Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Հատոր 2Richard Bentley, 1847 |
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... Lord Herbert . - Sir John Denham . - Wallingford House.- Dukes of Buckingham . - Admiralty . THE OLD PALACE OF WHITEHALL . By whom originally built . - The residence of Cardinal Wolsey , Henry the Eighth , Edward the Sixth , Queen ...
... Lord Herbert . - Sir John Denham . - Wallingford House.- Dukes of Buckingham . - Admiralty . THE OLD PALACE OF WHITEHALL . By whom originally built . - The residence of Cardinal Wolsey , Henry the Eighth , Edward the Sixth , Queen ...
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John Heneage Jesse. the witnesses who spoke to his character for huma- nity at his trial , he should have numbered so ... Sir John Vanbrugh's theatre , as it was then occasionally styled from his * See Boswell's " Life of Johnson , " vol ...
John Heneage Jesse. the witnesses who spoke to his character for huma- nity at his trial , he should have numbered so ... Sir John Vanbrugh's theatre , as it was then occasionally styled from his * See Boswell's " Life of Johnson , " vol ...
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John Heneage Jesse. LEICESTER HOUSE . 9 gaged in playing the violin for the ... Sir George Saville , ancestor of the Earls and Marquesses of Halifax ... Sir James Thornhill , Sir Joshua Reynolds , and Hogarth . Thornhill breathed his last ...
John Heneage Jesse. LEICESTER HOUSE . 9 gaged in playing the violin for the ... Sir George Saville , ancestor of the Earls and Marquesses of Halifax ... Sir James Thornhill , Sir Joshua Reynolds , and Hogarth . Thornhill breathed his last ...
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John Heneage Jesse. peared much gratified by a letter which was handed to him ... Sir Joshua Reynolds , and the house in which he died , was No. 47 , on the ... Sir Joshua's hospitable board ! I seldom pass by this house without calling to ...
John Heneage Jesse. peared much gratified by a letter which was handed to him ... Sir Joshua Reynolds , and the house in which he died , was No. 47 , on the ... Sir Joshua's hospitable board ! I seldom pass by this house without calling to ...
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John Heneage Jesse. SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S RESIDENCE . 13 though not without interest , may be summed up in a few words . In 1698 , we find the Marquis of Carmarthen residing in Leicester Square , and giving a ball here to Peter the Great ...
John Heneage Jesse. SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S RESIDENCE . 13 though not without interest , may be summed up in a few words . In 1698 , we find the Marquis of Carmarthen residing in Leicester Square , and giving a ball here to Peter the Great ...
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Էջ 304 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Էջ 386 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Էջ 306 - Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the king In deadly hate the one against the other...
Էջ 72 - There, in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a rug. A window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray, That dimly...
Էջ 404 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares, And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled and yet I saw no sun, And now I live and now my life is done.
Էջ 345 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of...
Էջ 232 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. 30 Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Էջ 20 - Dear Bob, — I have not anything to leave thee, to perpetuate my memory, but two helpless girls ; look upon them, sometimes ; and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine, — GEORGE FARQUHAR.
Էջ 42 - It is said when Addison had suffered any vexation from the countess, he withdrew the company from Button's house. From the coffee-house he went again to a tavern, where he often sat late, and drank too much wine.
Էջ 71 - I'm sped, If foes, they write, if friends, they read me dead. Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie. To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face.