The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Հատոր 4George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 |
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... possessed of a large part of the duke's estate . He early engaged as a legislator . In 1741 he was chosen member for Ryegate , in Surrey ; and , in 1747 , one of the representatives for the county of Cambridge , as he was also in 1754 ...
... possessed of a large part of the duke's estate . He early engaged as a legislator . In 1741 he was chosen member for Ryegate , in Surrey ; and , in 1747 , one of the representatives for the county of Cambridge , as he was also in 1754 ...
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... possessed the knack of disarming the very persons he had thus grossly betrayed . But in every other par- ticular his talents were limited . He hated application , and despised the means of attaining useful knowledge . With such ...
... possessed the knack of disarming the very persons he had thus grossly betrayed . But in every other par- ticular his talents were limited . He hated application , and despised the means of attaining useful knowledge . With such ...
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... possessed of good talents , but basely sacrificing them to the meanest and most sordid motives . Perhaps it may be said his principles lead him that way , and his inclination and interest unite in urging him to promote the views and ...
... possessed of good talents , but basely sacrificing them to the meanest and most sordid motives . Perhaps it may be said his principles lead him that way , and his inclination and interest unite in urging him to promote the views and ...
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... possessed very considerable talents and fair intentions , though mingled with defects , and acting in such emergencies as pre- cluded beneficial exertions and consequences . " Stuart , Marquess of Bute . BORN A. D. 1713. — died a . D ...
... possessed very considerable talents and fair intentions , though mingled with defects , and acting in such emergencies as pre- cluded beneficial exertions and consequences . " Stuart , Marquess of Bute . BORN A. D. 1713. — died a . D ...
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... possessed the king's favour , and that seems to have been nearly the whole strength with which he attempted to wield the government . Every thing connected with him contributed to make him an object of dislike to the bulk of the nation ...
... possessed the king's favour , and that seems to have been nearly the whole strength with which he attempted to wield the government . Every thing connected with him contributed to make him an object of dislike to the bulk of the nation ...
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Էջ 174 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Էջ 192 - Perhaps he was the most learned man in Europe. He was equally acquainted with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil; had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his study; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusements ; and he had a fine taste in painting, prints,...
Էջ 294 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ;* my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life.
Էջ 296 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Էջ 305 - I had been for some days skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends; my chest was on the road to Greenock; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia — "The gloomy night is gathering fast,
Էջ 196 - I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation ; English, Scotch, and Irish, Whig and Tory, Churchman and sectary, freethinker and religionist, patriot and courtier, united in their rage against the man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I.
Էջ 178 - But Johnson informed me that he had made the bargain for Goldsmith, and the price was sixty pounds. "And, Sir," said he, "a sufficient price too, when it was sold; for then the fame of Goldsmith had not been elevated, as it afterwards was, by his 'Traveller...
Էջ 289 - The king has lately been pleased to make me Professor of Ancient History in a royal Academy of Painting, which he has just established, but there is no salary annexed ; and I took it rather as a compliment to the institution than any benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man that wants a shirt.
Էջ 289 - English artists are most engaged, a variety, a fancy, and a dignity, derived from the higher branches, which even those who professed them in a superior manner did not always preserve when they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits he appeared not to be raised upon that platform, but to descend upon it from a higher sphere.
Էջ 310 - I have already more than once had occasion to refer to, has often told me that he was seldom more grieved, than when riding into Dumfries one fine summer evening about this rime to attend a county ball, he saw Burns walking alone, on the shady side of the principal street of the town, while the opposite side was gay with successive groups of gentlemen and ladies, all drawn together for the festivities of the night, not one of whom appeared willing to recognise him.