Anecdotes of Some Distingushed Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries, Band 4T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1796 |
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... where he was , begged pardon of his Sovereign . Louis very politely defired him to repeat it , and ordered one of his Secretaries to put it in writing as he was proceeding with it . ‹‹ will will take care of your fituation . Your beauty ...
... where he was , begged pardon of his Sovereign . Louis very politely defired him to repeat it , and ordered one of his Secretaries to put it in writing as he was proceeding with it . ‹‹ will will take care of your fituation . Your beauty ...
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... where , amongst some other fol- diers , he found the Governor of St Omer . " For 66 you , Sir , " faid he to Charny , " I have very little " reafon to love you , for you wifhed to get from " me for fixty thousand crowns , what had cost ...
... where , amongst some other fol- diers , he found the Governor of St Omer . " For 66 you , Sir , " faid he to Charny , " I have very little " reafon to love you , for you wifhed to get from " me for fixty thousand crowns , what had cost ...
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... where they " were , he obferved them with great pleasure , and became foftened and appeafed by their extraor- " dinary acts of valour . The three French Gentle- ( 6 men , after having fought thus valiantly , fixing " their eyes upon ...
... where they " were , he obferved them with great pleasure , and became foftened and appeafed by their extraor- " dinary acts of valour . The three French Gentle- ( 6 men , after having fought thus valiantly , fixing " their eyes upon ...
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... where I " have neither medicines nor provifions for the " body , prieft nor facrament for the foul . " O bleffed Father of God , that compaffionates " the miferable and afflicted , why did not cruel " Bovadilli દર " Bovadilli kill me ...
... where I " have neither medicines nor provifions for the " body , prieft nor facrament for the foul . " O bleffed Father of God , that compaffionates " the miferable and afflicted , why did not cruel " Bovadilli દર " Bovadilli kill me ...
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... where he died . Poggi deco- rated his tomb with thefe elegant lines : Hic eft Emanuel fitus , Sermonis decus Attici , Qui dum quærere opem patriæ Afli & ta fudet bùc iît . Res bellè cecidit tuis Potis , Italia . Hic tibi plendidum ...
... where he died . Poggi deco- rated his tomb with thefe elegant lines : Hic eft Emanuel fitus , Sermonis decus Attici , Qui dum quærere opem patriæ Afli & ta fudet bùc iît . Res bellè cecidit tuis Potis , Italia . Hic tibi plendidum ...
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Seite 112 - Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short. Take heed therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thine honesty.
Seite 344 - I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high ; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and re-fill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
Seite 120 - Elmer ; who teacheth me so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements to learning, that I think all the time nothing whiles I am with him.
Seite 323 - They drew-up their nett, and in it were only two or three little fishes: his lordship then told them it had been better for them to have taken his offer. They replied, they hoped to have had a better draught; 'but,' sayd his lordship, 'Hope is a good breakfast, but an ill supper.
Seite 285 - ... such like popular compliments. The first prepares thy way to advancement: the second makes thee known for a man well bred : the third gains a good report; which, once got, is easily kept.
Seite 279 - So that thy youth being guided by so sufficient a teacher, I make no doubt but he will furnish thy life with divine and moral documents.
Seite 301 - Kent's house, where we found the doors shut, and none in the house but one servant, who only had the keys of the hall; so that we were...
Seite 282 - BRING thy children up in learning and obedience, yet without outward austerity. Praise them openly, reprehend them secretly. Give them good countenance and convenient maintenance according to thy ability, otherwise thy life will seem their bondage, and what portion thou shalt leave them at thy death they will thank death for it, and not thee.
Seite 284 - Otherwise thou shalt eclipse thy credit, lose thy freedom, and yet pay as dear as to another. But in borrowing of money be precious of thy word : for he that hath care of keeping days of payment is lord of another man's purse.
Seite 275 - This was his manner: his chamber being commonly crowded with friends and suitors, when he was up he gave his legs, arms, and breast to his ordinary servants to button and dress him, with little heed; his head and face to his barber; his eyes to his letters, and ears to his petitioners; and many times all at once.