Biographical Illustrations of St. Paul's CathedralWhittaker and Company, 1843 - 114 էջ |
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... means to lay the first establishment of the grammar school , which has existed with such prosperity down to the present day . To him it was that Henry I. conceded the royal tower south of the church in order to increase the materials ...
... means to lay the first establishment of the grammar school , which has existed with such prosperity down to the present day . To him it was that Henry I. conceded the royal tower south of the church in order to increase the materials ...
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... means of support , it gradually declined into a state of utter ruin . What the neglect of man thus hurried on to decay , an accident soon precipitated into the last stage of destruction . On the night of Saturday , September the 2d ...
... means of support , it gradually declined into a state of utter ruin . What the neglect of man thus hurried on to decay , an accident soon precipitated into the last stage of destruction . On the night of Saturday , September the 2d ...
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... means are to come which will be called for by the new and enlarged views , tastes , and comforts he is sure to acquire , is a fatal piece of imprudence ; and when the strong appetite for these things is confirmed , and a second nature ...
... means are to come which will be called for by the new and enlarged views , tastes , and comforts he is sure to acquire , is a fatal piece of imprudence ; and when the strong appetite for these things is confirmed , and a second nature ...
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... means to drink , and only mangles what he means to carve . Inattentive to all the regards of social life , he mistimes or misplaces every thing . He disputes with heat , and indiscri- minately , mindless of the rank , character , and ...
... means to drink , and only mangles what he means to carve . Inattentive to all the regards of social life , he mistimes or misplaces every thing . He disputes with heat , and indiscri- minately , mindless of the rank , character , and ...
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... means , however , young Howard re- ceived no better instructions than were then ordina- rily given to the child of a tradesman : his guardians were men of business , and seem not to have enter- tained a higher destination for him , than ...
... means , however , young Howard re- ceived no better instructions than were then ordina- rily given to the child of a tradesman : his guardians were men of business , and seem not to have enter- tained a higher destination for him , than ...
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Էջ 69 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by fits, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
Էջ 37 - My Shakspeare, rise ! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further off, to make thee room : Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Էջ 8 - though forgive that sin through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore ? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more. " Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door ? Wilt thou forgive that sin which
Էջ 17 - grace, yet want his peers' ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run, To spend, to give, to wait, to be undone.
Էջ 183 - feeling of humanity: and, my lords, they shock every sentiment of honour; they shock me as a lover of honourable war, and a détester of murderous barbarity. These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation. I call upon the right reverend bench, those
Էջ 17 - I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Էջ 17 - I am solitary and cannot impart it,—till I am known and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Էջ 144 - is meanly imagined ; he is the common drybones of every vulgar tale. It was not so that Milton dealt with this difficult allegory. We are satisfied with the indistinct image which he gives us :— What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. We have no grinning
Էջ 177 - atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those, whose follies cease with their youth, and not one of that number who are ignorant in spite of
Էջ 17 - had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed until I am indifferent and cannot enjoy it,—till I am solitary and cannot impart it,—till I am known and do not want it.