The Monuments and Genii of St.Paul's and Westminster Abbey: Comprising Naval & Military Heroes, Poets, Statesmen [etc.]J.Williams, 1826 - 959 páginas |
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... praise , be- cause the design is appropriate , and the action of it natural . The subject of the group is a representation of the death of the gene- ral . His horse appears careering over the prostrate foe , while the rider , fainting ...
... praise , be- cause the design is appropriate , and the action of it natural . The subject of the group is a representation of the death of the gene- ral . His horse appears careering over the prostrate foe , while the rider , fainting ...
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... praise , That , his high genius to approve , Had drawn a George , or carved a Jove ? It was during Addison's absence in Ireland , that Sir Richard Steele had the merit of projecting and publishing , without any other counsel , and ...
... praise , That , his high genius to approve , Had drawn a George , or carved a Jove ? It was during Addison's absence in Ireland , that Sir Richard Steele had the merit of projecting and publishing , without any other counsel , and ...
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... praise of Christian charity who lived at warm enmity with his oldest friends , and in death persisted in hostility . If the character of Addison is to be estimated by his writings , few men possesssed more charitable feelings , or more ...
... praise of Christian charity who lived at warm enmity with his oldest friends , and in death persisted in hostility . If the character of Addison is to be estimated by his writings , few men possesssed more charitable feelings , or more ...
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... praise of uncommon ability , and underrate the merit of his life . But such envy carries the best antidote in its absurdity : Monk's talents were not the less solid , because not the most shining . It is idle to think of arranging the ...
... praise of uncommon ability , and underrate the merit of his life . But such envy carries the best antidote in its absurdity : Monk's talents were not the less solid , because not the most shining . It is idle to think of arranging the ...
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... praise by correcting the errors of men whose reputation was more cultivated and extensive than his own . It was about this time that Barry joined in the memorable pro- position of Sir Joshua Reynolds , to decorate the Cathedral of St ...
... praise by correcting the errors of men whose reputation was more cultivated and extensive than his own . It was about this time that Barry joined in the memorable pro- position of Sir Joshua Reynolds , to decorate the Cathedral of St ...
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Página 19 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Página 411 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Página 385 - A Hymn to God the Father WILT thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which is my sin, though it were done before? Wilt thou forgive that sin through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Página 244 - I call upon the honour of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution. From the tapestry that adorns these walls, the immortal ancestor of this noble lord* frowns with indignation at the disgrace of his country.
Página 385 - When thou hast done, thou has not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
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 244 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Página 284 - And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Página 261 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense...
Página 19 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us— And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy.