Flowers of literature; for 1801 & 1802(-1805): or, Characteristic sketches of human nature and modern manners, with notes by F. Prevost and F. Blagdon, Volume 4 |
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... master of arts . About the same period he was also elected fellow of his college , and was appointed one of the preachers at Whitehall chapel . In the year 1759 , he gained the Seatonian prize for the best composition on Death . This ...
... master of arts . About the same period he was also elected fellow of his college , and was appointed one of the preachers at Whitehall chapel . In the year 1759 , he gained the Seatonian prize for the best composition on Death . This ...
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... master of St. Cross , on option of Archbishop Secker ; and , in the following January , he was ad vanced to the episcopal bench , by the translation of Dr. Markham from the see of Chester to the archbishopric of York . This pro motion ...
... master of St. Cross , on option of Archbishop Secker ; and , in the following January , he was ad vanced to the episcopal bench , by the translation of Dr. Markham from the see of Chester to the archbishopric of York . This pro motion ...
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... master of figures , no calculation was too intricate for him , and his address in parliament excited the attention of George II . whose patronage soon followed : for , in the year 1754 , he raised him to the important office of ...
... master of figures , no calculation was too intricate for him , and his address in parliament excited the attention of George II . whose patronage soon followed : for , in the year 1754 , he raised him to the important office of ...
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... master of their economy ; he remembered that he was the son of a nobleman , forgot not his own dignity , and had an eye to the service of his country . Notwith- standing these , he frequently overstepped the bounds of propriety : the ...
... master of their economy ; he remembered that he was the son of a nobleman , forgot not his own dignity , and had an eye to the service of his country . Notwith- standing these , he frequently overstepped the bounds of propriety : the ...
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... master's house , and set out on his travels , his youthful mind buoyed with the dreams of patronage and literary renown . His strict Moravian education , and consequent ignorance of the ways of the world , subjected him to the scoffs of ...
... master's house , and set out on his travels , his youthful mind buoyed with the dreams of patronage and literary renown . His strict Moravian education , and consequent ignorance of the ways of the world , subjected him to the scoffs of ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abipons admirable amongst amusement ANDREW CHERRY appear arms Battle of Trafalgar beauty bishop of Rome breast called Cardinal Fesch castle character Charles charms church death dress duchess earl elegant emperor eyes fame fancy fashionable father favour feet genius gentleman hand happy head heart honour hope human interesting Jerome Jerome of Prague John Hus king king of Prussia labour lady land letters live Livonia Lord majesty manner Mapono master ment merit mind Morea Naples nature navy never night o'er observed passed peasants person pleasure poem possess praise present prince printing prisoners queen racter reader reign respect round royal rubles scene Scotland shew smile soon soul spirit taste tears thee thing thou thought tiger tion town Travels virtue volumes whole Wild Irish Girl writing young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 98 - Now far, far behind him the green waters glide, And the cot of his forefathers blesses his eyes. The jessamine clambers in flower o'er the thatch, And the swallow chirps sweet from her nest in the wall ; All trembling with transport he raises the latch, And the voices of loved ones reply to his call.
Página 50 - The wonder then turns on the great process by " which a man could grow to the immense intelligence that " can know that there is no God. What ages, and what lights " are requisite for THIS attainment ! This intelligence involves " the very attributes of divinity, while a God is denied. For " unless this man is omnipresent, unless he is at this moment " in every place in the universe, he cannot know but there " may be in some place manifestations of a Deity by which " even he would be overpowered.
Página 92 - The changing spirits' rise and fall; We know that these were felt by him, For these are felt by all. He suffered — but his pangs are o'er; Enjoyed— but his delights are fled ; Had friends — his friends are now no more ; And foes — his foes are dead. He loved — but whom he loved the grave Hath lost in its unconscious womb : O she was fair!
Página 487 - While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone.
Página 97 - IN slumbers of midnight the sailor-boy lay; His hammock swung loose at the sport of the wind; But watch-worn and weary, his cares flew away, And visions of happiness danced o'er his mind.
Página 99 - On beds of green sea-flower thy limbs shall be laid, Around thy white bones the red coral shall grow ; Of thy fair yellow locks threads of amber be made, And every part suit to thy mansion below. Days, months, years, and ages, shall circle away, And still the vast waters...
Página 92 - The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their shades and glory threw, Have left in yonder silent sky No vestige where they flew.
Página 50 - ... unless he is at this moment in every place in the universe, he cannot know but there may be in some place manifestations of a Deity by which even he would be overpowered. If he does not know absolutely every agent in the universe, the one that he does not know may be God. If he is not himself the chief agent in the universe, and does not know what is so, that which is so may be God.
Página 91 - The changing spirits' rise and fall, We know that these were felt by him, For these are felt by all. He suffered, — but his pangs are o'er ; Enjoyed, — but his delights are fled ; Had friends, — his friends are now no more ; And foes, — his foes are dead. He...
Página 50 - If he is not himself the chief agent in the universe, and does not know what is so, that which is so may be God. If he is not in absolute possession of all the propositions that constitute universal truth, the one which he wants may be that there is a God.