Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons, Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries, Volum 2T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1796 |
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... least " fhow of difpleasure , though not accompanied with other punishments , if your Majefty ( ac- cording to the accustomed tenderness of your Royal difpofition , in which you excell all " Monarchs living ) , to comfort an old fervant ...
... least " fhow of difpleasure , though not accompanied with other punishments , if your Majefty ( ac- cording to the accustomed tenderness of your Royal difpofition , in which you excell all " Monarchs living ) , to comfort an old fervant ...
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... least incon- veniency , a total exemption being no wife the privilege of human nature . And hereupon I could lay a fure foundation for your happiness , fince thofe notions I have obferved you to en- tertain will never tend to diminish ...
... least incon- veniency , a total exemption being no wife the privilege of human nature . And hereupon I could lay a fure foundation for your happiness , fince thofe notions I have obferved you to en- tertain will never tend to diminish ...
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... least attempt of alte- ration , fo experience has taught us , that no " fort of government but that under which we now live , will fuit or agree with England . Let us but confider the late troubles ( the civil wars ** between Charles ...
... least attempt of alte- ration , fo experience has taught us , that no " fort of government but that under which we now live , will fuit or agree with England . Let us but confider the late troubles ( the civil wars ** between Charles ...
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... least of the three ; but when drunk , committed the other two . ود The baneful effects of this pernicious vice upon the body are described by the ingenious Dr. Dar- win , in his " Zoonomia , " under an allegory which would not have ...
... least of the three ; but when drunk , committed the other two . ود The baneful effects of this pernicious vice upon the body are described by the ingenious Dr. Dar- win , in his " Zoonomia , " under an allegory which would not have ...
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... least thing in the world " diftreffed him : the fun , the dew , heat , cold , the " leaft change in the atmosphere feemed to have an effect upon his conftitution . The mere ap- " prehenfion of becoming ill would make him keep " his room ...
... least thing in the world " diftreffed him : the fun , the dew , heat , cold , the " leaft change in the atmosphere feemed to have an effect upon his conftitution . The mere ap- " prehenfion of becoming ill would make him keep " his room ...
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Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and ..., Volum 2 William Seward Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1796 |
Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons, Chiefly of the Present and ..., Volum 2 William Seward Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1796 |
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Side 68 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Side 55 - It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him; together with a lively briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination.
Side 381 - ... them in a superior manner did not always preserve, when they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape.
Side 320 - Marriot, it began to rain, and he called to his servant for his cloak. The servant not bringing it immediately, he Called for it again. The servant, being embarrassed with the straps and buckles, did not...
Side 322 - In the first place, I have only five guineas in my pocket; and in the second, they are heartily at your service.
Side 381 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages.
Side 53 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their...
Side 340 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Side 86 - A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake : just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat ; if every man should buy, or if there were many buyers, they would never agree ; one would buy what the other liked not, or what the other had bought before ; so there would be a confusion.