Memoirs of the city of London and its celebritiesJ.C. Nimmo, 1901 |
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... months ; of Henry , who died young ; of Charles James , the celebrated statesman ; and of Henry Edward , a general in the army , colonel of the 10th Regiment of foot , and Governor of Portsmouth , who died in 1811 . CHAPTER X. GILBERT ...
... months ; of Henry , who died young ; of Charles James , the celebrated statesman ; and of Henry Edward , a general in the army , colonel of the 10th Regiment of foot , and Governor of Portsmouth , who died in 1811 . CHAPTER X. GILBERT ...
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... month of May , 1729 , the poet was nominated to the situa- tion of clerk extraordinary of the Privy Council ; a post , however , from which he not only received no present salary , but for which a paid vacancy was so long in occurring ...
... month of May , 1729 , the poet was nominated to the situa- tion of clerk extraordinary of the Privy Council ; a post , however , from which he not only received no present salary , but for which a paid vacancy was so long in occurring ...
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... month of June in that year , at the age of sixty - five . The for- tunes , however , of the son appear to have been ... months been precarious , when she was seized with a fever , of which she expired in his arms . The blow fell upon him ...
... month of June in that year , at the age of sixty - five . The for- tunes , however , of the son appear to have been ... months been precarious , when she was seized with a fever , of which she expired in his arms . The blow fell upon him ...
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... months . Affectionately watched over by his wife and child , and happily free from pain at the last , he expired , unrepiningly and with- out a groan , on the 8th of October , 1754 , in the forty - eighth year of his age . Provision was ...
... months . Affectionately watched over by his wife and child , and happily free from pain at the last , he expired , unrepiningly and with- out a groan , on the 8th of October , 1754 , in the forty - eighth year of his age . Provision was ...
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... months of the new reign , Lord Bute , it may be remem- bered , had contented himself with having been sworn a privy ... month he resigned the seals of office into the king's hands . - In the following very few words Mr. Pitt has ...
... months of the new reign , Lord Bute , it may be remem- bered , had contented himself with having been sworn a privy ... month he resigned the seals of office into the king's hands . - In the following very few words Mr. Pitt has ...
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Էջ 343 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th
Էջ 90 - Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Էջ 263 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Էջ 89 - Charlotte, shall from her sympathetic breast send forth the heaving sigh. Do thou teach me not only to foresee, but to enjoy, nay, even to feed on future praise. Comfort me by a solemn assurance, that when the little parlour in which I sit at this instant shall be reduced to a worse furnished box, I shall be read with honour by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.
Էջ 377 - But hark ! the portals sound, and pacing forth With solemn steps and slow, High potentates, and dames of royal birth, And mitred fathers in long order go : Great Edward, with the lilies on his brow From haughty Gallia torn...
Էջ 142 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled, he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic; such a tessellated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white...
Էջ 198 - you shall be my confessor: when I first set out in the world, I had friends who endeavoured to shake my belief in the Christian religion. I saw difficulties which staggered me; but I kept my mind open to conviction. The evidences and doctrines of Christianity, studied with attention, made me a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christiau religion. I have made it the rule of my life, and it is the ground of my future hopes.
Էջ 87 - Poor Fielding ! I could not help telling his sister, that I was equally surprised at and concerned for his continued lowness. Had your brother, said I, been born in a stable, or been a runner at a sponging-house, we should have thought him a genius, and wished he had had the advantage of a liberal education, and of being admitted into good company...
Էջ 127 - But if he be resolved to assume the right of advising his Majesty, and directing the operations of the war, to what purpose are we called to this council ? When he talks of being responsible to the people, he talks the language of the House of Commons, and forgets, that at this board, he is only responsible to the King.
Էջ 313 - I think they have done right in giving exemplary damages; to enter a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure evidence, is worse than the Spanish inquisition; a law under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour...