Daniel De Foe and Charles ChurchillLongman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1855 - 267 էջ |
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... Close upon this came the sudden tidings of Monmouth's ill - fated landing ; and , of a small band of daring citizens who took horse and joined him , Daniel Foe was one . Perhaps he thought his own head nearer danger than it was , and ...
... Close upon this came the sudden tidings of Monmouth's ill - fated landing ; and , of a small band of daring citizens who took horse and joined him , Daniel Foe was one . Perhaps he thought his own head nearer danger than it was , and ...
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... close of his life , that great day in the month of November which is so remarkably associated with his name . On that day , exclaimed De Foe with enthusiasm , he was born ; on that day he married the daughter of England ; on that day he ...
... close of his life , that great day in the month of November which is so remarkably associated with his name . On that day , exclaimed De Foe with enthusiasm , he was born ; on that day he married the daughter of England ; on that day he ...
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... close and inseparable interdependence is shown , by exhibiting the respective relations and obligations of the various authorities of the State to each other and to their supreme head ; it being the grand purpose of the argument to ...
... close and inseparable interdependence is shown , by exhibiting the respective relations and obligations of the various authorities of the State to each other and to their supreme head ; it being the grand purpose of the argument to ...
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... close . " It was my honour and advantage to call him master as well as sovereign . I never patiently heard his memory slighted , nor ever can do so . Had he lived , he would never have suffered me to be treated as I have been in this ...
... close . " It was my honour and advantage to call him master as well as sovereign . I never patiently heard his memory slighted , nor ever can do so . Had he lived , he would never have suffered me to be treated as I have been in this ...
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... close of the first volume , it sent forth month- ly supplements . And at last it appeared on the Tuesday , Thursday , and Saturday , of every week ; and so continued , without intermission , and written solely by De Foe , for nine years ...
... close of the first volume , it sent forth month- ly supplements . And at last it appeared on the Tuesday , Thursday , and Saturday , of every week ; and so continued , without intermission , and written solely by De Foe , for nine years ...
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Էջ 22 - says Benjamin Franklin, describing the little library in his uncle's house, " a book of De Foe's called an Essay on Projects, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life.
Էջ 67 - Hail, Hieroglyphic State machine, Contriv'd to punish Fancy in! Men that are men, in thee can feel no pain, And all thy insignificants disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame, Is, without crime, an empty name. A Shadow to amuse mankind, But ne'er to fright the wise or well-fix'd mind. Virtue despises human scorn!
Էջ 91 - as said. De Foe sent him, in a few days, The True History of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next day after her Death, to one Mrs. Bargrave, at Canterbury, the 8th of September, 1705. If such a
Էջ 30 - Mr. Wilkes," said Lord Mansfield, "was the pleasantest companion, the politest gentleman } and the best scholar, I ever knew." " His name," said Dr. Johnson, " has been sounded from pole to pole as the phoenix of convivial felicity." More naturally he added: " Jack has a great variety of talk ; Jack is a scholar; and Jack
Էջ 136 - I would say, I hope with comfort, that it is yet well I am so near my journey's end, and am hastening to the place where the weary are at rest, and where the wicked cease to trouble; be it that the passage is rough, and the day stormy. By what way soever
Էջ 66 - awake at Reason's call, Arm'd at all points, bids Scorpion Vengeance pass, And to the mind holds up Reflection's glass, The mind, which starting, heaves the heart-felt groan, And hates that form she knows to be her own. Enough of this. Let private sorrows rest. As to the Public I dare stand the test:
Էջ 16 - Here Havard, all serene, in the same strains Loves, hates, and rages, triumphs, and complains; His easy vacant face proclaim'da heart , Which could not feel emotions, nor impart. With him came mighty Davies. On my life That Davies hath a very pretty wife ! Statesman all over!—In plots famous grown !— He mouths a sentence, as curs mouth a bone.
Էջ 63 - coloured hair, but wears a wig; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth; owner of the brick and pantile works near Tilbury Fort, in Essex." * But it was not immediately successful. Warrants
Էջ 136 - please to bring me to the end of it, I desire to finish life with this temper of soul in all cases— Te Deum laudamus. May all you do be prosperous, and all you meet with pleasant, and may you both escape the tortures and troubles of
Էջ 39 - He was so proud, that should he meet The twelve Apostles in the street, He'd turn his nose up at them all, And shove his Saviour from, the wall: He was so mean (Meanness and Pride Still go together side by side), That he would cringe, and creep, be civil, And hold a stirrup for the Devil.