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... circumstance : he one night won of Colonel We upwards of 1000l . and the Colonel appointed to meet him the next day , to go with him into the city , to transfer stock to him to the amount of the sum lost . Being in a hackney - coach ...
... circumstance : he one night won of Colonel We upwards of 1000l . and the Colonel appointed to meet him the next day , to go with him into the city , to transfer stock to him to the amount of the sum lost . Being in a hackney - coach ...
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... circumstances of dis- tress , and , in a fit of desperation , put a period to his existence in 1744 . CAREW ( BAMFYLDE MOORE ) , an extraordi- nary character , was the son of a clergyman at Bickley , near Tiverton , Devonshire , and was ...
... circumstances of dis- tress , and , in a fit of desperation , put a period to his existence in 1744 . CAREW ( BAMFYLDE MOORE ) , an extraordi- nary character , was the son of a clergyman at Bickley , near Tiverton , Devonshire , and was ...
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... circumstance gained him the appellation of " The Living Library . " He died in 1625. He wrote several books ; the most curious of which are " A Martyrology of Scotland , " and " A List of the Scottish Wri- ters . " In the last of which ...
... circumstance gained him the appellation of " The Living Library . " He died in 1625. He wrote several books ; the most curious of which are " A Martyrology of Scotland , " and " A List of the Scottish Wri- ters . " In the last of which ...
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... circumstances , he was placed out , when a youth , as a servant to a shepherd ; with whom he continued about four years . In this situation he acquired an exact knowledge of the stars , by marking the position of them with a thread and ...
... circumstances , he was placed out , when a youth , as a servant to a shepherd ; with whom he continued about four years . In this situation he acquired an exact knowledge of the stars , by marking the position of them with a thread and ...
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... circumstances , so seemingly depressing , he was haughty and high - minded in the extreme . Were he starv- ing for want of food , he would not deign to ask any person living to bestow on him the smallest pittance . In conformity to ...
... circumstances , so seemingly depressing , he was haughty and high - minded in the extreme . Were he starv- ing for want of food , he would not deign to ask any person living to bestow on him the smallest pittance . In conformity to ...
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Side 178 - Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. "I should have thought so too," said the king, " if you had not written so well.
Side 127 - The Body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stripped of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) appear once more In a new And more beautiful Edition, Corrected and Amended By The Author.
Side 118 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased, and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.* He upon one occasion experienced, in an extraordinary degree,...
Side 297 - I need only tell you, that this ill-starred, good-natured, improvident man returned to Dublin, unhinged from all favour at court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day passed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddle-stick were in continual motion; and yet to little or no purpose...
Side 127 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Side 9 - My lords, cannot I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, well, my lord, what say you ? Sir, replied the bishop, I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Side 219 - I will assure you that they are both very pleasant and very convenient. But I must tell you one circumstance: you are the fifth man that has had the reversion of the place, and I have buried them all. And what is more," continued he, looking very scientifically at him, "there is something in your face, that tells me I shall bury you too.
Side 98 - Elwes knew almost nothing of accounts, and never reduced his affairs to writing — he was obliged, in the disposal of his money, to trust much to memory — to the suggestions of other people still more.
Side 153 - And therefore his death was no less congratulated on the one party, than it was condoled in the other. In a word, what was said of Cinna might well be applied to him ; " he had " a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, " and a hand to execute, any mischief.
Side 148 - Fortune now seemed to take some notice of a man she had long neglected. The simplicity of his character, the integrity of his heart, and the merit of his productions, made his company very acceptable to a number of respectable...