Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Հատոր 101836 |
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... French architects , whose productions have since been so much esteemed and applauded , among whom Claude Perrault and Jules Mansard held the most distinguished rank . At Paris he studied under the celebrated Clerisseau , and acquired ...
... French architects , whose productions have since been so much esteemed and applauded , among whom Claude Perrault and Jules Mansard held the most distinguished rank . At Paris he studied under the celebrated Clerisseau , and acquired ...
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... French , Italian , and German languages , with a view of qualifying herself for translation ; and , in pursuance of this plan , translated in part , The New Robinson , ' from the French , in which , however , before its conclu- sion ...
... French , Italian , and German languages , with a view of qualifying herself for translation ; and , in pursuance of this plan , translated in part , The New Robinson , ' from the French , in which , however , before its conclu- sion ...
Էջ 249
... French language had been incidentally acquired for colloquial pur- poses , and the business of translation ; with the latter view , she had also applied herself to the German . Confiding in the strength of her faculties , and the ...
... French language had been incidentally acquired for colloquial pur- poses , and the business of translation ; with the latter view , she had also applied herself to the German . Confiding in the strength of her faculties , and the ...
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... French or Italian ; but his studies were most demonstratively confined to nature and his own language . In the course of this dis- quisition , you have often smiled at all such reading as was never read , and possibly I may have ...
... French or Italian ; but his studies were most demonstratively confined to nature and his own language . In the course of this dis- quisition , you have often smiled at all such reading as was never read , and possibly I may have ...
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... French and German . 6 A hiatus of two or three years appears about this period in the lite- rary life , and even the literary rambles , of our author ; this was occa- sioned by another " happy marriage . " During the unhappy contest ...
... French and German . 6 A hiatus of two or three years appears about this period in the lite- rary life , and even the literary rambles , of our author ; this was occa- sioned by another " happy marriage . " During the unhappy contest ...
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Էջ 386 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Էջ 461 - I can say, and will say, that as a peer of Parliament, as speaker of this right honourable house, as keeper of the great seal, as guardian of his majesty's conscience, as lord high chancellor of England, nay, even in that character alone in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered...
Էջ 386 - Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit : For a patriot, too cool ; for a drudge, disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, Sir, To eat mutton cold, and...
Էջ 455 - I am going fast; it will be all over with me soon. Come nearer to me. Let my dear Lady Hamilton have my hair and all other things belonging to me.
Էջ 316 - I did actually live three years with Mr. Chapman, a solicitor, that is to say, I slept three years in his house, but I lived, that is to say, I spent my days in Southampton Row, as you very well remember. There was I, and the future Lord Chancellor, constantly employed from morning to night in giggling and making giggle, instead of studying the law.
Էջ 387 - Benfield outweighs them all ; a criminal, who long since ought to have fattened the region kites with his offal, is, by his majesty's ministers, enthroned in the government of a great kingdom, and enfeoffed with an estate, which in the comparison effaces the splendor of all the nobility of Europe.
Էջ 451 - Foley," turning to the captain, "I have only one eye, — I have a right to be blind sometimes...
Էջ 309 - Many times he could not recollect what had become of him ; and after searching in every room of the house, he would say to his niece, Mrs Glennie, " You may think it " strange, but I must ask you if I have a son, and
Էջ 249 - The trial scene wound up the fulness of my reputation ; here I was well listened to, and here I made such a silent yet forcible impression on my audience that I retired from this great attempt most perfectly satisfied.
Էջ 353 - ... her case. The omission of her name in the liturgy ; the withholding the means of conveyance usually afforded to all the branches of the royal family ; the refusal even of an answer to her application for a place of residence in the royal mansions ; and the studied slight, both of English ministers abroad and of the agents of all foreign powers over whom the English government had any influence, — must be viewed as measures designed to prejudice the world against her, and could only have been...