Lives of Great and Celebrated Characters of All Ages and Countries: Comprising Heroes, Conquerors, Jugglers and Other Curiosities of Human NatureLeary, Getz & Company, 1860 - 767 páginas |
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... gentleman of some distinction , and that , to expiate his crime , he had been put into a bag with a quantity of stones , and thus thrown head- long into the sea . Distressing as this information must have been , Han- nah had , however ...
... gentleman of some distinction , and that , to expiate his crime , he had been put into a bag with a quantity of stones , and thus thrown head- long into the sea . Distressing as this information must have been , Han- nah had , however ...
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... recovery , an Irish officer took her under his protection , and that by this gentleman she had two sons , one of whom was stil ! living in 1807 . EDWARD BRIGHT , THE FAT MAN OF MALDEN . NGLAND. 36 REMARKABLE AND ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS .
... recovery , an Irish officer took her under his protection , and that by this gentleman she had two sons , one of whom was stil ! living in 1807 . EDWARD BRIGHT , THE FAT MAN OF MALDEN . NGLAND. 36 REMARKABLE AND ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS .
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... gentleman , who afforded such an extraordinary in- stance of parsimony and generosity , combined in one and the same individual , was the son of a lighterman and coal- dealer , in Horsleydown , Southwark . He was bred a bookseller , and ...
... gentleman , who afforded such an extraordinary in- stance of parsimony and generosity , combined in one and the same individual , was the son of a lighterman and coal- dealer , in Horsleydown , Southwark . He was bred a bookseller , and ...
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... gentlemen from the Highlands gave their testimony to the same purpose . The evidence for the crown being summed up on the ... gentleman who brought it , to drink a bottle of wine with him , entertained him with such a number of amusing ...
... gentlemen from the Highlands gave their testimony to the same purpose . The evidence for the crown being summed up on the ... gentleman who brought it , to drink a bottle of wine with him , entertained him with such a number of amusing ...
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... Gentlemen , I am ready ; " and having descended one pair of stairs , General Williamson requested him to repose himself a few minutes in his apartment . Complying with this invitation , he stopped about five minutes , behaved with the ...
... Gentlemen , I am ready ; " and having descended one pair of stairs , General Williamson requested him to repose himself a few minutes in his apartment . Complying with this invitation , he stopped about five minutes , behaved with the ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
admiration afterwards appeared appointed army arrived attack Augereau Austria battle became body Bonaparte born called Captain celebrated character Charles Cisalpine republic command conduct court death died Directory Duke Elwes emperor England English entered Europe father favour fleet fortune France French French empire friends gave Genoa gentleman Gutenberg honour hundred Italy king labours lady letter lived London Lord Lord Byron Lusiad manner Maria Theresa marriage married master ment Mentz Miguel Cervantes minister Naples Napoleon never obliged observed obtained occasion officers Paris passed peace person Poland Pope possessed Prince Prince Metternich prisoner procured queen received reign remained remarkable residence retired returned Russian sailed says Scotland sent ships singular soldiers soon Spain Strasbourg Talleyrand thing thought thousand tion took town troops Vienna visited whole wife wrote
Passagens conhecidas
Página 298 - This was the noblest Roman of them all: All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Página 507 - I had looked into a great many books, which were not commonly known at the Universities, where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors; so that when I came to Oxford, Dr. Adams, now master of Pembroke College, told me, I was the best qualified for the University that he had ever known come there.
Página 526 - I went over to France with a view of prosecuting my studies in a country retreat ; and I there laid that plan of life which I have steadily and successfully pursued. I resolved to make a very rigid frugality supply my deficiency of fortune, to maintain unimpaired my independency, and to regard every object as contemptible, except the improvement of my talents in literature.
Página 188 - Son William, if you and your friends keep to your plain way of preaching, and keep to your plain way of living, you will make an end of the priests to the end of the world.
Página 517 - The doctor, having first asked him if he could bear the whole truth, which way soever it might lead, and being answered that he could, declared that, in his opinion, he could not recover without a miracle. " Then," said Johnson, " I will take no more physic, not even my opiates ; for I have prayed that I may render up my soul to God unclouded."^) In this resolution he persevered, and, at the same time, used only the weakest kinds of sustenance.
Página 627 - Dryden, whose education was more scholastic, and who before he became an author had been allowed more time for study, with better means of information. His mind has a larger range, and he collects...
Página 140 - HERE lies old Hobson : Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one He's here stuck in a slough and overthrown.
Página 194 - Let us take the Road. Hark! I hear the sound of Coaches! The hour of Attack approaches, To your Arms, brave Boys, and load. See the Ball I hold! Let the Chymists toil like Asses, Our fire their fire surpasses, And turns all our Lead to Gold.
Página 582 - ... as it were suspended in the air, a visible representation of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross, surrounded on all sides with a glory; and was impressed as if a voice, or something equivalent to a voice, had come to him, to this effect (for he was not confident as to the words), "Oh, sinner! did I suffer this for thee, and are these thy returns?
Página 140 - But lately finding him so long at home, And thinking now his journey's end was come, And that he had ta'en up his latest Inn, In the kind office of a...