Anecdotes of Some Distingushed Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries, Band 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1796 |
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... fent for from Holland , which was " done accordingly , and he went with letters and " presents from the Princefs of Orange and the " Princess Royal . " Here I will fay fomething of Sir Edward " Hyde's nature . He being furprised with ...
... fent for from Holland , which was " done accordingly , and he went with letters and " presents from the Princefs of Orange and the " Princess Royal . " Here I will fay fomething of Sir Edward " Hyde's nature . He being furprised with ...
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... she by these means would fave her children from being infected with the reigning diftemper . She said , that the would live and die with him . The children were at at laft fent away . A monument has been erected 28 ANECDOTES OF SOME.
... she by these means would fave her children from being infected with the reigning diftemper . She said , that the would live and die with him . The children were at at laft fent away . A monument has been erected 28 ANECDOTES OF SOME.
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Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries William Seward. at laft fent away . A monument has been erected to her with this infcription : " CATHARINA , " Uxor GULIEL . MOMPESSON , " Hujus Ecclefia Rectoris ; " Filia RODOLPHI CARR ...
Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries William Seward. at laft fent away . A monument has been erected to her with this infcription : " CATHARINA , " Uxor GULIEL . MOMPESSON , " Hujus Ecclefia Rectoris ; " Filia RODOLPHI CARR ...
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... fent for me to pray with " her : I got up and went to her , and asked her " how fhe did . Her anfwer was , that he was " but looking when the good should come , and " thereupon we went to prayers . " She had her answers in the Common ...
... fent for me to pray with " her : I got up and went to her , and asked her " how fhe did . Her anfwer was , that he was " but looking when the good should come , and " thereupon we went to prayers . " She had her answers in the Common ...
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... fent to the King ; some " fay , to perfuade him to a ftrict alliance with " Holland ; others , to forewarn him of the designs " of the Monfieur against him , who has , ' tis said , " drawn down many of his men to Dunkirk and " Calice ...
... fent to the King ; some " fay , to perfuade him to a ftrict alliance with " Holland ; others , to forewarn him of the designs " of the Monfieur against him , who has , ' tis said , " drawn down many of his men to Dunkirk and " Calice ...
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Seite 326 - What the back-ground is in painting, in architecture is the real ground on which the building is erected ; and no architect took greater care than he that his work should not appear crude and hard : that is, it did not abruptly start out of the ground without expectation or preparation.
Seite 365 - ... 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.
Seite 20 - Turks' man of war tacked about, and we continued our course. But when your father saw it convenient to retreat, looking upon me, he blessed himself, and snatched me up in his arms, saying, ' Good God, that love can make this change !' and though he seemingly chid me, he would laugh at it as often as he remembered that voyage.
Seite 62 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Seite 47 - ... make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. 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...
Seite 49 - 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.
Seite 16 - ... if I would ask my husband privately, he would tell me what he found in the packet, and I might tell her. I, that was young and innocent, and to that day had never in my mouth
Seite 19 - ... which would make the Turks think we were a man-of-war, but if they saw women they would take us for merchants and board us. He went upon...
Seite 324 - 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.
Seite 48 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.