Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Հատոր 2Richard Bentley, 1847 |
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... 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 Blenheim , Oudenarde , 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 Blenheim , Oudenarde , and ...
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... interesting to be informed , that the Countess Guic- cioli , whose changeless affection soothed the closing years of the author of the above beautiful lines , and whose name will descend to posterity con- nected with the love and the ...
... interesting to be informed , that the Countess Guic- cioli , whose changeless affection soothed the closing years of the author of the above beautiful lines , and whose name will descend to posterity con- nected with the love and the ...
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... interesting and high - spirited son of James the First . In the days of Charles the Second it was converted by a M. Foubert into an academy for riding and other manly exercises , and even as late as the days of Pennant continued to be a ...
... interesting and high - spirited son of James the First . In the days of Charles the Second it was converted by a M. Foubert into an academy for riding and other manly exercises , and even as late as the days of Pennant continued to be a ...
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... , and at the back of this house he founded , to his credit , one of the earliest schools for the study of the antique . This house is con- THORNHILL AND HOGARTH . nected with an interesting anecdote . 14 MEMORIALS OF LONDON .
... , and at the back of this house he founded , to his credit , one of the earliest schools for the study of the antique . This house is con- THORNHILL AND HOGARTH . nected with an interesting anecdote . 14 MEMORIALS OF LONDON .
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John Heneage Jesse. THORNHILL AND HOGARTH . nected with an interesting anecdote . - 15 Hogarth , then unknown to fame , had formed a clandestine marriage with the daughter of Sir James Thornhill , which the decorator of Windsor Castle ...
John Heneage Jesse. THORNHILL AND HOGARTH . nected with an interesting anecdote . - 15 Hogarth , then unknown to fame , had formed a clandestine marriage with the daughter of Sir James Thornhill , which the decorator of Windsor Castle ...
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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.