Biographical Illustrations of St. Paul's CathedralWhittaker and Company, 1843 - 114 էջ |
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... ment that he first distinguished himself in Ger- many , and was wounded at the battle of Dettingen . In 1759 he was nominated by the king to raise and discipline the first regiment of light horse , which he commanded with so much ...
... ment that he first distinguished himself in Ger- many , and was wounded at the battle of Dettingen . In 1759 he was nominated by the king to raise and discipline the first regiment of light horse , which he commanded with so much ...
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... ment , and thus the story of his growing philan- thropy is lost to the world : nor is there much preserved that is distinctive of his habits in the first stage of manhood . We are only told that he was an attentive reader , and used to ...
... ment , and thus the story of his growing philan- thropy is lost to the world : nor is there much preserved that is distinctive of his habits in the first stage of manhood . We are only told that he was an attentive reader , and used to ...
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... ment , like most of those amongst which it stands , is a failure . The inscription runs as follows : - Erected at the public expense to the memory of GEORGE BRIDGES RODNEY , K.B. Lord Rodney , Vice - Admiral of England , As a testimony ...
... ment , like most of those amongst which it stands , is a failure . The inscription runs as follows : - Erected at the public expense to the memory of GEORGE BRIDGES RODNEY , K.B. Lord Rodney , Vice - Admiral of England , As a testimony ...
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... ment so daring cannot be supposed to have taken place without loss . The Blanche suffered in her hull , masts , and rigging , and lost a midshipman and some sailors ; but the damage done to the enemy was stated to have been far more ...
... ment so daring cannot be supposed to have taken place without loss . The Blanche suffered in her hull , masts , and rigging , and lost a midshipman and some sailors ; but the damage done to the enemy was stated to have been far more ...
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... ment to be general of the marines , admiral of the fleet , and a knight of the garter . Another oppor- tunity occurred in which his old age was to be powerfully employed in the service of his country . In 1797 a desperate mutiny broke ...
... ment to be general of the marines , admiral of the fleet , and a knight of the garter . Another oppor- tunity occurred in which his old age was to be powerfully employed in the service of his country . In 1797 a desperate mutiny broke ...
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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.