of law , engaged in the wine trade with a brother in Durham Yard , failed , and then threw himself on the stage . His first appearance before the public was ...
... possession of a thousand pounds . He abandoned the des- tined profession of law , engaged in the wine trade with a brother in Durham Yard , failed , and then threw himself on the stage . His first appearance before the public was ...
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... possessed ; not only for the display of a single passion , but also for the combination of those various conflicts with which the human breast at times is fraught ; so that in his countenance , even when his lips were silent , his ...
... possessed ; not only for the display of a single passion , but also for the combination of those various conflicts with which the human breast at times is fraught ; so that in his countenance , even when his lips were silent , his ...
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... possession of all those emolumentary offices to which talent such as his had occa- sionally been advanced in the course of our history . But the an- ticipation was soon blasted : Queen Anne died , the House of Hanover succeeded to the ...
... possession of all those emolumentary offices to which talent such as his had occa- sionally been advanced in the course of our history . But the an- ticipation was soon blasted : Queen Anne died , the House of Hanover succeeded to the ...
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... possessed moderate , but pleasing talents , was a minor versifier , and in comedy was rather ludicrous than a wit . His poems are incorporated in all the edi- tions of the British Poets , but are seldom read , and never quoted . Two ...
... possessed moderate , but pleasing talents , was a minor versifier , and in comedy was rather ludicrous than a wit . His poems are incorporated in all the edi- tions of the British Poets , but are seldom read , and never quoted . Two ...
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... possession of independent fortune , the bequest of a pawnbroker his uncle , resolved to enjoy the distinction of seeing the world . With this child of fortune Goldsmith made the tour of Switzer- land , and journeyed into the South of ...
... possession of independent fortune , the bequest of a pawnbroker his uncle , resolved to enjoy the distinction of seeing the world . With this child of fortune Goldsmith made the tour of Switzer- land , and journeyed into the South of ...
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Página 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.
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.
Página 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.
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...