The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature, Fine Arts, Etc. ..., Volum 6Duncombe., 1826 |
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... took possession of her prize ; it proved to be an English brig , and on board of her were the master and se- ven men in irons ; these added to his crew made a complement of 36 men ; and though it was night - fall , he pulled at once on ...
... took possession of her prize ; it proved to be an English brig , and on board of her were the master and se- ven men in irons ; these added to his crew made a complement of 36 men ; and though it was night - fall , he pulled at once on ...
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... took their solitary meal in common . How many hundreds may have lived and died in this dismal state of captivity , where pleasure never dawned , and hope never smiled , is a reflection almost too strong for the mind to bear . The ...
... took their solitary meal in common . How many hundreds may have lived and died in this dismal state of captivity , where pleasure never dawned , and hope never smiled , is a reflection almost too strong for the mind to bear . The ...
Side 7
... took an airing on the quarter - deck , not only then officers , but the meanest sailors gazed on the in- nocents with a degree of interest which not even the offspring of princes could have excited . In the cabin , their prat- tle was a ...
... took an airing on the quarter - deck , not only then officers , but the meanest sailors gazed on the in- nocents with a degree of interest which not even the offspring of princes could have excited . In the cabin , their prat- tle was a ...
Side 10
... took the liberty of belabouring him with an iron shod whip , for presuming to ask men of their rank and family for " paltry coin . ' The man with many names made no effort at re- sistance : he was too old , and had got a wrong notion ...
... took the liberty of belabouring him with an iron shod whip , for presuming to ask men of their rank and family for " paltry coin . ' The man with many names made no effort at re- sistance : he was too old , and had got a wrong notion ...
Side 12
... took a pencil with colour , and drew an outline ( of some figure it is supposed ) upon it , bidding the woman to tell her master that he had been inquiring for him , who had drawn that outline . Pro- togenes , at his return , no sooner ...
... took a pencil with colour , and drew an outline ( of some figure it is supposed ) upon it , bidding the woman to tell her master that he had been inquiring for him , who had drawn that outline . Pro- togenes , at his return , no sooner ...
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Side 230 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Side 349 - It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me : In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
Side 419 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Side 126 - It is, methinks, a low and degrading idea of that sex, which was created to refine the joys, and soften the cares of humanity, by the most agreeable participation, to consider them merely as objects of sight. This is abridging them of their natural extent of power, to put them upon a level with their pictures at Kneller's.
Side 69 - Majesty's commands in these premises may be duly regarded and observed, his further pleasure is, that the names of all such ecclesiastical persons as shall continue the present supine and slothful way of preaching, be, from time to time, signified to me, by the Vice-Chancellor for the time being, on pain of his Majesty's displeasure. l MONMOUTH."
Side 69 - University, and therefore continues even before himself; his majesty bath commanded me to signify to you his pleasure, that the said practice, which took its beginning from the disorders of the late times, be wholly laid aside ; and that the said preachers deliver their sermons, both in Latin and English, by memory without...
Side 148 - To be deserted by my fleet, in the face of an enemy, is a disgrace which, I believe, never before happened to a British admiral ; nor could I have supposed it possible. My greatest comfort under God is that I have been supported by the officers, seamen, and...
Side 68 - Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with so much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the passions they excite.
Side 365 - She did so. In the mean time Abraham took a hammer, broke the idols in pieces, all excepting the largest, in whose hands he placed the instrument of destruction.
Side 69 - You could not think of playing the orator, of studying your emphasis, cadence, and gesture : you would be yourself ; and the interesting nature of your subject impressing your heart, would furnish you with the most natural tone of voice, the most proper language, the most engaging features, and the most suitable and graceful gestures. What you would thus be in the parlour, be in the pulpit, and you will not fail to please, to affect, and to profit.