The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill: The duellist, in three books. Gotham, in three books. The author. The conference. The ghost, bks. I-IIIW. Pickering, 1844 |
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... George Street , Westminster , Nov. 16 , 1763 . SIR - You complained yesterday , before five hundred gen- tlemen , that you had been stabbed in the dark by the North Briton , but I have reason to believe you was not so much in the dark ...
... George Street , Westminster , Nov. 16 , 1763 . SIR - You complained yesterday , before five hundred gen- tlemen , that you had been stabbed in the dark by the North Briton , but I have reason to believe you was not so much in the dark ...
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... George Street . LETTER FROM MR . WILKES to DR . BROCKLESBY . Great George Street , Monday , Dec. 19 , 1763 . DEAR SIR - I have the favour of your letter and of the pa- pers inclosed . I think you are rather deficient in politeness that ...
... George Street . LETTER FROM MR . WILKES to DR . BROCKLESBY . Great George Street , Monday , Dec. 19 , 1763 . DEAR SIR - I have the favour of your letter and of the pa- pers inclosed . I think you are rather deficient in politeness that ...
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... George Grenville has the conduct of the House of Commons . I am ever , my dear Sir , your affectionate humble servant , JOHN WILKES . A complaint which has proved fatal to several heirs apparent and princes of the imperial house of ...
... George Grenville has the conduct of the House of Commons . I am ever , my dear Sir , your affectionate humble servant , JOHN WILKES . A complaint which has proved fatal to several heirs apparent and princes of the imperial house of ...
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... George II . car- ried on the business of government by the means of direct cor- ruption , and during the greater part of which period each of the members of the House of Commons habitually voting with ministers , received a douceur of ...
... George II . car- ried on the business of government by the means of direct cor- ruption , and during the greater part of which period each of the members of the House of Commons habitually voting with ministers , received a douceur of ...
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... George Street , Westminster . The uses to which it might have been put , the poet well describes ; of the uses to which it was put , the infamous Essay on Woman was a speci- men . 200 ] Dryden Leach was a printer in Crane Court , Fleet ...
... George Street , Westminster . The uses to which it might have been put , the poet well describes ; of the uses to which it was put , the infamous Essay on Woman was a speci- men . 200 ] Dryden Leach was a printer in Crane Court , Fleet ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
appear battle of Minden bear Bishop breast breath bred call'd church Churchill Clerkenwell Cock Lane Ghost court Crape crime crown curse dare death disgrace Duke dull Dulman Dunciad e'en earth England fame fate fear foes folly fools gainst gave George Ghost give Gotham grace hand happy hath heart honour Horace Walpole hour House of Commons justice Kent king labours Liberty live Lord Bute Lord George Sackville Lord Holland Lord Talbot Lord Temple lordship mankind Mary Tofts mighty minister Muse nature ne'er never night North Briton o'er parliament patriot Paul Whitehead peace person poem poet praise pride Prince reign sacred Satire sense shame shew slave soul spirit thee things thou thought thrice throne tongue trembling truth vice vile virtue virtue's voice Warburton whig Whilst Wilkes wretch zeal
Passagens conhecidas
Página 147 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why, rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody...
Página 271 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country'].
Página 147 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge...
Página 302 - How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said; Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment fliee. Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, August her deed, and sacred be her fame ; Before true passion all those views remove ; Fame, wealth, and honour ! what are you to love...
Página 147 - That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Página 215 - ... into the vault. The spirit was solemnly required to perform its promise, but nothing more than silence ensued : the person supposed to be accused by the spirit, then went down with several others, but no effect was perceived. Upon their return they examined the girl, but could draw no confession from her. Between two and three she desired and was permitted to go home with her father. " It is, therefore, the opinion of the whole assembly, that the child has some art of making or counterfeiting...
Página 36 - And was so proud, that should he meet The Twelve Apostles in the street, He'd turn his nose up at them all, And shove his Saviour from the wall...
Página 158 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot, Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
Página 343 - This sceptre, form'd by temper'd steel, to prove An ensign of the delegates of Jove, From whom the power of laws and justice springs (Tremendous oath! inviolate to kings): By this I swear, when bleeding Greece again Shall call Achilles, she shall call in vain.
Página 6 - Purg'd by the sword and beautified by fire, Then had we seen proud London's hated walls; Owls might have hooted in St. Peter's choir, And foxes stunk and litter'd in St. Paul's.