Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Հատոր 2Richard Bentley, 1847 |
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... died here in December 1686. * In 1711 , the celebrated statesman , Sir William Wyndham , then a young man of five - and - twenty , was residing in the Haymarket . He had only re- cently become a husband , and still more recently a ...
... died here in December 1686. * In 1711 , the celebrated statesman , Sir William Wyndham , then a young man of five - and - twenty , was residing in the Haymarket . He had only re- cently become a husband , and still more recently a ...
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... died the following day . Baretti was acquitted at his trial , on the ground that he had acted in self - defence . * As late as the year 1755 , according to a map printed for " Stow's Survey , " the spot of ground , on which the Italian ...
... died the following day . Baretti was acquitted at his trial , on the ground that he had acted in self - defence . * As late as the year 1755 , according to a map printed for " Stow's Survey , " the spot of ground , on which the Italian ...
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... died the amiable and interesting daughter of James the First , Elizabeth , Queen of Bohemia , whose me- lancholy story is still seldom read without a tear . In this house , —at the time when the recent magni- ficent victories of ...
... died the amiable and interesting daughter of James the First , Elizabeth , Queen of Bohemia , whose me- lancholy story is still seldom read without a tear . In this house , —at the time when the recent magni- ficent victories of ...
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... dying man . * Leicester House , which is described in 1773 , as a " large old brick building with a court - yard before it , " was pulled down in 1806. It stood on the north side of the square , on the site of the present Leicester ...
... dying man . * Leicester House , which is described in 1773 , as a " large old brick building with a court - yard before it , " was pulled down in 1806. It stood on the north side of the square , on the site of the present Leicester ...
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... died , was No. 47 , on the West side of the Square , which is now occupied by a Literary and Scientific Institution . How changed from the days when Burke , Goldsmith , Garrick , Topham Beauclerk , Dr. Johnson , and Boswell , were ...
... died , was No. 47 , on the West side of the Square , which is now occupied by a Literary and Scientific Institution . How changed from the days when Burke , Goldsmith , Garrick , Topham Beauclerk , Dr. Johnson , and Boswell , were ...
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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.