Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Հատոր 2Richard Bentley, 1847 |
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... Gate . - Kings who built , enlarged , and lived in it . - Distinguished Prisoners whose Misfortunes or Crimes have thrown a deep Interest over its Dungeons . • 230 251 ILLUSTRATION S. TOWER OF LONDon , in the ReigN OF vi CONTENTS .
... Gate . - Kings who built , enlarged , and lived in it . - Distinguished Prisoners whose Misfortunes or Crimes have thrown a deep Interest over its Dungeons . • 230 251 ILLUSTRATION S. TOWER OF LONDon , in the ReigN OF vi CONTENTS .
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... lived the charming actress , Mary Davis , who is said to have captivated the heart of Charles the Second , by singing , in the character of Celania , in " The Mad Shepherdess , " the song , - My lodging is on the cold ground . Pepys ...
... lived the charming actress , Mary Davis , who is said to have captivated the heart of Charles the Second , by singing , in the character of Celania , in " The Mad Shepherdess , " the song , - My lodging is on the cold ground . Pepys ...
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... lived Miss Van Homrigh , the celebrated Vanessa of Swift's poetry , and the victim of his eccentric brutality . It was at her mother's house , in Suffolk Street , that we find him keeping his best cassock and wig , ready to put them on ...
... lived Miss Van Homrigh , the celebrated Vanessa of Swift's poetry , and the victim of his eccentric brutality . It was at her mother's house , in Suffolk Street , that we find him keeping his best cassock and wig , ready to put them on ...
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... lived at different periods three of the greatest painters which this country has produced ; Sir James Thornhill , Sir Joshua Reynolds , and Hogarth . Thornhill breathed his last in this square , on the 25th of October , 1764 . In the ...
... lived at different periods three of the greatest painters which this country has produced ; Sir James Thornhill , Sir Joshua Reynolds , and Hogarth . Thornhill breathed his last in this square , on the 25th of October , 1764 . In the ...
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... lived and died at the south - east corner of Leicester Square , now well known as Sabloniere's Hotel . It is remarkable that both Thornhill and his son - in - law Hogarth should have died in the same month , in the same year , and in ...
... lived and died at the south - east corner of Leicester Square , now well known as Sabloniere's Hotel . It is remarkable that both Thornhill and his son - in - law Hogarth should have died in the same month , in the same year , and in ...
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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.