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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... advice it gives , seems par- ticularly fuited to the fituation of affairs in these times of alarm and danger * . * In the Summer of 1794 . B 4 4 MY " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN , HIS Majestie being well DISTINGUISHED PERSONS .
... advice it gives , seems par- ticularly fuited to the fituation of affairs in these times of alarm and danger * . * In the Summer of 1794 . B 4 4 MY " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN , HIS Majestie being well DISTINGUISHED PERSONS .
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... these are the most pleasant pastimes , " fo it will make you a chearful old age , " which is as necessary for you to defign , as to " make provision to fupport the infirmities which decay of ftrength brings ; and it was never seen ...
... these are the most pleasant pastimes , " fo it will make you a chearful old age , " which is as necessary for you to defign , as to " make provision to fupport the infirmities which decay of ftrength brings ; and it was never seen ...
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... these productions , where adultery and intrigue are univerfally styled gallantry , and are never treated as crimes . It is much to be wifhed , that one of the defcendants of the antient and illuftrious family of Sir Richard Fanshawe ...
... these productions , where adultery and intrigue are univerfally styled gallantry , and are never treated as crimes . It is much to be wifhed , that one of the defcendants of the antient and illuftrious family of Sir Richard Fanshawe ...
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... THESE PRESENT WITH MY BLESSING . Eyam , August 1665 . " DEAR HEARTS , " THIS brings you the doleful news of your " dear Mother's death , the greatest loss that ever " yet - yet befel you ! I am not only deprived DISTINGUISHED PERSONS . 31.
... THESE PRESENT WITH MY BLESSING . Eyam , August 1665 . " DEAR HEARTS , " THIS brings you the doleful news of your " dear Mother's death , the greatest loss that ever " yet - yet befel you ! I am not only deprived DISTINGUISHED PERSONS . 31.
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... these . " times I bid her repeat after me certain prayers " and ; ejaculations , which he always did with " much devotion , which was no little comfort and 86 admiration to me , that God fhould be fo good ❝and gracious to her . * " A ...
... these . " times I bid her repeat after me certain prayers " and ; ejaculations , which he always did with " much devotion , which was no little comfort and 86 admiration to me , that God fhould be fo good ❝and gracious to her . * " A ...
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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.