The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of Westminster Abbey: With Historical Sketches and Descriptions of Both Churches : Forming an Entirely New and Correct Biography of All that is Interesting in the Lives and Achievements of the Most Illustrious Characters of the United Kingdoms, Band 1John Williams, 1826 |
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... celebrated , respecting whom we do not possess some general ac- counts , embracing both the peculiarities of their persons , the character of their actions , and the nature of their fortunes . Of those of our countrymen , who have left ...
... celebrated , respecting whom we do not possess some general ac- counts , embracing both the peculiarities of their persons , the character of their actions , and the nature of their fortunes . Of those of our countrymen , who have left ...
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... celebrated Thomas à Becket , Arch- bishop of Canterbury . To this shrine Edward the I. upon his return with victory from Scotland , gave the regalia and chair of state in which the kings of the latter country were anciently crowned at ...
... celebrated Thomas à Becket , Arch- bishop of Canterbury . To this shrine Edward the I. upon his return with victory from Scotland , gave the regalia and chair of state in which the kings of the latter country were anciently crowned at ...
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... celebrated for happy fortunes , and signal abilities ; the second , magnificently exe- cuted , stands to the memory of Mary , Queen of Scots , so popular for her misfortunes and enviable beauty . The inscription upon the tomb of ...
... celebrated for happy fortunes , and signal abilities ; the second , magnificently exe- cuted , stands to the memory of Mary , Queen of Scots , so popular for her misfortunes and enviable beauty . The inscription upon the tomb of ...
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... celebrated Lord Somers . Through that peer's influence he obtained a pension of 300l . a year , which enabled him to set out on his travels through Italy , where , according to his biographer , Tickell , he wrote his Dialogue upon ...
... celebrated Lord Somers . Through that peer's influence he obtained a pension of 300l . a year , which enabled him to set out on his travels through Italy , where , according to his biographer , Tickell , he wrote his Dialogue upon ...
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... celebrated battle of the four days . On the first day , darkness parted the combatants , and except the loss of Vice - Admiral Sir William Berkeley , who was found covered with blood and wounds in his cabin , after the ship had been ...
... celebrated battle of the four days . On the first day , darkness parted the combatants , and except the loss of Vice - Admiral Sir William Berkeley , who was found covered with blood and wounds in his cabin , after the ship had been ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 244 - I call upon the honor 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 385 - 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. I have a sin of fear, that when...
Seite 244 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 228 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Seite 169 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.